Claim: The spike protein generated by a Covid-19 vaccine can leave the site of injection and enter the bloodstream, which could possibly be causing deaths and vaccine injuries.
Fact-check: Claims that Covid vaccine spike proteins are harmful are unevidenced - Full Fact
Verdict: there is some evidence that the spike proteins generated by the moderna covid-19 vaccine leave the site of injection. there is also evidence that the spike protein on the actual virus can damage cells that line blood vessels.  however, the two different spike proteins behave very differently in the body, and so the assumption that spike proteins generated by the vaccine could also harm cells in the bloodstream is unevidenced.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-06-17T00:00:00