The claim
It is claimed that a monkey virus in the AstraZeneca vaccine is the real cause of monkeypox.
Our conclusion
The claim lacks any logic: the vaccination contains a weakened adenovirus that cannot reproduce; monkeypox is caused by an orthopoxvirus. Biologically alone, the claim makes no sense.
After the outbreak of monkeypox in various countries, anti-vaxxers apparently racked their brains as to how this virus could somehow be linked to vaccinations and came up with a seemingly ingenious solution: Aren't there monkey viruses in the AstraZeneca vaccine?
So these are definitely the triggers, because how else are viruses that (from the name only!) come from monkeys supposed to get into the human body? In fact, a very simple conclusion is drawn that ignores all biological facts.
The claim
Admittedly, I was initially just amused when this claim appeared in a comment under one of our articles on Facebook, as it couldn't have been meant seriously. But no, in fact this claim is widespread and popular among anti-vaxxers:
Many users remembered that a chimpanzee adenovirus is contained in the AstraZeneca vaccine, along with embryonic cells, i.e. “ dead babies and chimpanzees ”. It is then concluded that since monkeypox spreads, the disease must come from the vaccination.
The contents of the AstraZeneca vaccine
We already reported on it in detail HERE . Adenoviruses are very well known to the human body because they trigger a number of complaints, including diseases of the respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract or the conjunctiva and cornea. Our immune system knows adenoviruses and would attack them immediately, which is why the AstraZeneca vaccine is tricked:
Instead, the vaccination contains adenoviruses, which cause colds in chimpanzees. These have of course been genetically modified: They can no longer reproduce and cannot cause any diseases. This adenovirus transports the DNA of the coronavirus spike protein into the body so that the immune system can recognize the protein and ultimately fight the coronavirus itself.
We also reported on alleged embryonic cells in the vaccine HERE : In fact, clones of kidney cells from a fetus aborted in 1972 are used to grow the viruses, but these do not get into the vaccination. They are only mentioned in the package insert to make the production of the viruses transparent.
The monkeypox
Monkeypox is not caused by a chimpanzee adenovirus, but by an orthopoxvirus . Even though adenoviruses can cause a wide range of symptoms, they are also commonly referred to as cold viruses or cold viruses.
Orthopoxviruses, on the other hand, which belong to the Poxviridae , occupy a special position within the viruses due to their structure and their own virus enzymes, and also function completely differently than chimpanzee adenoviruses. They have a very wide host range and cause, for example, cowpox, catpox, elephantpox and ratpox.
The name “monkeypox” comes from the first documented cases of the disease in animals in 1958, when two outbreaks occurred in monkeys kept for research purposes. Since it was assumed at the time that this type of smallpox occurred specifically in monkeys, it was given the name monkeypox.
Today we know that the virus not spread from monkeys to humans , and monkeys are not the main vectors of viruses. African rodents are considered this.
Conclusion
So the conclusion was very simple: there is a monkey virus in the AstraZeneca vaccination, monkeypox is spreading, so it must be connected. But not only is monkeypox not a specific monkey disease (African rodents are considered the main carriers), but there are also two different families of viruses.
Monkeypox in humans has been known since 1970 , which is why the smallpox vaccination at that time (in the Federal Republic of Germany until 1976, in the GDR until 1982) was largely effective against monkeypox, since the Orthopoxvirus simiae that causes monkeypox is closely related to the Orthopoxvirus variolae that causes classic smallpox Is related.
In addition, it makes no sense that monkeypox only occurs in certain clusters and only now, not a few weeks after an AstraZeneca vaccination - after all, the chimpanzee adenoviruses do not last in the body for tens of months, they were just a "means of transport." “ for the DNA of the spike protein.
The assumption that monkeypox is caused by the chimpanzee adenovirus in the AstraZeneca vaccination is absolutely untenable both logically and biologically.
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