Mexico Warns Citizens of Fake COVID-19 Vaccines

Mexican authorities have over the weekend warned citizens of unauthorized COVID-19 vaccines that are being illegally advertised and sold online. Such vaccines are of dubious origin and can be harmful, they said.

320px-Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 2020 CMexican authorities also reminded citizens that the COVID-19 vaccine is free from authorized providers. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)The local Health Secretary reported receiving reports about illicit sales of the Moderna TX vaccine advertised on social media platforms, according to Saturday’s statement from the Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks.

The Mexican government has approved use of the Pfizer–BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, but have not yet given Moderna the greenlight.

So far, authorities have also not authorized any private companies to purchase vaccines abroad and urged the public to report any illicit sales of the immunizations.

“Any vaccine against COVID-19 that is advertised for sale on sites, social networks, pharmacies, hospitals and points of sale in Mexico constitutes a health risk because it is of doubtful origin,” said Mexico’s Health Office.

The authorities also reminded citizens that the COVID-19 vaccine is free from authorized providers.

Last week, the chief of Mexico’s National Private Security Council, Raul Sapien Santos, warned that criminal organizations are already advertising online fake vaccination campaigns and counterfeit vaccines.

Sapien Santos told a news agency that the Council has detected more than 400 fake websites that advertise COVID-19 vaccines. He said that these false domains also offer medical equipment for sales, such as masks, rapid tests and oxygen.

Interpol issued a global alert to law enforcement last December warning of the potential falsification, theft, and illegal advertising of COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

“Criminal networks will also be targeting unsuspecting members of the public via fake websites and false cures, which could pose a significant risk to their health, even their lives,” said Interpol's Secretary General, Jürgen Stock.

Interpol also reported a rise in COVID-related fraud. Last year its Cyber Security Unit revealed that, of 3,000 websites associated with online pharmacies suspected of selling illicit medicines and medical devices, around 1,700 contained cyber threats.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13715-mexico-warns-citizens-of-fake-covid-19-vaccines

NYC sheriff admits deputy did not break legs in Jeep dust-up with COVID-19 'autonomous zone' bar owner as initially claimed

New York City Sheriff Joseph Fucito said the doctor who treated the deputy misdiagnosed his injury

New York City's sheriff initially told the media that a deputy of his suffered broken legs last month after being hit by a Jeep driven by outspoken "autonomous zone" Staten Island bar co-owner Daniel Presti, the New York Post reported.

But Presti's attorney Mark Fonte told the paper that prosecutors lined up against his client acknowledged that Sgt. Kenneth Matos never suffered broken legs in the Dec. 6 incident outside Mac's Public House, after which Presti was charged with felony assault.

Now Fonte wants Sheriff Joseph Fucito to resign, the Post reported.

"I cannot explain the sheriff's motivation for telling this falsehood," Fonte told the paper Sunday. "These false statements could have tainted a potential jury pool and did in fact taint public opinion."

What did the sheriff have to say?

Fucito told the Post his incorrect conclusion about Matos' condition was due to a "doctor that evening" who "misdiagnosed" the deputy's injury.

The sheriff added to the paper that he "cannot discuss Sgt. Matos' medical condition or why the doctor misdiagnosed it. But I can tell you he is still out on medical leave for the injuries he suffered from the assault from Mr. Presti."

Fucito also noted to the Post that "our statement was that he had broken tibias. That diagnosis was incorrect."

It isn't clear when the sheriff knew about the incorrect diagnosis. A WABC-TV reporter noted during the station's broadcast about the incident that the deputy broke bones in his leg, but that Presti denied the claim, insisting the deputy only twisted his ankle — and that there was video to prove it.

What's the background?

Mac's Public House gained national attention in late 2020 for defying COVID-19 lockdown orders.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-sheriff-admits-deputy-did-not-break-legs-in-jeep-dust-up-with-covid-19-autonomous-zone-bar-owner-as-initially-claimed

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kek least the fake Mexican ones don't change your dna