“Young people "have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.”
Jeff Shipley
Iowa state representative. Claim dated 28 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
No deaths have ever been linked to the HPV vaccine in Iowa. Some younger people have died from the virus.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jeff Shipley (Iowa state representative) made this claim around 28 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2020, 15 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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