“Meme notes high COVID-19 survival rates and questions getting "dangerous vaccine.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Apr 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020. But a meme minimizes the toll the pandemic has taken and questions getting inoculated, despite the safety record of the vaccines.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 May 2021, 13 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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