“COVID-19 vaccine is a “non-FDA-approved experimental agent.”
Social media posts
In an Instagram post. Claim dated 30 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The FDA authorized three vaccines for emergency use. The clinical trials and other materials needed for that are little different from the requirements for final approval.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20210331214139/https://www.instagram.com/p/CNEILytlE4U/
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