“80% of people taking the Moderna vaccine had significant side effects, via Bill Gates.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 18 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Gates didn't say 80% experienced significant side effects. It's not uncommon to feel tired or sick for a day or so. A December FDA report says 0.5% of 15,184 people in a Moderna trial suffered a “severe adverse event."
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/KXvl8
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