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2020-21 @AmerChemSociety/@AAAS_STPF Congressional Fellow, @AAASMassMedia alum, STEM sharer, wannabe cook. Tweets my own. 🏳️‍🌈 {he/him}
Jul 11, 2021 27 tweets 8 min read
One of the newest conspiracy claims about #COVID19 #vaccines is that they contain graphene and/or graphene oxide.

I am weirdly qualified to debunk this rumor, despite not being a medical/health/vaccine scientist, because my PhD literally was about graphene in liquids. 1/n If you want proof, here's my dissertation: libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/83…

The TL,DR is that I studied how you can break down graphite into graphene in what are basically laboratory blenders using different liquids. 2/n