The Slovak Academy of Sciences has confirmed that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain only trace amounts of DNA, far below approved safety thresholds. The academy said claims suggesting high DNA content are based on flawed methods or misinterpreted results.
It added that such statements are false and misleading, and, together with other unfounded claims about vaccination risks, create fear that threatens both individual and public health.
Experts explained that the tiny DNA fragments are harmless, do not code for proteins, and come from the templates used to produce the vaccines. The vaccines contain no other impurities and, importantly, no graphene compounds.
The analysis, requested in April by Health Minister Kamil Šaško, was carried out in response to claims by government plenipotentiary Peter Kotlár, who alleged the vaccines could alter human DNA and cause serious diseases. Testing of retained vaccine batches cost approximately €350,000.
Kotlár recently said he wants to wait for the SAV analysis and expects the General Prosecutor’s Office to act. He also indicated that if no action is taken, he would resign, saying his role to protect public health would be frustrated. On Thursday, he added that he wants the matter decided by the judiciary.
Opposition parties, including Freedom and Solidarity and Progressive Slovakia, have called for Kotlár’s dismissal.
Freedom and Solidarity MP Tomáš Szalay said the SAV findings clearly disprove Kotlár’s claims and urged a return to evidence-based medicine. SaS chairman Branislav Gröhling criticized the fact that the analysis cost €350,000, arguing the money should have gone to healthcare rather than debunking the claims of a government official.
MPs also called on the Health Ministry to resume halted vaccine procurement and continue promoting vaccination based on scientific evidence.
Source: TASR, Kristína Babicová at STVR
