Viral claims about Gibraltar misattribute COVID-19 deaths to COVID-19 vaccines

Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok users are claiming that a recent sharp increase in COVID-19 deaths in Gibraltar is due to its recently begun mass COVID-19 immunization. Multiple fact-checking sites have reported that the increase was in fact part of a trend that had started before vaccination began.

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