Claim: "If I don't take the vaccine, I'm at risk for covid. If I do take the vaccine, I'm still at risk for covid PLUS I'm at risk for permanent vaccine side effects. Therefore I'm reducing my risk by not taking the vaccine. That's the real science."
Fact-check: Safer to skip COVID-19 vaccine to avoid side effects? No
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2021-03-31T00:00:00