“It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.”
Social media posts
Viral image. Claim dated 2 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The chances of contracting COVID-19 and dying from it are much greater for unvaccinated people. There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines have caused deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/TrKbb
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