{"id":92224,"date":"2021-10-24T11:04:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=92224"},"modified":"2021-10-24T11:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:04:18","slug":"hard-proof-that-covid-19-was-totally-planned-vaccine-package-has-2018-date-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=92224","title":{"rendered":"HARD PROOF that COVID-19 was totally planned&#8212;Vaccine package has 2018 date stamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Photo of vaccine package with 2018<br \/>\ndate stamp shows COVID-19 outbreak<br \/>\nwas planned.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92225\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92225\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5d87dcc080af6296e59942eb06f4105a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5d87dcc080af6296e59942eb06f4105a.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5d87dcc080af6296e59942eb06f4105a-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5d87dcc080af6296e59942eb06f4105a-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are stored in a refrigerator at the Vaccine Village in Antwerp, Belgium, March 16, 2021. (AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Gabrielle Settles<br \/>\nPOLITIFACT<\/p>\n<section class=\"t-row \">\n<div class=\"t-row__center\">\n<div class=\"m-callout m-callout--large\">\n<hr \/>\n<h4 class=\"m-callout__title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT<\/h4>\n<div class=\"m-callout__body\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<div class=\"short-on-time\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The photo cited in the article was doctored to include a fake date stamp.<\/li>\n<li>AstraZeneca began working on its COVID-19 vaccine in 2020. It was approved for use in the United Kingdom in December 2020, and approved in the European Union in January 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-callout__link\" style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/oct\/20\/hal-turner-radio-show\/photo-astrazeneca-vaccine-package-was-doctored-sho\/#sources\">See the sources for this fact-check<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"adbridg_ad_mobileinterstitial_1\" data-adbridg-ad-class-ctr=\"1\" data-adbridg-ad-class-loaded=\"mobileinterstitial\" data-adbridg-phase=\"detected@2483.1ms;gpt_define@2488.9ms\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"m-textblock\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>An article shared on Facebook by &#8220;The Hal Turner Radio Show&#8221; claims that a photo of a vaccine package from drug maker AstraZeneca proves that the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 was planned and intentional.<\/p>\n<p>The Oct. 12\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/how-did-astra-zeneca-manufacture-covid-19-vaccine-in-july-of-2018-before-the-disease-was-even-discovered-or-named?fbclid=IwAR2Fe68461kd-3n_-hb9bdWrcgc8lC0yUP7Bi2xSDmjgs1nY7uXgZNa9XSg\">article<\/a>\u00a0claimed the photo showed the vaccine was manufactured on July 15, 2018, even though COVID-19 &#8220;wasn\u2019t discovered until 2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If COVID-19 didn&#8217;t become an outbreak until late in 2019, and the outbreak wasn&#8217;t even named \u2018COVID-19\u2019 until February 11, 2020, then how could AstraZeneca have been manufacturing \u2018COVID-19 VACCINE\u2019 in July of 2018?&#8221; the article questioned.<\/p>\n<p>The answer, it claimed, is that the pandemic must have been planned, and &#8220;the disease itself would have to have been INTENTIONALLY RELEASED.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The article was shared in several Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/347265879801256\/permalink\/597157634812078\">posts<\/a>, and Facebook flagged it as a part of its efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/1952307158131536?helpref=related\">partnership with Facebook<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The real explanation for the discrepancy is not an insidious plot, but a photo-editing job. The image of the package was doctored to include the fake 2018 manufacturing date.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-coronavirus-vaccine\/fact-check-the-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-was-not-created-in-2018-idUSL1N2P50O0\">Reuters<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/fbchecks\/no-astrazeneca-vaccine-not-made-year-covid-19-emerged\">Africa Check<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/http%253A%252F%252Fdoc.afp.com%252F9JR8FG-1\">Agence France-Presse<\/a>\u00a0have fact checked other posts that shared this photo, which was altered to add a darkly printed date on one of the box\u2019s flaps. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/5CuL3\">original photo<\/a>\u00a0appeared in a Nov. 12, 2020, Facebook post that shared\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-vaccine-package-idUSKBN27Z33F\">another false claim<\/a>\u00a0about the company\u2019s vaccine. That photo shows the same package, but without the added date.