Anti-vax nonsense

The spate of bizarre and downright dangerous misconceptions about the Covid vaccines supposedly altering a person’s DNA, turning them into chimpanzees or causing them to grow a third leg are actually nothing new. When Edward Jenner pioneered the smallpox vaccine in the 18th century by using the cowpox virus, it was widely believed that the vaccine would turn humans into cows – and the notion was subsequently ridiculed by Punch magazine.

Phil Brand

London