“JAPAN refuses blood donations from any who received shot/s! Wow… What’s that tell you?!”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 3 May 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Japan recently adopted guidelines for blood donations from those who have received COVID-19 vaccines. The guidelines are intended to give donors time to get over any side effects from vaccines.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 May 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2021, 9 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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