“Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”
Social media posts
Blogs. Claim dated 19 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The claim alludes to a New England Journal of Medicine study that shows the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine prevents infection and severe illness, with no evidence that it caused any death.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 January 2022, 15 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
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