{"id":38341,"date":"2021-05-26T08:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=38341"},"modified":"2021-05-26T08:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:31:29","slug":"fake-news-whatsapp-hoax-claims-nobel-laureate-said-all-vaccinated-people-will-die-within-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=38341","title":{"rendered":"FAKE NEWS | WhatsApp hoax claims Nobel laureate said all vaccinated people will die within 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: The Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday (May 25) said that the claim made in a post circulating on social media about COVID-19 vaccination is fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www-deccanherald-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/ii\/AW\/s\/www.deccanherald.com\/sites\/dh\/files\/styles\/largehorizontal\/public\/articleimages\/2021\/05\/26\/19090885441861594148317264536011597855465770n-1-989965-1622035444.jpg?itok=7_X6YJ0h\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Screengrab of the WhatsApp message. Credit: Facebook\/@AssamPolice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post shows an image of French Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier making a claim that all people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 will die within two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PIB urged people to not forward the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn image allegedly quoting a French Nobel Laureate on COVID-19 vaccines is circulating on social media. The claim in the image is FAKE. COVID-19 vaccine is completely safe. Do not forward this image,\u201d tweeted PIB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An image allegedly quoting a French Nobel Laureate on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> vaccines is circulating on social media<br><br>The claim in the image is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FAKE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FAKE<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> Vaccine is completely safe<br><br>Do not forward this image<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PIBFactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PIBFactCheck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMrxY8vdMN\">pic.twitter.com\/DMrxY8vdMN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1397156705918537729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montagnier has reportedly promoted several controversial and unverified claims surrounding COVID-19 and vaccinations in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indian government has time and again asserted that vaccines are completely safe and are crucial in the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre has been supporting the states and UTs by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Centre has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 21.80 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/national\/fact-check-whatsapp-hoax-claims-nobel-laureate-said-all-vaccinated-people-will-die-within-2-years-989965.html\">Agencies<\/a><\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday (May 25) said that the claim made in a post circulating on social media about COVID-19 vaccination is fake. The post shows an image of French Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier making a claim that all people who have been vaccinated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}