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The Infodemic: Did Switzerland Ban All Vaccinations for 5 Years?


FILE - An illustration picture shows the main page of the Swiss electronic vaccination record website (meineimpfungen.ch) in Bern, April 22, 2013.
FILE - An illustration picture shows the main page of the Swiss electronic vaccination record website (meineimpfungen.ch) in Bern, April 22, 2013.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: Switzerland banned all vaccinations for five years and considered them harmful.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: EUvsDisinfo​

Social Media Disinfo

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Circulating on social media:

Claim that a flu shot causes false positive results for COVID-19.

Verdict: ​False

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