Alex Berenson is tweeting today about the death of a baby following his mother’s vaccination.
This is based on an ‘authentic, highly detailed’ VAERS report.
Sounds scary.
Until you look at the report a bit closer, and understand how VAERS works...
1/5
The report says the baby died from a rare allergic reaction on 18th March, after his mother was vaccinated the day before.
There are some date errors (year = 2020) - a warning flag that this might not be what it seems
2/5
A follower replied that the case had been reported on Facebook by a friend of the family.
In this version, the friend is posting on 17th March - the baby died on the 16th, and the mother was vaccinated on the 10th
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Turns out had been an FB post that had gone viral, to the extent that USA Today looked into it
Written by Caitlyn RN, the post used a photo of another child, which it looks like she was called out on
One of the things that USA Today picked up was there was no VAERS report 4/5
Given how VAERS works (anyone can file a report), it’s totally possible that Caitlyn could make up a story for Facebook, be called out in it, then write a VAERS report to give it more credibility
Which then ends up in the hands of Alex Berenson, who tells you it’s authentic
5/5
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