Calgary Zoo claims COVID-19 vaccine not responsible for gorilla’s cancer diagnosis
Posted Jun 10, 2022 2:01 pm.
It turns out that the Calgary Zoo’s gorilla didn’t get liver cancer from a COVID-19 vaccine.
????We’ve received many comments suggesting that providing vaccine protection has contributed to Kimani’s potentially terminal liver disease. As a science-driven organization, we feel the need to add accurate information to this conversation. Read more. https://t.co/otvuceTG9x pic.twitter.com/vrGqcqV1C0
— Calgary Zoo (@calgaryzoo) June 9, 2022
The Calgary Zoo issued a formal statement on the matter after they announced this week that six-year-old Kimani has an advanced form of rare, juvenile cancer.
Online anti-vaccine groups jumped on the story immediately trying to draw a connection between cancer and the zoo recently inoculating the gorilla troop against COVID.
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In a Facebook post, they say Kimani’s behavioural changes related to liver cancer started four months ago, while she only received the vaccine very recently.
The two are not related.
As for the rest of the gorillas and animals, the zoo says they have had no side effects from the vaccine and all remain healthy.
–With files from Mark Strashok
