“More than 3,000 people have died after getting COVID-19 vaccines, according to Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.”
What FactCheck.org found
VAERS accepts any reports of adverse side effects following vaccination to help regulators detect potential problems, and anyone can submit a report.
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In short
Tucker Carlson (-) made this claim around 5 May 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2021, 9 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Tucker Carlson has 48 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 23 of them false or fake, 14 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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