Boris Johnson Didn't Admit Vaccine is for Spying

17th December 2020

Boris Johnson Didn't Admit Vaccine is for Spying

The Claim

Boris Johnson admits at the United Nations General Assembly that the vaccine currently being rolled out across the world will be used to spy on those that take it through nanotechnology.

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Si Hartley

Emerging story

A video on Facebook has been shared multiple times that depicts British leader, Boris Johnson, speaking before the UN General Assembly with users claiming that the UK Prime Minister was referring to the novel COVID-19 vaccine as being deadly and that it would be used for “spying purposes.”

The video has also been circulating over Twitter with users stating that the vaccine would be infused with “nanoparticles” to spy on its receivers.

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar has found that the circulating video fake. The depicts Boris Johnson addressing the UN on the COVID-19 vaccine is in fact from September 25, 2019, when the British Prime Minister addressed world leaders at the UN Headquarters in New York. In his unconventional, and rather amusing, speech, Johnson critiques the tech industry, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, as well as the rising trend of ‘anti-vaxxers’. However, this was long before the conception of the Covid-19 viral strain which began appearing in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

This year saw the first-ever ‘virtual’ UN General Assembly where all world leaders stayed at home and recorded their addresses from their own states as a result of regulations to stifle the spread of the coronavirus. It also witnessed the largest-ever participation of heads of states and government in the United Nation’s history. This included the British PM’s address which was pre-recorded from London, in September 2020, where he called for a global approach to combating COVID-19.

Boris Johnson didn't refer to the COVID-19 vaccine as a tool for spying purposes nor that it is infused with nanotechnology.