⁍ A post falsely claiming that the flu vaccine is being used for depopulation has been shared on Facebook.

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⁍ The post includes an image of an information leaflet for Fluarix tetra, a flu vaccine.

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⁍ The accompanying status says: ‘Vaccines are being used for depopulation. FACT. This year’s flu shot, 2020, contains a vaginal spermicide. Polysorbate 80 and Octoxynol 10 both cause infertility.
This information is false. Vaccines only use ingredients they need to be as safe and effective as possible.

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– This year’s flu shot contains a vaginal spermicide known as “one of the most potent spermicides,” according to a Facebook post that has since been removed. The post claims the shot contains polysorbate 80 and Octoxynol 10, which both cause infertility and are used in vaccines to “help further inactivate and then disrupt the inactivated virus used in the vaccines.” The Independent fact-checks the post and finds that both are safe ingredients used in “very small doses.”