Claim: A scientific paper shows COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause five times more cases of myocarditis than the virus itself.
Fact-check: Myocarditis study misrepresented to fuel vaccine claim
Verdict: false. the claim comes from a misreading of the study. the paper does not - and cannot - show excess risk following covid vaccination versus covid infection.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: David Williams
Date published: 2023-02-17T00:00:00