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Daily Debunk
Claim: There have been serious negative health effects from the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, including the deaths of six people during late-stage trials.
Verdict: Partly False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Facebook post comparing COVID-19 vaccine research to HIV, cancer and the common cold, and questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines given the speed of their development.
Verdict: Mostly False
Read the full story at: PolitiFact
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
The US is about to begin the first big test of Covid-19 vaccine distribution
What we can learn from the initial phase of vaccinating health care workers in the US.
— Vox, December 10
