I googled b matt 2 gene vaccine trying to figure out what he said, and even though I spelled it wrong I still found all the fact checks on it, instantly. I am assuming that you don't ever fact check or you just would rather believe the video even if the brain scan images were taken from another article about lesions in a young woman and used in this video.
I mean 1) you don't fact check, 2) you fact checked but don't believe the fact check information. 3) you fact checked and believe the fact check information but are willing to lie to get people scared of vaccines. Which is it?
Fact Check information:
VMAT2 is the scientific name for “Vesicular monoamine transporter 2”, a protein that carries neurotransmitters such as dopamine, encoded in humans by the SLC18A2 gene (
here ). A study on VMAT2 interacting with drugs is visible
here , while another on VMAT2 in neuropsychiatric disorders is visible
here .
The video may have been inspired by the book “The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes” by Dr Dean Hamer (
here ). The book discusses how “a variation in the VMAT2 gene plays a role in one's openness to spiritual experiences” (
here ,
here ).
Since at least 2011, the video has been subject to scrutiny over its origins and creation on many online forums providing different theories (examples
here and
here ). Some point to awkward lip syncing or tones of voice, others to the large font used for the date and timestamps, and some hint the men in the video may be actors (at the very end the speaker looks straight at the camera awkwardly).
(I guessed this, because I have a lick of sense)
The video includes images of brain scans (visible at 3:13
youtu.be/jRg41D8SOq0?t=193 ). Posts on Metabunk’s forum (
here ) place the images of the brain scans as coming from a 2010 case article on Neurology.org titled “A case of confusion and bilateral temporal lesions in a young woman” (
here ). Both images in the video take the brain scan labelled “B” in the article have overwritten it with color for supposed brain activity.