A "scientific" report claiming the Covid-19 vaccine to "administer" to the penis for faster release of the dose has gone viral.
The International Business Times has reported that this is fake and labelled as a "work of mischief".
Surprisingly, this type of post has fooled many people and has sparked furious discussions.
DOCTORS ENCOURAGE
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COVID-19 VACCINE INJECTIONS IN PENIS FOR FAST UPTAKE. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/Ifr0zkmDrf
The image appears to be a screenshot of a CNN article with the headline: "Doctors encourage Covid-19 vaccine injection in penis." It is accompanied by a 'doctor' image, a real doctor, by the way, Dr Mohitkumar Ardeshana, a hormone therapy doctor from Biote Medical's Calremond Medical Center, California.
Dr Mohikumar told Boomlive that the article was a complete fake. He did not say anything about such a study.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine must be injected intramuscularly into the deltoid muscle of the arm.
Australia's AAP FactCheck also said the image of the needle being "stabbed" into a penis is actually from "how to perform self-injection procedure to treat erectile dysfunction" from Kansas' City's Saint Luke's healthcare services.
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Image source via www.cdc.gov