Claim: Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, and even lethal. But the government database is not designed to determine if vaccines cause health problems.
Fact-check: Viral Posts Misuse VAERS Data to Make False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines - FactCheck.org
Verdict: social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified data from the vaccine adverse event reporting system to falsely claim that covid-19 vaccines are dangerous, and even lethal. but the government database is not designed to determine if vaccines cause health problems.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Catalina Jaramillo
Date published: 2021-03-31T21:36:43