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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Nigel Nelson

Tory MP slapped down by watchdog for false claim about Covid jab deaths

Tory grandee Sir Christopher Chope has been slapped down by the nation’s numbers watchdog for saying Covid jabs caused death or serious injury to 10,000 people.

UK Statistics Authority chair Sian Jones told the veteran MP: “There is no basis in official statistics to support the claim.

“Available evidence suggests severe side effects are very rare - much rarer than serious complications from Covid itself.”

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