{"id":188938,"date":"2021-07-19T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=188938"},"modified":"2021-07-19T04:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T03:10:41","slug":"the-unfiltered-truth-behind-human-magnetism-vaccines-and-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/07\/the-unfiltered-truth-behind-human-magnetism-vaccines-and-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unfiltered Truth behind Human Magnetism, Vaccines, and COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_188940\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188940\" class=\"wp-image-188940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-188940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>A hammer appears to stick to a man&#8217;s skin with no adhesives or other interventions. While this may &#8230; [+]<br \/>Henry Assen \/ Wikimedia Commons \/ CCA-SA-3.0<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body fs-article fs-responsive-text current-article\">\n<p><em>23 Jun 2021 &#8211; <\/em>Every once in a while, a claim comes along that wildly challenges the mainstream scientific narrative. These challenges can occasionally serve as the seed for a revolution in our understanding of some aspect of the world, but much more frequently, the novel claims simply fail to pan out. Oftentimes, the very nature of the claim itself is suspect, and based on a misunderstanding of already known and established facts. Regardless of what\u2019s being claimed, however, we can always anchor ourselves by beginning with a scientifically sound starting point, and then examine the viability of those new claims through that lens.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny has claimed that the coronavirus vaccine is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2021\/06\/21\/fact-check-covid-19-vaccines-arent-magnetic\/7698556002\/\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2021\/06\/21\/fact-check-covid-19-vaccines-arent-magnetic\/7698556002\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2021\/06\/21\/fact-check-covid-19-vaccines-arent-magnetic\/7698556002\/\" aria-label=\"actively magnetizing people\">actively magnetizing people<\/a>, stating in her testimony, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen the pictures all over the internet of people who have had these shots and now they&#8217;re magnetized. You can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. You can put spoons and forks all over and they can stick because now we think there is a metal piece to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the science of magnetism has been extraordinarily well-understood for over 150 years. Here\u2019s a look at the science behind this claim.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-3\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"image-embed__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbor.forbes.com\/thumbor\/960x0\/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fimageserve%2F60d27c9d8a7de332fa67c3d3%2F960x0.jpg%3FcropX1%3D0%26cropX2%3D6510%26cropY1%3D155%26cropY2%3D4344\" alt=\"A permanent magnet induces a parallel magnetic field inside certain metals and alloys.\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\">A permanent magnet induces a parallel magnetic field inside certain metals and alloys. Those <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+] <\/span><small>getty<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Magnetism<\/strong>. Most of us are familiar with permanent magnets, which generate their own magnetic field. When you bring a permanent magnet close to certain materials, the magnet induces a magnetic field inside of those materials, leading to an attractive force. Common examples of this include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>bringing a permanent magnet close to a refrigerator, upon which it \u201csticks,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>bringing a permanent magnet close to a series of paperclips, which can then be picked up by the magnet,<\/li>\n<li>or using a permanent magnet on the end of a stick to search for any loose metals that may have dropped to the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But this is not how all magnets work; permanent magnets are just one specific type of magnetism at play. All materials that are made of normal matter \u2014 atomic nuclei with electrons bound to them \u2014 exhibit one or more forms of magnetism, and that includes human beings and everything in them. Of course, there\u2019s an enormous difference between saying \u201cthis material exhibits a form of magnetism\u201d and \u201chuman beings can be magnetized,\u201d and if we want to answer that latter question, we\u2019d better understand how magnetism itself works.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_paragraph_7\"><div id=\"attachment_188944\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine2.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188944\" class=\"wp-image-188944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine2.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine2-300x68.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine2-768x174.