Claim: According to the Times in 1987, smallpox vaccines triggered the awakening of dormant HIV among recipients, causing the AIDS epidemic.
Fact-check: No evidence for link between AIDS epidemic and smallpox vaccine - Full Fact
Verdict: the times published an article suggesting this may have been the case 35 years ago but there is no evidence this is the case. scientific studies have found no link between the two.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-06-13T00:00:00