“CDC Dep. Dir. Tom Shimabukuro Admits COVID Vaccines Are Causing ‘Debilitating Illnesses’”
Social media posts
Twitter. Claim dated 26 Jan 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Shimabukuro was simply acknowledging that some people have reported debilitating conditions following vaccination to VAERS. He was not saying that those conditions were caused by COVID-19 vaccination.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 January 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 February 2023, 25 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/GHP2-ME4Q
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