A popular radio host shared a deceptively edited video clip from 2021 showing an Australian newscaster saying a biotech company is developing a treatment for people dying from COVID-19 vaccines.
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The edited clip first circulated and was debunked in the spring of 2021. The persistence of the misinformation and the prominence of the source increase the risk. Debunking messaging may explain that the clip ends abruptly, but the full video shows the newscaster correcting her error by stating the treatment is for people dying of COVID-19. Fact Checking Source(s): AFP
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