“Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 5 Jun 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
We found no evidence that azidothymidine, or AZT, has killed "hundreds of thousands" of people. An expert said this claim is a conspiracy theory.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 June 2023, 15 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CtIS_kDgMcM/
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