“A meme that reads “FLU SHOT INGREDIENTS” lists many substances including “antifreeze,” “cow muscle tissue” and “monkey kidney cells.”
Social media posts
Social media post. Claim dated 29 Sep 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Most substances are not present, and the ones that are aren’t dangerous.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 September 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/4KQB-A74U
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