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Checked by FactCheck.org26 Mar 2021United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Pfeizer CEO refuses [COVID-19 vaccine]”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: A video making the false claim that the Pfizer CEO "refuses" to get a COVID-19 vaccine has been circulating on Facebook. But the pharmaceutical company’s chief executive has said that he’s gotten his first shot.

Checked by FactCheck.org12 Mar 2021United StatesHealth
Children's Health Defense, Anti-vaccination organization

“A 2004 “study discovered that African-American boys who receive the MMR vaccine ‘on-time’ by the age of 3 are 3.36 times more likely to be diagnosed with severe autism as Black boys who waited until they were older.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Not What Study Found

FactCheck.org says: That’s not what the study found. That’s what a purported reanalysis of the data claimed to find a decade later and that paper was retracted.

Dr. Simone Gold, Founder, "America's Frontline Doctors"

“The COVID-19 vaccine is an "experimental biological agent" that the government is pushing "heavily on Blacks and browns.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Dr. Simone Gold accused the government of "pure racism" for pushing the COVID-19 vaccine "heavily on Blacks and browns." Experts recommend prioritizing those communities because they have suffered higher rates of death.