“A “peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves.”
Liz Wheeler
Conservative commentator. Facebook. Claim dated 30 Jun 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
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In short
Liz Wheeler (Conservative commentator) made this claim around 30 June 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Liz Wheeler has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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