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Tuesday 5 January 2021

Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe

rist and that he told investi- on Dec. 24 into Dec. 25, re- Brandenburg held on a
gators he intentionally tried turned them, then left them $10,000 signature bond on
to ruin the vaccine be- out again on the night of the condition that he sur-
cause it could hurt people Dec. 25 into Saturday. render his firearms, not work
by changing their DNA. A pharmacy technician in health care and have no
Misinformation around the discovered the vials outside contact with Aurora em-
COVID-19 vaccines has the refrigerator on Dec. 26. ployees.
surged online with false Bahr said Brandenburg ini- Brandenburg is in the pro-
claims circulating on every- tially said he had removed cess of divorcing his wife of
thing from the vaccines’ in- the vials to access other eight years. The couple has
gredients to its possible side items in the refrigerator and two small children.
effects. had inadvertently failed to According to an affidavit
One of the earliest false put them back. The Moder- his wife filed on Dec. 30, the
claims suggested that the na vaccine is viable for 12 same day Brandenburg
vaccines could alter DNA. hours outside refrigeration, was arrested in the vaccine
The Pfizer and BioNTech so workers used the vac- tampering, he stopped off
In this booking photo provided by the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s
Office Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 in Port Washington, Wis. Steven vaccine as well as the cine to inoculate 57 people at her house on Dec. 6 and
Brandenburg is shown. Moderna vaccine rely on before discarding the rest. dropped off a water purifier
Associated Press messenger RNA or mRNA, Police said the discarded and two 30-day supplies of
By TODD RICHMOND Moderna vaccine, which which is a fairly new tech- doses were worth between food, telling her that the
Associated Press officials say contained nology used in vaccines $8,000 and $11,000. world was “crashing down”
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — enough doses to inocu- that experts have been Bahr said the doses people and she was in denial. He
A Wisconsin pharmacist late more than 500 people. working on for years. MRNA received Dec. 26 are all but said the government was
convinced the world was Charges are pending. vaccines help train the im- useless. But Gerol said dur- planning cyberattacks and
“crashing down” told po- “He’d formed this belief mune system to identify the ing the hearing that the vi- was going to shut down the
lice he tried to ruin hun- they were unsafe,” Ozau- spike protein on the surface als were actually retained power grid.
dreds of doses of corona- kee County District Attor- of the coronavirus and cre- and Moderna would need She added that he was stor-
virus vaccine because he ney Adam Gerol said dur- ate an immune response. to test the doses to make ing food in bulk along with
believed the shots would ing a virtual hearing. He Experts have said there is sure they’re ineffective be- guns in rental units and she
mutate people’s DNA, ac- added that Brandenburg no truth to the claims that fore he can file charges. no longer felt safe around
cording to court docu- was upset because he was the vaccines can geneti- Brandenburg’s attorney, him. A court commission-
ments released Monday. in the midst of divorcing his cally modify humans. Jason Baltz, did not speak er on Monday found that
Police in Grafton, about 20 wife, and an Aurora em- Advocate Aurora Health on the merits of the case Brandenburg’s children
miles (32 kilometers) north ployee said Brandenburg Care Chief Medical Group during the hearing. Gerol were in imminent danger
of Milwaukee, arrested had taken a gun to work Officer Jeff Bahr has said held off on filing any charg- and temporarily prohibited
Advocate Aurora Health twice. Brandenburg admitted es, saying he still needs them from staying with him.
pharmacist Steven Bran- A detective wrote in a that he deliberately re- to determine whether Online court records in-
denburg last week follow- probable cause statement moved the vials from re- Brandenburg actually de- dicate Brandenburg’s di-
ing an investigation into that Brandenburg, 46, is an frigeration at the Grafton stroyed the doses. vorce attorney withdrew
the 57 spoiled vials of the admitted conspiracy theo- medical center overnight Judge Paul Malloy ordered from the case on Dec. 28.q

Biden inauguration to feature virtual, nationwide parade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pres- attracting large crowds.”
ident-elect Joe Biden’s Workers in recent days be-
inauguration will include gan dismantling an inau-
a “virtual parade across gural parade reviewing
America” consistent with stand in front of the White
crowd limits during the House as Biden’s transition
coronavirus era, organizers team continues to prepare
announced Sunday. for festivities that will be
Following the swearing-in mostly virtual. Accordingly,
ceremony on Inaugura- organizers also said they
tion Day on Jan. 20 on the will hold a virtual parade
west front of the U.S. Capi- nationwide to “celebrate
tol, Biden and his wife, first America’s heroes, highlight
lady Jill Biden, will join Vice Americans from all walks of
President-elect Kamala life in different states and
Harris and her husband in regions, and reflect on the
participating in a socially diversity, heritage, and re-
distanced Pass in Review silience of the country as
on the Capitol’s opposite we begin a new American
front side. Those are military era.” The parade event
traditions where Biden will will be televised and fea-
review the readiness of mili- ture “diverse, dynamic”
tary troops. President-elect Joe Biden arrives at St. Edmond Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., performances in commu-
Biden will also receive a tra- Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. nities across the country,
ditional presidential escort Associated Press the inaugural committee
with representatives from ington to the White House. be socially distanced too, historic images of the Pres- promised. Participants will
every branch of the military That, the Presidential Inau- while “providing the Ameri- ident-elect proceeding to be announced in coming
from 15th Street in Wash- gural Committee says, will can people and world with the White House without weeks.q