A former Wisconsin pharmacist has pleaded guilty to spoiling dozens of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Steven Brandenburg, 46, who believed the vaccine would mutate human DNA, was charged in January with two attempts to tamper with consumer products and could face up to 10 years in prison.
He pleaded guilty to both cases in federal court on Tuesday.
Brandenburg was working at the Grafton Aurora Medical Center when he left 50 vials of the Moderna vaccine unrefrigerated for 12 hours in December, authorities said.
The vials contain approximately 570 doses of the vaccine. Brandenburg was later fired.
The pharmacist confessed to employees that he wanted to destroy the vaccine because he thought it was not safe.
Medical experts say there is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is harmful.
With Post Wires