“Instead of jabbing Americans ... with a dangerous shot which injects them with these spike proteins . . . guess what? I now have natural immunity and double the antibodies, and that's science.”
Allen West
candidate for Texas governor. Claim dated 10 Oct 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisVaccines safer route
What PolitiFact found
The shots aren't dangerous. They are safe and effective.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Allen West (candidate for Texas governor) made this claim around 10 October 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Vaccines safer route”.
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