COVID-19 vaccination is not a war crime

Addressing this misinformation could distract from priority talking points. Continuing to promote the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, and the importance of public health measures, is in itself refuting this misinformation. The Nuremberg Code was created to prevent non-consensual medical experimentation as a result of the war crimes committed by the Nazis. This claim as it relates to lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines is not only grossly inaccurate, but arguably anti-Semitic as it draws a false equivalency between the genocide of European Jews during the Holocaust of World War II with rigorously reviewed and internationally agreed-upon legal and ethical public health measures.

Fact Checking Source(s): politifact.com, fullfact.org