Claim: A recent federal report shows a 3% increase in the U.S. infant mortality rate between 2021 and 2022, which is the first statistically significant rise in 20 years. The cause of the uptick is unknown, but there's no evidence that it's due to COVID-19 vaccination, as some social media posts baselessly suggest.
Fact-check: No Evidence of Link Between U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Increase and COVID-19 Vaccines - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a recent federal report shows a 3% increase in the u.s. infant mortality rate between 2021 and 2022, which is the first statistically significant rise in 20 years. the cause of the uptick is unknown, but there's no evidence that it's due to covid-19 vaccination, as some social media posts baselessly suggest.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Catalina Jaramillo
Date published: 2023-11-21T15:30:45