Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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On Aug. 26, Japan said it had halted the use of 1.63 million Moderna doses shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide as a precaution due to reports of contamination.

The first contamination was reported to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, Moderna's local distributor, on Aug. 16. That led to the discovery of 39 vials containing foreign material, all from the same lot of 57,000 vials, or about 570,000 doses.

It suspended the use of the lot that included those vials and two similarly sized lots.

On Sunday, a vaccination centre in Okinawa prefecture reported that contaminants were found in Moderna vials from a fourth lot.

Also on Sunday, a vaccine centre in Gunma prefecture, near Tokyo, found a tiny, black substance in a Moderna vial from another lot.

Now what is baffling to me is: some anti-vaxxers are treating this news as some kind of win for them: my question, but why?

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Table of contents
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0:00 - Introduction
1:25 - How is this a win for Anti-vaxxers?
2:41 - Medical contaminations
4:20 - Food contaminations
7:25 - Chicago Tylenol murders and the changes it caused
8:20 - Back to Moderna incident
9:42 - Holding off getting the vaccine?

References:
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reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-gunma-prefecture-reports-contaminant-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-2021-08-30
forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/08/30/japan-finds-more-contaminants-in-moderna-vaccines-suspends-use-of-additional-1-million-doses/?sh=4599de844445
thetimes.co.uk/article/fears-over-metal-flakes-in-moderna-vaccine-after-two-deaths-vvmvvdqpw