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“They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
Steve Kirsch Entrepreneur. Blogs. Claim dated 21 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire

What PolitiFact found

Nine deaths of adults have been linked to a causal relationship between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and TTS, a rare event causing blood clots. There are no confirmed deaths involving children linked to the vaccines.

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In short

Steve Kirsch (Entrepreneur) made this claim around 21 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 December 2021. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.

Steve Kirsch has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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