PolitiFact - No, the numbers and letters on streetlights aren’t a secret code for mRNA vaccines

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PolitiFact - No, the numbers and letters on streetlights aren’t a secret code for mRNA vaccines
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A viral video suggests numbers and letters on street lights are connected to messenger RNA, or mRNA, proteins or the COVID-19 vaccine. That’s baseless and ridiculous. Here’s why.

claimed"street lights are connected to mRNA." The video zooms in on a street light to show a series of letters and numbers,"L17-A," which a narrator claims is linked to messenger RNA, or mRNA, proteins.

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