“The COVID vaccine killed 60,000 people in Germany.”
Dr. Helmut Sterz
Claim dated 19 Mar 2026.
FactCheck.org rated thisBaseless
What FactCheck.org found
The claim is based on counting deaths after COVID-19 vaccination that were not necessarily caused by the vaccines and multiplying them by a flawed "underreporting factor."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Dr. Helmut Sterz made this claim around 19 March 2026. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 April 2026, 28 days later. Its rating was “Baseless”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISWVUR-Kww0&t=2324s
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