A prominent anti-vaccine organization is promoting misinformation about the clinical trial for an RSV vaccine that the FDA recently recommended during pregnancy to protect newborns. The post claims that 12 infants died in the clinical trial, suggesting that the deaths were due to the vaccine their mothers received. However, the 12 deaths were in the control group of infants whose mothers received the placebo. The false claim is circulating on multiple social media platforms.
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