Image of the "magnetized lady" depicting a woman at a town hall meeting attempting to demonstrate how the covid vaccine made her magnetic.

COVID Magnet Vaccines

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COVID Magnet Vaccines is the main message of a viral video uploaded to Twitter in early June 2021 depicting a conspiracy theorist talking about how after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine she has since become magnetic. She attempts to demonstrate this with two different objects, including a key, with expected results. The video was also inspired by the overall adoption of the conspiracy that coronavirus vaccines make someone magnetized, later inspiring the "COVID magnet challenge" online.

Origin

On June 9th, 2021, Twitter[1] user @TylerJoelb tweeted the video, receiving 22,800 likes and 5.5 million views in six days (shown below). In the tweet including the video, he also gave some background knowledge about the person, describing her as a nurse.


Immediately, within the same Twitter thread, people began responding to the video with incredulous reactions. Notably, Twitter[2] user @djacob94 took a screenshot from the video itself and inquired into the look given by a background witness to the woman demonstrating her alleged magnetism, gaining 800 likes in six days (shown below).


dave @djacob94 · Jun 9 Replying to @Tylerjoelb Wondering what this woman is thinking O 20 27 7 792

Spread

The video and implications from it began to spread quickly after the initial upload. The subject of vaccine magnetism became a news story covered by Reuters,[5] CNN and BBC[4] news. The Marvel comics character Magneto became a trending topic on Twitter, as people started to make references similar to the Negro Solstice hoax in 2020 in having their magnetism powers unlocked because of the vaccine. This can be seen in the Tweet[3] by @georgehahn where he claims to be fully vaxxed and has a key sticking to his forehead, which generated 77,000 likes in six days (shown below).



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Notorious Y.N.G @We_can_Mohican - Jun 9 I got Moderna-Vaccine powers. In fact, glasses attract my head with magnetic force. #Magneto Bender Bending Rodríguez ... @DontKno25112628 Replying to @georgehahn Ditto 12:32 PM · Jun 9, 2021 - Twitter Web App Glen Chisholm @glenchisholm - Jun 9 Holy sh*t I spoke to soon, walked into my kitchen and my powers kicked in #Magneto ... The Times Of India ... TOI @timesofindia Ulhasnagar man claims developing magnetic powers after taking second dose of Covid-19 vaccine Read: toi.in/50RTNA76/a24gk Edwin Geboers @edwingeboers · Jun 12 Got #vaccinated today with the first shot #PfizerVaccine . Let see if we feel like #Magneto GIF 10:24 1 sted by u • i.redd.it You can see the bruise from my injection site! It made me so magnetic even plastic sticks to me!!!!! Vote 5 S Share Award SINGLE COMMENT THREAD VIEW ALL oh Please let this be satire. 6 Reply If it was satire I would have posted it somewhere else. This isn't something to joke around about

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External References

[1] Twitter – @TylerJoelb

[2] Twitter – @djacob94

[3] Twitter – @Georgehahn

[4] BBC – COVID Vaccine Magnetized

[5] Reuters – Fact Check COVID Magnets

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