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-188944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the absence of a magnetic field, diamagnetic and paramagnetic materials remain non-magnetized on &#8230; [+]<br \/>LEONADRO RICOTTI \/ V. IACOVACCI ET AL., 2016, IN LAB-ON-A-CHIP FABRICATION AND APPLICATION<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The three types of magnetism that occur in materials are diamagnetism, paramagnetism, and ferromagnetism. Whenever you apply an external magnetic field to a material, you\u2019ll get one of the following three responses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diamagnetic<\/strong>: when you place your material into an external magnetic field, the material weakly magnetizes in the opposite direction to the external field, and when you remove the external field, the material completely demagnetizes once again, reverting to its original state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paramagnetic<\/strong>: when you place your material into an external magnetic field, it weakly magnetizes parallel to (in the same direction as) the external field, and when you remove the external field, the material demagnetizes and comes out with no internal magnetic field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ferromagnetic<\/strong>: when you place your material into an external magnetic field, it strongly magnetizes parallel to the external field, and when the external field is removed, the material may remain partially or even completely magnetized, retaining its own internal magnetic field.<\/p>\n<p>Of these three, only ferromagnetic materials can remain magnetized in the absence of an external field. If we\u2019re talking about \u201cmagnetizing\u201d something in a permanent or semi-permanent fashion, we\u2019re always dealing with ferromagnetism.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_188945\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine3.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188945\" class=\"wp-image-188945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine3.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine3-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine3-768x515.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-188945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magnetic field lines, as illustrated by a bar magnet: a magnetic dipole, with a north and south pole &#8230; [+] Newton Henry Black, Harvey N. Davis (1913) Practical Physics<\/p><\/div>Most substances, however, are not ferromagnetic at all. A few ferromagnetic materials are common: the elements iron, nickel, and cobalt, as well as most of their alloys, plus a number of compounds involving certain other elements, including manganese, chromium, gadolinium, and other lanthanides from the periodic table. When it comes to magnetism, it\u2019s important to remember that it isn\u2019t just one type of magnetism that\u2019s at play, but at least one. All materials are diamagnetic; they all magnetize anti-parallel to any external magnetic field. It\u2019s just that some materials are also paramagnetic or ferromagnetic as well, where paramagnetic effects are frequently stronger than diamagnetic ones, while ferromagnetic effects are \u2014 when present \u2014 always stronger than diamagnetic ones.<\/p>\n<p>The questions we should be asking, then, are threefold.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are the typical magnetic properties of a human body, and is there any substantial ferromagnetism inherent in people that could possibly be exploited or measured?<\/li>\n<li>What are the ingredients in the specific vaccine in question, as well as in other vaccines more generally, and can they be responsible for magnetizing a human?<\/li>\n<li>And finally, is there any science behind claims that assert something like, \u201cyou can put keys, forks, spoons, etc., all over a human who\u2019s had a coronavirus vaccine, and they\u2019ll stick?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let\u2019s begin with the magnetic properties of a human.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_188946\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine4.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188946\" class=\"wp-image-188946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine4.jpeg 958w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine4-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine4-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-188946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The composition of the human body, as broken down by various elements. While, by mass, we are mostly &#8230; [+] Openstax college, Anatomy &amp; Physiology, Connexions Web site<\/p><\/div><strong>Human magnetism<\/strong>. If you were to break down a human being into the molecules that compose us, you\u2019d find that the overwhelming majority of the body \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/sziser\/Biol%202404\/2404%20handouts\/Basic%20Molecules.pdf\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/sziser\/Biol%202404\/2404%20handouts\/Basic%20Molecules.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/sziser\/Biol%202404\/2404%20handouts\/Basic%20Molecules.pdf\" aria-label=\"about 60-65%\">about 60-65%<\/a>, according to most estimates \u2014 is made of water. If you\u2019ve ever held a permanent magnet up to a glass of water and noticed how non-responsive the water is, that\u2019s an indication: water is not ferromagnetic. (In fact, water is quite diamagnetic.)