Facebook fact-checked a graphic that accused the COVID-19 vaccines of violating the Nuremberg code: The graphic reads "Nuremberg Code Article 6 Section 3: No government can mandate or force medical treatment without individual consent." The graphic mis-cited the statement, which actually comes from the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. However, the same principles are enumerated in the 10 points of the Nuremberg Code. Facebook flagged the post for "missing context." The platform's fact-checker Health Feedback argued that the Nuremberg Code specifically referred to experimentation and that the vaccines are not experimental. It also argued that mandates from private organizations are not coercive. The fact-check, however, is outdated and does not address the recent release of the Pfizer COVID-19 trial data and the federal vaccine mandates. According to The New England Journal of Medicine, the Pfizer vaccine placebo control group was disbanded before phases 2 and 3 of the trials, meaning there is no long-term testing comparison between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated and the experiment was never completed. The federal government has also instated vaccine mandates for government workers, federal contractors, and private businesses with over 100 employees. The Nuremberg Code, however, requires voluntary consent for medical experiments which it defines as the ability "to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision." Similarly, the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights states: "In no case shall the collective agreement of the community or the consent of the community leader or other authority be a substitute for the informed consent of individuals."
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