Fact check: Misleading meme suggests deaths following COVID-19 vaccination are due to vaccine Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY
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The claim: Deaths following COVID-19 vaccination are because of the vaccine
As the U.S. reaches an unfortunate landmark in coronavirus deaths over 500,000 on Tuesday, a number unsurpassed by any other nation one meme on social media is drawing attention to deaths following COVID-19 vaccination. What s your thoughts? Have you heard these stories? asks one Feb. 19 Instagram post depicting the I Guess I ll Die meme – an image of a man in a red turtleneck shrugging – surrounded by nine different headlines from various news outlets reporting post-vaccination deaths.
The claim: Deaths following COVID-19 vaccination are because of the vaccine
As the U.S. reaches an unfortunate landmark in coronavirus deaths over 500,000 on Tuesday, a number unsurpassed by any other nation one meme on social media is drawing attention to deaths following COVID-19 vaccination. What s your thoughts? Have you heard these stories? asks one Feb. 19 Instagram post depicting the I Guess I ll Die meme – an image of a man in a red turtleneck shrugging – surrounded by nine different headlines from various news outlets reporting post-vaccination deaths.
Three of the headlines involve deaths in Portugal, Brazil and Norway; the other six involve two health workers in California, a Florida doctor, a Virginia woman in her 40s and New York man in his 70s.
By Victor Omondi
On Saturday, January 23, 2021, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office and Public Health announced that they’re investigating a case in which a man died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. According to reports, the man had been positive for COVID-19 for weeks since late December. He got the dose of the vaccine on Thursday, January 21, 2021.
It’s not yet clear the type of vaccine or where the man received the vaccine. The Placer County Public Health has confirmed that they didn’t administer the vaccine.
Agencies announced that the man died a couple of hours after receiving the jab. They’re yet to publicize the root cause of the death because investigations are yet to be concluded.
Tim Zook's final Facebook post shared his excitement about getting his second COVID-19 vaccine shot. His widow now thinks he may have suffered a fatal reaction to it. His official cause of death is still pending.
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