<\/p>\n<p>The next most common set of molecules in the human body are lipids: the fats and fatty acids that we store to help meet our energy needs. Lipids are also not ferromagnetic, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/0022236478901580\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/0022236478901580\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/0022236478901580\" aria-label=\"can be paramagnetic\">can be paramagnetic<\/a> if certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/fulltext\/S0006-3495(98)77949-4\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/fulltext\/S0006-3495(98)77949-4\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.cell.com\/fulltext\/S0006-3495(98)77949-4\" aria-label=\"specific conditions are met\">specific conditions are met<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Proteins, the third most common material, are generally not ferromagnetic in nature, but a 2017 study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-017-13648-x\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-017-13648-x\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-017-13648-x\" aria-label=\"did discover a magnetic protein\">did discover a magnetic protein<\/a>, and there is some suspicion that such proteins may be responsible for the sense of magnetoreception in some animals. We can also <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.nanolett.9b02266\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.nanolett.9b02266\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.nanolett.9b02266\" aria-label=\"engineer magnetic protein crystals\">engineer magnetic protein crystals<\/a>, but these do not occur in nature.<\/p>\n<p>These three components \u2014 water, lipids, and proteins \u2014 compose approximately 95% of the human body, typical for many animals. Which effect, overall, dominates? It\u2019s the diamagnetic effects of water, as spectacularly demonstrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KlJsVqc0ywM\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KlJsVqc0ywM\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KlJsVqc0ywM\" aria-label=\"the levitating frog in the video below\">the levitating frog in the video below<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-7\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"image-embed__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/60d28077e8ab2f17101bfd48\/960x0.gif?fit=scale\" alt=\"Short clip of a levitating from from Dr. Andre Geim's lab, circa 1997. \" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Short clip of a levitating from from Dr. Andre Geim&#8217;s lab, circa 1997. The full video can be found <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+]\u00a0 <\/span><small>Dr. Andre Geim, Catholic University of Nijmegen\/AP<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you apply a very, very strong external magnetic field \u2014 the kinds we can only reach with superconducting electromagnets \u2014 the induced diamagnetism in water-containing objects will cause the creation of a magnetic field that opposes the external field. If the external field has a &#8220;north&#8221; pole at the top, then then magnetized frog will have a &#8220;north&#8221; pole at the bottom, and two north poles will repel each other. If the external field is strong enough, this can even overcome the force of gravity, leading to the phenomenon of magnetic levitation. As it turns out, most biological materials, including human beings, contain large amounts of water and are, overall, weakly diamagnetic.<\/p>\n<p>If you wanted to cause a human being to behave as anything other than diamagnetic \u2014 which would repel permanent magnets and experience no forces from non-magnetic materials \u2014 you\u2019d have to add in some sort of magnetizable material. You might think, \u201chey, hemoglobin, found in blood, contains iron, and couldn\u2019t that be ferromagnetic?\u201d But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4629386\/\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4629386\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4629386\/\" aria-label=\"it turns out not to be so\">it turns out not to be so<\/a>; hemoglobin, dependent on whether it\u2019s oxygenated or not, can behave either diamagnetically or paramagnetically, but doesn\u2019t behave ferromagnetically. We\u2019d have to introduce some external agent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-8\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"image-embed__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbor.forbes.com\/thumbor\/960x0\/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fimageserve%2F60d28139d2ea63d5e0cd7921%2F960x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale\" alt=\"A single dose is drawn from a vial of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\">A single dose is drawn from a vial of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, on March 6, 2021. <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+] <\/span><small>Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s in the vaccines?<\/strong> This is the next big question: if human beings, themselves, aren\u2019t permanently magnetizable, could some sort of agent introduced into our bodies suddenly render us capable of being magnetized? And, if so, could any of the vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 contain ingredients that turn our bodies into permanent magnets?<\/p>\n<p>While each of the available vaccines are different from one another, they all have commonalities, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/facts.html\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/facts.