“The movie “I am Legend” was based in the year 2021 and people turned into zombies “because of the wrong vaccine.”
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Claim dated 20 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This is inaccurate. The movie was set in 2012, not 2021. The story is about “mutant-like vampires,” not zombies, and the outbreak was caused by a genetically-modified virus meant to cure cancer, not a vaccine.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 March 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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