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Are the Covid-19 vaccines safe?

What's in the coronavirus vaccine. Also, how maggots get into wounds, and ivermectin and Covid...
26 January 2021
Presented by Chris Smith with Kieno Kammies, 567 Cape Talk. 
Production by Chris Smith.

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A needle and bottle of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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This week, Dr Chris and Kieno Kammies talk Covid-19 vaccinations, explore whether ivermectin might be a helpful coronavirus drug, explain how maggots get into wounds, unpick what's in the Covid-19 vaccine, and talk nanoparticles...

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