Research on COVID vaccine compounds is being ordered: why?

Population’s fear of presence graphene in COVID-19 vaccines returned after publishing the solution Provincial Court of Almeria review the complaint filed in 2022 regarding this matter. It was initially archived, but this decision was recently reversed and the process of investigating the complaint filed by the scientist began Pablo Campra. The news is spreading across social media and WhatsApp groups as proof that the anti-vaxxers were right: COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous. But it’s true?

The first thing we must take into account when answering this question is that starting the investigation process does not mean that anything strange will be discovered. It was simply decided to continue the investigation. Once this procedure is completed, we will know what they found. However, with the science in hand, we can already have a very rough idea of ​​what they will find: nothing alarming.

Suspicions about the presence of graphene in vaccines were initially based on two facts. On the one hand, the mention of graphene oxide on the page vaccine protocols have been published by Pfizer. And, on the other hand, in investigation initiated by Campra himself. According to him, when analyzing a sample of the vaccine, he discovered this substance in its composition. It is not listed as an ingredient in the vaccine and may be toxic, so it makes sense that it would be a concern if it were true. But there is a much more logical explanation for everything than that conspiracy, as some people think.

Why does Pablo Campra claim to have discovered graphene oxide in the Pfizer vaccine?

The first thing to keep in mind is that the study conducted by Pablo Campra is by no means a peer-reviewed study. This means that it has not been analyzed by many scientists to ensure that it was designed properly. This is just a report he wrote, in which he did not even receive support from the outside University of Almeriawhere he works. He added the institution’s logo, but it immediately distanced itself from his investigation, saying it had nothing to do with it.

Putting that aside, what did this scientist find in the analyzed samples? According to a study conducted at that time fact checkers from Newtralthe sample analyzed by Campra was sent to him Ricardo Delgado Martina well-known anti-vaxxer.

The author of the report himself admits that he does not know origin and traceability of the vaccine vial. That is, it is unknown where and when it was received, nor is there any evidence of how it came into Delgado’s hands. Therefore, it cannot be excluded, for example, that the sample was contaminated.

With this sample of dubious origin, Campra carried out tests consisting of observation using electron microscopy from two samples. One is from graphene oxide, and the other is from the liquid in the vial you received.

Comparing both samples shows that if Ricardo Delgado’s claim is correct, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines will contain graphene oxide. But no entry that the liquid was in fact a vaccine, and that if it had been, it would not have been contaminated.

What is in the Pfizer protocol?

He Pfizer Protocol mention graphene oxide, really. The sentence in which it appears is as follows: “For TwinStrep-labeled P2 S, 4 μL of purified protein at a concentration of 0.5 mg/mL was applied to freshly oxide-coated 300 Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 graphene gold grids.”

Does this mean there is graphene oxide in the Pfizer vaccines? Not at all. In order to develop a vaccine, Previous Study. The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer contains messenger RNA with instructions for our cells to make the protein from the virus that causes the disease: S or spike protein.

It is important to keep in mind that in order to read these instructions, you must first isolate and purify protein in question, from virus samples. This is also part of the protocol for receiving the vaccine. And right here graphene oxide.

This substance has many applications useful in research. One of them is protein immobilization. Said very roughThis process consists of taking the proteins and leaving them in a sort of picture frame in which they can be subjected to all the tests necessary to characterize them. Graphene oxide is part of this structure.

Following the uproar following the publication of this protocol, Pfizer stated that it had indeed used graphene oxide in a previous research process. However, there are no traces of the substance in the vaccine that is ultimately administered. Mainly because Not used in its production. The final product went through many quality tests, so if there was graphene oxide in the vaccine, it would have been detected.

So why are they going to analyze this?

In short, the Provincial Court of Almeria decided to investigate the case presented. It never hurts to analyze something that affects the health of so many people and whose request was submitted by an expert with scientific training. Now let’s not get carried away authority bias. Scientists are people too, and they also make mistakes. We are talking about a crusade by two men against the independent research of many laboratories around the world. We’ll wait for the results, but we’ll already be able to get an idea of ​​what they will be like.