https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/two-die-japan-after-shots-suspended-moderna-vaccines-japan-govt-2021-08-28/

[Note that the injections were halted MORE THAN ONE WEEK AFTER the contaminants were discovered, not immediately. And this proves vaccine manufacturing quality control is less than perfect. This is not the first time contaminants have been found in vaccines. Even if you 100% trust mRNA technology, can you trust the purity of manufacturing, when millions of doses are being hurried up? Are there iPhones and automobiles with defects? Is it a violation of human rights to force injections? Is it a violation of MORALITY to pressure your fellow Americans into being injected? Of course not! Even if many people have to be sacrificed to protect the State (i.e., the people who sit at the top of the State), it is worth it!!! This is timeless wisdom from Chairman Mao!]

TOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Two people died after receiving Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan's health ministry said on Saturday.

The men in their 30s died this month within days of receiving their second Moderna doses, the ministry said in a release. Each had a shot from one of three manufacturing lots suspended on Thursday. The causes of death are being investigated.

Japan halted the use of 1.63 million Moderna doses shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide, more than a week after the domestic distributor, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co (4502.T), received reports of contaminants in some vials.

"At this time, we do not have any evidence that these deaths are caused by the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine," Moderna and Takeda said in a statement on Saturday. "It is important to conduct a formal investigation to determine whether there is any connection."

The government has also said no safety or efficacy issues had been identified and the suspension of the three Moderna batches was a precaution.

Fumie Sakamoto, the infection control manager at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, cautioned against drawing a connection between the shots and the fatalities reported on Saturday.

"There may only be a temporal relationship between vaccination and death," Sakamoto told Reuters. "There are so many things we still don't know to make any conclusions on these two cases."