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The claim: Posts claim that child mortality increased 3,000 percent in Alberta after COVID-19 vaccines.

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Parents want to know that vaccines are safe for their children, and concerns about child health are understandable.

The bigger picture

AFP Fact Check found that Canadian child death data was misrepresented to spread vaccine concerns. The actual figures do not support this claim.

Checked by AFP Fact Check (“False”) · 2024

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