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General News of Monday, 11 January 2021

Source: dubawa.org

Claim that doctors recommend coronavirus vaccine injection through penis is a hoax

Photo: Coronavirus vaccine Photo: Coronavirus vaccine

With the progress made in the development and approval of COVID-19 vaccine comes a growing spread of misinformation around the vaccine.

Recently, a meme going viral on social media containing the image of a doctor and a sketch showing an injection in the penile area claims that doctors are recommending that the COVID-19 vaccine be administered in the penis for men.

This meme shared by some Facebook users claims doctors are discovering that for men, the penis allows for faster release of the vaccine into the body. This is attributed to findings from a University of California’s study involving 1500 men who received the vaccine.

The meme carries Cable News Network (CNN) logo to give an impression that it is a CNN report.

Verification

Dubawa conducted a search to find a CNN report on COVID-19 vaccine as it relates to being administered on the penis but found none.

Dubawa also observed clear differences in the format used in the meme and the format used by CNN news. While an ideal CNN report will have its logo, the names of different countries, its Live Tv redpoint icon, edition, the search icon, a contact icon where you can log in or create an account with CNN, and the three-line icon that allows you to open the menu, all on the menu bar, the meme on the other hand which tried to replicate CNN report contained only the CNN logo, Live Tv icon, the contact icon and the three-line open menu icon. The meme’s report also did not contain a byline or dateline.



Dubawa also tried to find the said study by a California university on COVID-19 vaccination in the penis but found none.

Dubawa, therefore, went ahead to do a google reverse image search for both images contained in the meme.

The reverse image search for the Doctor image led to the page of Biote Medical which identified the person in the image as Dr. Mohitkumar Ardeshana one of its practitioners who completed his Internal Medicine residency at Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.