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 Steven Brandenburg, 46, is charged with two counts of attempting to
tamper with consumer products and with reckless disregard for the
risk that another person will be placed in danger of death or bodily
injury, according to the statement by the Justice Department.
It said https://bit.ly/3qUNXVI he believed in various "conspiracy
theories" and was skeptical of vaccines in general and specifically
the vaccine by Moderna.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has deemed Moderna's vaccine
safe and effective.
Brandenburg has signed a plea agreement to plead guilty to the
charges, which each carry a maximum sentence of ten years'
imprisonment, the statement added.
In late December, he intentionally removed a box of COVID-19 vaccine
on two successive night shifts from a refrigerator in Aurora Medical
Center in Grafton, Wisconsin, so that he could ruin its
effectiveness, according to the statement.
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 He left them out for several
hours before placing them back in the
refrigerator to be used by the clinic the next
day, the statement said, adding that 57 people
had already received doses of the vaccine from
those vials before his conduct was discovered.
Moderna's vaccine has to be stored and shipped
frozen but does not require ultra-cold
temperatures and can be stored for 30 days in
standard-temperature refrigerators.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru;
Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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