“CDC quietly deletes 6,000 COVID vaccine deaths from its CDC website total in one day.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 22 Jul 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
There hasn’t been any definitive proof that a COVID-19 vaccination led to someone’s death. The CDC did make an error on its website in reporting deaths that occur after vaccinations, but corrected it the same day.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 July 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/6w7eZ
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