Claim: The Paul Ehrlich Institute, responsible for vaccine safety in Germany, found that one in 5,000 people was seriously affected after a vaccination.
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Verdict: this is misleading. the german health ministry did mistakenly tweet, with reference to the paul ehrlich institute, that one in 5,000 people had been affected by a serious side effect following a covid-19 vaccine earlier this year. but it then deleted that tweet and later clarified that the reports weren't known to be caused by the vaccine, just that they had happened afterwards.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman;Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-11-10T00:00:00