Claim: Viral claims have repeatedly misrepresented unverified data from a U.S. vaccine safety system that encourages reports of any potential side effects -- whether they're likely to be caused by the vaccine or not. Now we're seeing the same phenomenon with a similar system in Germany. Some have wrongly claimed Germany found the COVID-19 vaccine caused "serious side effects" in a large number of people.
Fact-check: Misrepresentation of Germany's Data on Unverified COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects - FactCheck.org
Verdict: viral claims have repeatedly misrepresented unverified data from a u.s. vaccine safety system that encourages reports of any potential side effects -- whether they're likely to be caused by the vaccine or not. now we're seeing the same phenomenon with a similar system in germany. some have wrongly claimed germany found the covid-19 vaccine caused "serious side effects" in a large number of people.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2022-08-03T19:26:01