“Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Jul 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There is no evidence that the deaths of Jovenel Moïse, John Magufuli and Didier Ignace Ratsiraka were connected to their governments’ refusing COVID-19 vaccines.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 July 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 July 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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