Claim: Thirty-two deaths from the swine flu vaccine in 1976 halted the programme.
Fact-check: Comparisons between deaths reported after swine flu and Covid-19 vaccines are misleading - Full Fact
Verdict: full fact could not find a confirmed number of deaths reported after a swine flu vaccine in 1976, but reports suggest that a number of the deaths could not be directly linked with the vaccine. the rollout was halted because of a number of reports of guillain-barré syndrome, and the fact the swine flu cases never reached pandemic levels.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-07-30T00:00:00