“People are posting videos on social media claiming that ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccines are making magnets stick to the arm where they received the vaccine; some even say an implanted microchip is to blame.”
“You may have seen compilations of these videos going around. But no ingredients used in the COVID-19 vaccines are actually magnetic in nature.”
Good grief.
What more is there to say?
Details here. NBC News video here. Snopes.com debunking here.
Look, just be careful what you believe, okay? Anybody can post anything on the internet — no fact-checking required, no editor standing in the way, etc. If something sounds unbelievable, it probably is. (But there are people who will believe literally anything … I won’t go into that here. Don’t have enough time.)