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“According to the VAERS system, we are over 3,000 deaths of, after, within 30 days of taking the [coronavirus] vaccine.”
Ron Johnson U.S. Senator (R-Wis.). in an interview. Claim dated 6 May 2021.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios

In short

Ron Johnson (U.S. Senator (R-Wis.)) made this claim around 6 May 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.

Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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