Pfizer listed hantavirus as a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Claimed by An Instagram user. · 2026-04-29
What fact-checkers found (1)
- AAPFalse. The list of adverse events of special interest is not a compilation of vaccine side effects.
2026-05-22
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