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/facts.html\" aria-label=\"All vaccines against COVID-19\">All vaccines against COVID-19<\/a> contain no traces of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iron,<\/li>\n<li>nickel,<\/li>\n<li>cobalt,<\/li>\n<li>lithium,<\/li>\n<li>or rare earth alloys,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>as well as lacking (the more conspiratorial) microchips, microelectronics, graphene, nanowires, or electrodes.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which are mRNA vaccines, contain mRNA, lipids, salts, sugars, as well as (in the case of Moderna) acids and acid stabilizers. The Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine, on the other hand, contains a modified version of the common cold virus, as well as acids, salts, sugars, and ethanol.<\/p>\n<p>None of these ingredients are magnetic, and \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/widgets\/micrositeCollectionViewerMed\/index.html?chost=trentonsun.net&amp;cpath=\/Content\/Default\/CDC-Coronavirus-Microsite\/-3\/15&amp;csearch=&amp;chash=!%2Fdetail%2F403419&amp;ctitle=CDC%20Coronavirus%20Microsite%20-%20The%20Trenton%20Sun&amp;wn=micrositeCollectionViewerMed&amp;wf=\/widgets\/micrositeCollectionViewerMed\/&amp;wid=micrositeCollectionViewerMed1&amp;mMode=widget&amp;mPage=&amp;mChannel=&amp;cdcCollectionid=403305&amp;cdcTheme=theme6&amp;cdcGeotag=%7B%27continent%27:%20%276255149%27,%20%27country%27:%20%276252001%27,%20%27state%27:%20%27%27,%20%27region%27:%20%27%27%20%7D&amp;cdcDataid=404908&amp;chashOptMode=out#!\/detail\/412738\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/widgets\/micrositeCollectionViewerMed\/index.html?chost=trentonsun.net&amp;cpath=\/Content\/Default\/CDC-Coronavirus-Microsite\/-3\/15&amp;csearch=&amp;chash=!%2Fdetail%2F403419&amp;ctitle=CDC%20Coronavirus%20Microsite%20-%20The%20Trenton%20Sun&amp;wn=micrositeCollectionViewerMed&amp;wf=\/widgets\/micrositeCollectionViewerMed\/&amp;wid=micrositeCollectionViewerMed1&amp;mMode=widget&amp;mPage=&amp;mChannel=&amp;cdcCollectionid=403305&amp;cdcTheme=theme6&amp;cdcGeotag=%7B%27continent%27:%20%276255149%27,%20%27country%27:%20%276252001%27,%20%27state%27:%20%27%27,%20%27region%27:%20%27%27%20%7D&amp;cdcDataid=404908&amp;chashOptMode=out#!\/detail\/412738\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/widgets\/micrositeCollectionViewerMed\/index.html?chost=trentonsun.net&amp;cpath=\/Content\/Default\/CDC-Coronavirus-Microsite\/-3\/15&amp;csearch=&amp;chash=!%2Fdetail%2F403419&amp;ctitle=CDC%20Coronavirus%20Microsite%20-%20The%20Trenton%20Sun&amp;wn=micrositeCollectionViewerMed&amp;wf=\/widgets\/micrositeCollectionViewerMed\/&amp;wid=micrositeCollectionViewerMed1&amp;mMode=widget&amp;mPage=&amp;mChannel=&amp;cdcCollectionid=403305&amp;cdcTheme=theme6&amp;cdcGeotag=%7B%27continent%27:%20%276255149%27,%20%27country%27:%20%276252001%27,%20%27state%27:%20%27%27,%20%27region%27:%20%27%27%20%7D&amp;cdcDataid=404908&amp;chashOptMode=out#!\/detail\/412738\" aria-label=\"as the CDC notes\">as the CDC notes<\/a> \u2014 even if they were, the size of the vaccine dose is insufficiently small to cause magnets to stick to even the injection site directly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-9\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"image-embed__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbor.forbes.com\/thumbor\/960x0\/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fimageserve%2F60d282196a64257f5f67c3d1%2F960x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale\" alt=\"A father and his children hanging spoons on their noses\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\">If a person can easily attach smooth objects to their skin, there&#8217;s a good chance that one or more <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+] <\/span><small>getty<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Magnets and metals stick to human skin<\/strong>. And yet, there are copious examples, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=38wQNswGCOE\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=38wQNswGCOE\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=38wQNswGCOE\" aria-label=\"significant number\">significant number<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/truth-or-fake\/20210521-covid19-vaccine-magnet-challenge-debunked\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/truth-or-fake\/20210521-covid19-vaccine-magnet-challenge-debunked\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/truth-or-fake\/20210521-covid19-vaccine-magnet-challenge-debunked\" aria-label=\"of recent\">of recent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NC3ete7cj3I\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NC3ete7cj3I\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NC3ete7cj3I\" aria-label=\"viral videos\">viral videos<\/a>, where people are sticking metallic, magnetic, or other objects to their skin, directly, while simultaneously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/can-the-covid-vaccine-can-make-you-magnetic\/av-57890465\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/can-the-covid-vaccine-can-make-you-magnetic\/av-57890465\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/can-the-covid-vaccine-can-make-you-magnetic\/av-57890465\" aria-label=\"claiming that it's the coronavirus vaccine\">claiming that it&#8217;s the coronavirus vaccine<\/a> that made this &#8220;magnetism&#8221; possible.