SEE IT: Ohio nurse hilariously fails to prove COVID vaccine makes people magnetic, key falls from her neck

Perhaps she’s just attracted to conspiracies.

An Ohio nurse attempted to prove that COVID-19 vaccines contain “magnetic vaccine crystals” but failed in comedic fashion Wednesday in Ohio’s state capitol.

Registered nurse Joanna Overholt asked lawmakers to explain why a key stuck her to her body, before jabbing it into her chest, the Ohio Capital Journal reported. She then attempted to attach the key to her neck — but failed several times.

Overholt wasn’t the only medical professional spreading untrue vaccine theories at the hearing. Dr. Sherri Tenpenny spoke about the same magnetic conspiracy that has been widely mocked. The Centers for Disease Control even addressed the theory.

“All COVID-19 vaccines are free from metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth alloys, as well as any manufactured products such as microelectronics, electrodes, carbon nanotubes, and nanowire semiconductors,” read the CDC bulletin. “In addition, the typical dose for a COVID-19 vaccine is less than a milliliter, which is not enough to allow magnets to be attracted to your vaccination site even if the vaccine was filled with a magnetic metal.”

The conspiracists were in Columbus to support a proposed bill that would prevent any sort of establishment in Ohio, from schools to hospitals to businesses, from requiring or even incentivizing vaccination, according to the Capital Journal. No opposing views were allowed at the Wednesday hearing.

“I’ll be very direct and say this bill threatens how we take care of children, and how we keep them healthy, and how we keep them alive,” Dr. Patty Manning-Courtney, chief of staff at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, told the outlet last week. “To limit and restrict the ability to require vaccinations in schools or to check vaccination status, it’s almost unthinkable in a pediatric community to think that one of the best tools we have at prevention would be limited, restricted, or discussed in a way that is negative.”

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