“Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because “only 1% of deaths are reported.”
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in an Instagram post.. Claim dated 6 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This post cites the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which the CDC and FDA warn cannot be used on its own to verify if a vaccine has caused an event. It accepts reports before verifying them for accuracy.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 December 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CXHXQOfvQPW/
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