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“[C]hilling data showing 44 percent* of pregnant women participating in Pfizer’s mRNA COVID vaccine trial suffered miscarriages.”
Social media posts Claim dated 12 Aug 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

The incorrect statistic relies on a faulty tally of miscarriages that counted each miscarriage in the trial twice and included miscarriages from people in the placebo group.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 12 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 August 2022, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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