A conspiracy blog published an article claiming that there have been twice as many deaths from COVID-19 vaccines as from COVID-19 infections. The article’s claim is based on a telephone survey that asked participants if someone in their household had died from COVID-19 or a COVID-19 vaccine. The polls were conducted by a vocal opponent of COVID-19 vaccines who is known for promoting vaccine misinformation.
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While COVID-19 death data is based on official reports from state health departments and federal health authorities, the survey data is based on unverified responses to a survey. COVID-19 has killed over one million Americans, while analysis of deaths after vaccination reported to VAERS—which contains user-submitted, unverified reports—have not revealed that a significant number were caused by the vaccines. Fact-checking sources:
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