In a long social media thread with thousands of reposts, a young woman describes a debilitating illness that she claims is an injury from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Although the thread itself does not include any misinformation, only unverified claims, it has received considerable attention from vaccine opponents who are using her story to discourage vaccination. Notably, the original poster was not diagnosed with any vaccine injury and says she doesn’t know if she may have caught COVID-19 before or between her vaccine doses. The responses to the thread are full of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine safety and fake COVID-19 cures.
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