Trust Index: Posts falsely claim that Tennessee nurse died after getting COVID-19 vaccine
Nurse fainted after vaccination due to medical condition, not vaccine
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Viral posts falsely claim a Tennessee nurse died shortly after her vaccination. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (KSAT)
As the COVID-19 vaccine gets distributed to frontline health care workers across the country, misleading posts about the vaccine are on the rise.
One post that has gone viral on social media claims that a Tennessee nurse died shortly after she was vaccinated. After reviewing this topic, we ve found some issues -
It s not true.
The nurse did pass out after getting her shot, she confirmed during an interview with WRCB TV, but said it was due to her medical condition, not the vaccine.
Fact Check: US nurse who fainted after Covid-19 vaccine shot is not dead
A viral message on social media claims that Tiffany Dover, the nurse in Tennessee, United States, who fainted after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, is now dead.
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UPDATED: December 22, 2020 22:43 IST
A viral message on social media claims that Tiffany Dover, the nurse in Tennessee, United States, who fainted after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, is now dead.
This has been claimed by several websites, and many Twitter and Facebook users.
Some suspect a conspiracy behind the Covid-19 vaccine as they believe the nurse died after vaccination. One such Facebook claim says, “The nurse who fainted after the Pf1zer \//\cc1ne died 10 hours later. Did you find this story in mainstream media..anywhere..? Of course we aren’t we being told the vaccines k1ll us.it’s part of the plan?”