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Daily Debunk
Claim: COVID-19 vaccines contain aluminum and will hurt the brain.
Verdict: False
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Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that COVID-19 vaccines take away the human rights of recipients by turning them into genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
U.S. health body questions AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial data
AstraZeneca may have released outdated information on its latest COVID-19 vaccine trial, giving an “incomplete” picture of its efficacy, a leading U.S. health agency said on Tuesday, casting doubt on the shot’s potential U.S. rollout and plunging its developers, once again, into controversy.
-- Reuters, March 23
AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.
-- Associated Press, March 22