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to AFP, an AstraZeneca spokesperson confirmed that the 2018 date stamp was fake and had been digitally added to the photo of the package.<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrazeneca.com\/media-centre\/press-releases\/2020\/astrazeneca-and-oxford-university-announce-landmark-agreement-for-covid-19-vaccine.html\">announced its partnership<\/a>\u00a0with Oxford University to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine on April 30, 2020, and signed an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalent.com\/catalent-news\/catalent-signs-agreement-with-astrazeneca-to-manufacture-covid-19-vaccine-candidate\/\">agreement<\/a>\u00a0in June 2020 to create the packaging. The vaccine was first approved for emergency use in the United Kingdom on Dec. 30, 2020, and approved for use in Europe on Jan. 29, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>PolitiFact reached out to the &#8220;Hal Turner Radio Show&#8221; for comment, but did not get a response.<\/p>\n<p>We rate this claim Pants on Fire!<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"t-row \">\n<div class=\"t-row__left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-row__center\">\n<section id=\"sources\" class=\"m-superbox\">\n<header class=\"m-superbox__header\">\n<h3 class=\"m-superbox__title\">Our Sources<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<article class=\"m-superbox__content\">Hal Turner Radio Show,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/how-did-astra-zeneca-manufacture-covid-19-vaccine-in-july-of-2018-before-the-disease-was-even-discovered-or-named?fbclid=IwAR2Fe68461kd-3n_-hb9bdWrcgc8lC0yUP7Bi2xSDmjgs1nY7uXgZNa9XSg\">How Did Astra-Zeneca Manufacture &#8220;COVID-19 Vaccine&#8221; in July of 2018 Before the Disease Was Even Discovered or Named?<\/a>\u00a0Oct. 12, 2021Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/347265879801256\/permalink\/597157634812078\">post<\/a>, Oct. 14, 2021<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>World Health Organization, Timeline of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/interactive-timeline?gclid=Cj0KCQjwsZKJBhC0ARIsAJ96n3VR2ahzybZ88Ay3NCIn3vbBOvIVDNgZfDpTZUvlNupQsRZSiOt1uvUaAoFqEALw_wcB#!\">WHO\u2019s COVID-19 response,<\/a>\u00a0accessed Oct. 20, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Reuters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-coronavirus-vaccine\/fact-check-the-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-was-not-created-in-2018-idUSL1N2P50O0\">Fact Check-The Oxford\/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was not created in 2018<\/a>, July 29, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Africa Check,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/fbchecks\/no-astrazeneca-vaccine-not-made-year-covid-19-emerged\">No, AstraZeneca vaccine not made year before Covid-19 emerged<\/a>, July 30, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Agence France Presse,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/http%253A%252F%252Fdoc.afp.com%252F9JR8FG-1\">Image of packaging for AstraZeneca vaccine was digitally altered with false date<\/a>, Aug. 3, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Reuters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-vaccine-package-idUSKBN27Z33F\">Fact check: Early work on vaccine packaging is not proof that AstraZeneca had prior knowledge of the pandemic; research was not suspended because \u2018several people died\u2019<\/a>, Nov. 19, 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/5CuL3\">Facebook post<\/a>, Nov. 12, 2020<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrazeneca.com\/media-centre\/press-releases\/2020\/astrazeneca-and-oxford-university-announce-landmark-agreement-for-covid-19-vaccine.html\">AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>, Apr. 30, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Email interview with AstraZeneca U.S. Media Team, Oct. 20, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Catalent,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalent.com\/catalent-news\/catalent-signs-agreement-with-astrazeneca-to-manufacture-covid-19-vaccine-candidate\/\">Catalent Signs Agreement with AstraZeneca to Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate<\/a>, June 15, 2020<br \/>\nNational Institutes of Health,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/phase-3-clinical-testing-us-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-begins#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20RML%20data,promising%20results%20in%20The%20Lancet%20.\">Phase 3 Clinical Testing in the US of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Begins<\/a>, Aug. 31, 2020<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/oct\/20\/hal-turner-radio-show\/photo-astrazeneca-vaccine-package-was-doctored-sho\/\">https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/oct\/20\/hal-turner-radio-show\/photo-astrazeneca-vaccine-package-was-doctored-sho\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of vaccine package with 2018 date stamp shows COVID-19 outbreak was planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}