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(94,760 posts)to KILL Americans!"
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-swabs/fact-check-covid-19-nasal-swabs-sterilised-with-ethylene-oxide-are-safe-to-use-idUSL1N2P30YI
July 27, 2021 7:07 AM
Fact Check - COVID-19 nasal swabs sterilised with ethylene oxide are safe to use
By Reuters Fact Check
Nasal swabs included with COVID-19 tests have not been sterilised with the main ingredient in antifreeze, nor are they killing people, despite claims made in a video online.
The 80-second clip has been shared by hundreds of social media users and features an unidentified man refusing to take a swab instead choosing to explain why he believes they pose a threat to health (here , here , here).
Pointing to the sterile EO note on the swabs packaging, he says: Its sterilised here dry. No effect. But once you put it inside someones nose, its wet. Once you inhale it, its actually unbeatable. You can look it up. Thats going to kill us. Its actually killing people.
Sterile EO means the swab has been sterilised using ethylene oxide, a type of gas that the man also notes is a carcinogen. He adds: So itll give you Hodgkins lymphoma and in females greatly increases chances of breast cancer.