February 1, 2021
A man who identified himself as a biotech expert was arrested on a federal warrant charging him with introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce. According to a criminal complaint, Johnny T. Stine claimed that his main biotech effort was creating vaccines that attack cancer tumors and said he had used a similar method to develop his COVID-19 vaccine. He offered to vaccinate people for COVID-19 and also allegedly preyed on cancer patients, selling them untested “vaccines” to battle their malignant tumors. Read a news story. Read a Department of Justice press release.
Source: SMP Resource Center
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