<\/p>\n<p>There actually is a kernel of truth in here: many people can, legitimately, \u201cstick\u201d metallic, magnetic, or other objects \u2014 including glass, porcelain, plastics, wood, brass, and aluminum \u2014 to their skin. Although people who can do so are sometimes colloquially referred to as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_magnetism\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_magnetism\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_magnetism\" aria-label=\"human magnets\">human magnets<\/a>,\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liew_Thow_Lin\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liew_Thow_Lin\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liew_Thow_Lin\" aria-label=\"many\">many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bd2m445r\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bd2m445r\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bd2m445r\" aria-label=\"making\">making<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fyi\/story\/magnetic-man-attracts-metal-objects-madhya-pradesh-322018-2016-05-06\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fyi\/story\/magnetic-man-attracts-metal-objects-madhya-pradesh-322018-2016-05-06\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fyi\/story\/magnetic-man-attracts-metal-objects-madhya-pradesh-322018-2016-05-06\" aria-label=\"claims\">claims<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ivan-stoiljkovic-magnet-boy-croatia-hoax_n_865773\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ivan-stoiljkovic-magnet-boy-croatia-hoax_n_865773\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ivan-stoiljkovic-magnet-boy-croatia-hoax_n_865773\" aria-label=\"that they are\">that they are<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/magnetic-man-attracts-50-spoons-his-body-break-guinness-record-photos-video-384016\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/magnetic-man-attracts-50-spoons-his-body-break-guinness-record-photos-video-384016\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/magnetic-man-attracts-50-spoons-his-body-break-guinness-record-photos-video-384016\" aria-label=\"in fact\">in fact<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrecordacademy.com\/human\/most_powerful_human_magnet_world_record_set_by_Aurel_Raileanu_70860.htm\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.worldrecordacademy.com\/human\/most_powerful_human_magnet_world_record_set_by_Aurel_Raileanu_70860.htm\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:http:\/\/www.worldrecordacademy.com\/human\/most_powerful_human_magnet_world_record_set_by_Aurel_Raileanu_70860.htm\" aria-label=\"magnetic\">magnetic<\/a>, the phenomenon at play here is much more mundane than magnetism.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the reason objects can stick to certain people is the main reason that practically any two objects might refuse to slide off of one another: the force of friction.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_188947\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine5.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188947\" class=\"wp-image-188947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine5-787x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine5-787x1024.jpeg 787w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine5-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine5-768x999.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/magnetism-covid-vaccine5.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-188947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenda Allison, a so-called human magnet, can easily stick smooth objects to her skin. However, &#8230; [+] Brenda Allison \/ CCA-SA-4.0<\/p><\/div>In every case where these \u201chuman magnets\u201d have been tested, the same results appear each and every time. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>if you try to measure the magnetic field around the person, you achieve a null result; no detectable field above the background of Earth\u2019s intrinsic magnetic field,<\/li>\n<li>the same people who can stick metallic or magnetic objects to their bodies can stick non-metallic and\/or non-ferromagnetic metals to their bodies just as easily,<\/li>\n<li>that the \u201csticking\u201d only occurs where the skin is smooth and hairless,<\/li>\n<li>that the subject is often either leaning back or sticking an object to themselves at less than a 90\u00b0 angle,<\/li>\n<li>and \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTVWMY8EZCA\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTVWMY8EZCA\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTVWMY8EZCA\" aria-label=\"as demonstrated\">as demonstrated<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/14\/are-there-really-magnetic-people\/\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/14\/are-there-really-magnetic-people\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/14\/are-there-really-magnetic-people\/\" aria-label=\"the late skeptic and magician James Randi\">the late skeptic and magician James Randi<\/a> \u2014 their claimed magnetic powers suddenly disappear if you cover their skin in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talc\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talc\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talc\" aria-label=\"talc\">talc<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egg_balancing\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egg_balancing\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egg_balancing\" aria-label=\"phenomenon of balancing an egg\">phenomenon of balancing an egg<\/a> upright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/parents\/kids-activities-and-printables\/activities-for-kids\/math-and-science-ideas\/science-myth-can-you-balance-egg-spring-equinox.html\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/parents\/kids-activities-and-printables\/activities-for-kids\/math-and-science-ideas\/science-myth-can-you-balance-egg-spring-equinox.