By BEATRICE DUPUYDecember 16, 2020 GMT
CLAIM: A video clip shows that a nurse on a German television show faked giving the COVID-19 vaccine without a needle.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The footage shows a logistical rehearsal ahead of the approval and distribution of vaccines in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. The vaccine has yet to be approved in Germany.
THE FACTS: As Pfizer and the German company BioNTech’s vaccine is distributed in the U.S., Britain and Canada, posts online are claiming that a clip shows a nurse who “forgot the needle” when administering the vaccine in Germany.
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The clip, which is being shared on Twitter by a QAnon conspiracy and pro-Trump account, has been viewed more than 80,000 times. In the clip, a health care worker wearing a yellow hazmat suit and white gloves practices administering an injection to a patient’s arm, and then applies gauze while another worker in blue gloves puts on a bandage.
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