“Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).”
What PolitiFact found
Anyone can report “adverse events” to a vaccine — as in possible side effects — to the CDC's VAERS system. The reports are not verified and do not indicate whether an adverse event is linked to or caused by a vaccine.
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In short
Gateway Pundit (Conservative website) made this claim around 29 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 April 2021, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Gateway Pundit has 22 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 8 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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