“Bodybuilder Doug Brignole died from a COVID-19 vaccine.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Oct 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
A 62-year-old bodybuilder with heart disease died after contracting COVID-19. But vaccine opponents falsely suggest that he died from the COVID-19 vaccine. He didn't. He’d been vaccinated 18 months before his death.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 October 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2022, 18 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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