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“Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”
Social media posts Facebook. Claim dated 9 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

Blood clots and heart problems linked to the COVID-19 vaccines are rare, but the virus itself continues to cause deaths and hospitalizations.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 9 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 December 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.

Where the claim appeared

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