Pharmacist Who Tried to Destroy COVID Vaccines Believed They Could Change People’s DNA: Officials

An employee shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in New York City on Dec. 21, 2020. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

A Wisconsin hospital pharmacist told police that he intentionally attempted to destroy hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses because he thought the shots would alter or mutate people’s DNA, according to court documents.

Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist Steven Brandenburg was arrested last week after about 60 vials of the Moderna CCP virus vaccine were removed from refrigeration, which could have destroyed the doses, said the police department in Grafton, Wisconsin.