Posts containing a video of a person claiming to be displaying Bluetooth connectivity capabilities after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine have been found to be false. The vaccine does not contain any Bluetooth chip.
Video examples:
https://www.facebook.com/jeffery.montgomery.3914/videos/477065383558261
The video shows an unidentified man talking to the person recording the video. The man talks about his experience getting the vaccine and says, "The only problem is, everywhere I go, everything is trying to connect to me, man, through Bluetooth."
"When I get in the car, I see the car trying to connect to me. I go home, I notice the computer doing the same thing, as does the cell phone."
The person claims to have a notification on his phone showing a request to connect via Bluetooth to a device called “AstraZeneca_ChAdOx1-S.” In a second clip added to the video, he shows a television showing the same request as he walks towards it.
There is no evidence to suggest that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contains a Bluetooth chip or allows the recipient of this vaccine to gain Bluetooth capabilities.
Most Bluetooth-enabled devices have a name that can be edited to any word. For example, the name of any mobile phone can be edited to show “AstraZeneca_ChAdOx1-S” and ask to pair with another device, prompting the first video notification on the mobile phone and television.
Reuters reached out to the person named @al_janabi on TikTok, who appears to be the source of the clip, and there was no response regarding Bluetooth connectivity.
A number of countries have authorized the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use, as explained here.
The full list of ingredients for this vaccine manufacturer (AstraZeneca) shows that it contains recombinant histidine monohydrate, L-histidine hydrochloride, magnesium chloride hexahydrate, polysorbate 80, ethanol, sucrose, sodium chloride, sodium disulfite dihydrate, water for injections. So, there is no Bluetooth chip in the vaccine on this list.