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/parents\/kids-activities-and-printables\/activities-for-kids\/math-and-science-ideas\/science-myth-can-you-balance-egg-spring-equinox.html\" aria-label=\"during the equinox\">during the equinox<\/a>, which can be done equally well during any day of the year, metal objects can often stick to human skin. But neither magnetism nor vaccine ingredients of any type plays a role at all.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-11\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"image-embed__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbor.forbes.com\/thumbor\/960x0\/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fimageserve%2F60d2846e497b5f27a0aaf76c%2F960x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale\" alt=\"Magnetic boy aims to get into Guinness Book of Records\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\">This 2015 photo shows &#8216;magnetic boy&#8217; Elvir Silayciya, 13, of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as he <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+] <\/span><small>Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s true that some people have stickier skin than others, and are quite capable of temporarily attaching massive, macroscopic metallic or magnetic objects to their bare skin. But it isn\u2019t because they\u2019re magnetic; the human body generates and possesses no measurable magnetic fields on its own. It isn\u2019t because you got the coronavirus vaccine; there are no magnetic or magnetizable ingredients in any of them, and the stickiness properties of human skin are unchanged by the vaccines, even at the injection site.<\/p>\n<p>The crux of these claims \u2014 that the coronavirus vaccines can transform human bodies into magnets \u2014 is demonstrably false. All COVID-19 vaccines contain no magnetic or magnetizable ingredients, they don\u2019t cause magnetism in humans, and moreover, magnetism in humans isn\u2019t even a real, measurable phenomenon. This is simply two unrelated phenomena, the natural stickiness of human skin and the fact that many people have recently gotten a coronavirus vaccine, that have been incorrectly conflated together. If you feel the need to prove it to anyone who claims to be magnetized themselves, simply put some talcum powder on their skin and watch their so-called magnetism spontaneously disappear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter_signup_article\">______________________________________________<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"sigfile article-body fs-responsive-text\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ethansiegel\/\" class=\"author-name contrib-byline-author speakable-author\"  data-ga-track=\"contrib block byline\">Ethan Siegel<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ethansiegel\/\" class=\"author-name contrib-byline-author speakable-author\"  data-ga-track=\"contrib block byline\"> &#8211;<\/a>\u00a0I am a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, who professes physics and astronomy at various colleges. I have won numerous awards for science writing. Check out\u00a0my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startswithabang.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0some of my other work\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2na2hwn\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-contrib-block\">\n<div class=\"contrib-bio\">\n<div class=\"contributor-about__initial-description\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/startswithabang\/2021\/06\/23\/the-unfiltered-truth-behind-human-magnetism-vaccines-and-covid-19\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 Jun 2021 &#8211; Recently, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny has claimed that the coronavirus vaccine is actively magnetizing people, stating in her testimony, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen the pictures all over the internet of people who have had these shots and now they&#8217;re magnetized. You can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. You can put spoons and forks all over and they can stick because now we think there is a metal piece to that.&#8221; Fortunately, the science of magnetism has been extraordinarily well-understood for over 150 years. Here\u2019s a look at the science behind this claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":188940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2124],"tags":[1829,1868,1446,888],"class_list":["post-188938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-debates-on-covid-vaccines","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-electromagnetic-radiation","tag-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}