Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-02 11:39:29 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A7A82C0407E75345AD7D93C1642776FA62A7186D7AB1B4C24802A2077020F4F
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OpenVAERS is not the real VAERS. It an anti-vaxx website created in 2021 by Liz Willner. The website misrepresents data from the real VAERS to promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. She runs the site from her home in Piedmont, Ca. This is the real VAERS https://vaers.hhs.gov https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8mm3/this-woman-secretly-runs-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-anti-vax-websites-from-her-house https://sfist.com/2021/08/12/hugely-popular-anti-vaxx-misinformation-website-is-just-some-lady-in-piedmont/
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