“Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 5 Nov 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
There is no clear evidence COVID-19 vaccines have caused any deaths. Several hundred children have died from COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 November 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CV5xZ6wlOzE/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4da5f476-cd30-47fa-a2…
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