Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-04-26 16:17:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9AD88DAFB5D701583AD4ACF735159B389B6D087CEAE98F27B74C6796C62E203B
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Original Note:
This claim is false. The trial involved 43,448 people, 6 people died, 2 received the vaccine, and the other 4 had received a placebo. The deaths were not linked to the vaccine. This report is from the anti-vaccine Defender, who frequently publish unsupported claims. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/05/30/fact-check-claim-misinterprets-data-2021-pfizer-report/9898129002/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/11/blog-posting/two-vaccine-trial-participants-died-fda-didnt-conn/ https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-964291665925 https://factcheck.afp.com/http%253A%252F%252Fdoc.afp.com%252F9UC4LE https://apnews.com/article/covid-technology-health-public-misinformation-28019177323c1d50b7ff28c522dde083 https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pfizer-hid-data-covid-vaccine-trial-deaths/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-defender-childrens-health-defense-credibility/
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