“COVID-19 vaccines have killed more people than COVID-19 itself.”
What FactCheck.org found
More than 1.1 million Americans have died from COVID-19, and deaths from COVID-19 vaccination are very rare. Social media posts misuse VAERS and reader survey data to falsely inflate COVID-19 vaccine deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 October 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 November 2023, 10 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Two other organisations checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
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- PesaCheck: False.“Police have killed more people than COVID-19”
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cy6cxhvJEqV/
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CzCalFbxNGt/
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This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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