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Estelle Nilsson-Julien

Misleading claims about EU's approval of COVID vaccines persist online

A wave of social media posts has misleadingly interpreted a recent statement made by the European Commission, framing it as a bombshell admission that COVID-19 vaccines were passed without proper checks.

"Since 2020, we've been told that everything was secure, that everything had been tested. Now Mrs. von der Leyen and her Brussels technocrats have at last recognised that the authorisations for COVID-19 vaccines were handed on the basis of partial dossier,” a YouTuber named ‘CharbOfficiel’ said in a video which has been viewed more than 16,000 times.

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