Foreign DNA Contamination in COVID-19 Vaccines Exceeds WHO Limits: Professor

A German professor who analyzed batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine found them to be contaminated by the presence of foreign DNA “well above” the approved limit.

Brigitte Konig, an external professor at the medical faculty of the University of Magdeburg, Germany, conducted an investigation into COVID-19 vaccines and found the doses had DNA contamination that were 83 to 354 times above the limit prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The WHO has mandated that DNA contamination in vaccines should not exceed 10 nanograms per dose. Beyond this limit, there is a risk that the foreign DNA will penetrate human cells.

The COVID-19 vaccines analyzed were manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech. Five batches were given to the Magdeburg laboratory by biologist Jurgen Kirchner following a suspicion of contamination.

Mr. Kirchner pointed out that when DNA contamination is found in a vaccine at a level as identified in Ms. Konig’s analysis, the law requires that the product be taken off the market.

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In an email to the media outlet, U.S. researcher Philip Buckhaults claimed that it was not confirmed whether foreign DNA causes damage to human beings. However, a theoretical risk of genetic damage exists, he said.

Mr. Buckhaults found the presence of DNA residue in the Pfizer vaccine and explained the consequences of such contamination to the South Carolina Senate.

The responsibility for surveillance and ensuring the safety of vaccines in Germany falls on the Paul Ehrlich Institute.

When contacted by MDR and asked whether it had tested the vaccines for DNA contamination, the institute replied that parameters like residual DNA in the vaccines are only tested by the manufacturer. The institute does not conduct such tests.

Ms. Konig expressed shock at this revelation. “I would have expected, or assumed, that the authorities would at least randomly check the end product for contamination and purity. Depending on the product, or if something else is inside. As I said, the authorities can do that. Especially the Paul Ehrlich Institute has the equipment for it.”

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health questioned Ms. Konig’s analysis, notifying Mr. Kirchner that some of the tested vaccine batches were already expired.

However, Ms. Konig said that the expiry date of the vaccine is irrelevant since the DNA in the lipid particles does not multiply and is likely to decompose over time. This means that if the vaccine had not expired, higher DNA contamination could have been detected.

MDR noted that Pfizer produced the vaccines used in the clinical trials without using microorganisms in the manufacturing process. Only very few subjects in the authorization study were injected with vaccines produced using genetically modified bacteria.

In a statement to the TV station, BioNTech insisted that its COVID-19 vaccine is not contaminated with DNA and that vaccine batches are subject to comprehensive quality control. They refused to answer whether the manufacturing process of the vaccine had been changed.

Meanwhile, Ms. Konig analyzed more batches for the Pfizer vaccines and identified foreign DNA in them as well.

DNA-Contaminated Vaccines

Human beings carry foreign DNA in their bodies, which can come from bacteria entering the lungs or via food. However, these foreign DNA are digested in the gut.

However, the DNA present in the mRNA vaccines is different. The vaccines contain lipid nanoparticles used to smuggle mRNA into the cells of a body. These nanoparticles do not differentiate whether they transport DNA or mRNA.

In another email to The Epoch Times, the European Medicines Agency also confirmed that the Pfizer vaccine contains the SV40 sequence, which the company’s partner BioNTech did not highlight in its application.

A spokeswoman from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told The Epoch Times that “no safety concerns related to the sequence of, or amount of, residual DNA have been identified” in the COVID-19 shots.

“With regard to the FDA-approved mRNA vaccines, available scientific evidence supports the conclusion that they are safe and effective.”

In a Nov. 11 Substack post, Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA and DNA vaccines, criticized health regulatory agencies for their lax attitude toward DNA contamination in the jabs.

“It is also clear at this point, unless proven otherwise, that none of these regulatory authorities have obtained data from one or more rigorous, well-controlled studies designed to address the genotoxicity and insertional mutagenesis risks,” presented by the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, he said.

Until such data is provided, the FDA’s claim that there are “no safety concerns” related to the residual DNA does not “accurately reflect current knowledge,” Dr. Malone said.

“The only objective conclusion to be made concerning such statements is that they functionally represent propaganda rather than proven scientific and regulatory fact.”

The spike protein is the DNA sequence of the COVID-19 virus’s spike protein. Ori and SV40 enhancer genes help the replication of the spike DNA. “The loads of SV40 enhancer-promoter, ori, and virus spike in Pfizer are up to 186 billion copies per dose,” Mr. Speicher said.

David Wiseman, another author of the study, said in an email to The Epoch Times that documentation was needed to verify the numbers stated by Ms. Konig but it seemed “consistent” with their study.

“Our findings extend existing concerns about vaccine safety and call into question the relevance of guidelines conceived before the introduction of efficient transfection using LNPs (lipid nanoparticles),” the study said. Transfection refers to the introduction of foreign DNA into the cells.

“In addition, unequivocally proving the adulteration of the vaccines may enable piercing the shield of legal immunity from liability afforded to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers.”

In the testimony given by Mr. Buckhaults at the South Carolina Senate, he stated that DNA contamination in vaccines can cause serious side effects such as cardiac arrest or autoimmune diseases, Dr. Orient noted.

However, “we were not provided with the details, and that makes the interpretations look speculative and without presentable direct evidence,” she wrote.

“While it is biologically plausible for foreign DNA to integrate into the human genome, the frequency and efficiency of such events, especially for the small fragments mentioned, do not appear to be well established so far in the specific context of mRNA vaccines. However, such possibilities have not been ruled out. Clearly, we are at the beginning of a new, unexplored path—not at its end.”

Dr. Orient pointed out that mRNA vaccine platforms are “relatively new,” with large-scale manufacturing processes “even more novel.”

She noted that Pfizer used “a cleaner and more elegant process” to produce vaccines for clinical trials. But for mass production, the company used “a cruder but faster and cheaper method.”

“The issue of the change of the manufacturing process that could result in the DNA contamination that was not present in clinical trial materials is worrisome, significant, and warrants further investigation,” she wrote.

Dr. Buckhaults has recommended that stem cells of people who suffer adverse reactions from COVID-19 vaccines should be DNA sequenced to check for integration of foreign DNA. Dr. Orient backed the proposal, stating that such research “needs to be encouraged.”