DISINFO: Navalny died of thrombosis caused by side effects of the Pfizer vaccine
SUMMARY
The cause of Alexei Navalny's death could have been thrombosis caused by side effects of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. This version is now being actively discussed in the Western segment of X/Twitter. The Pfizer vaccine was made in great haste and the company knew about the risks, so it signed an agreement in advance with the authorities of Western countries to exempt them from liability for any negative consequences of the vaccine. But there were consequences, and they appeared even years after vaccination. He [Navalny] was unlucky enough to be among the 20% of those who will die, primarily from thrombosis, within 5 years of taking the vaccine.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative targeting political opponent Alexei Navalny and Western vaccines against COVID-19.
The official cause of Navalny's death has not yet been announced, and therefore, there is no evidence to confirm that his death was caused by a coronavirus vaccine. Furthermore, it is unknown whether Navalny received the Pfizer vaccine. Information about this has not been disclosed by Navalny, his family members, nor by the Russian authorities. It is less likely that Navalny ever received the Pfizer vaccine, as at the time he was in Germany, the vaccine was not available to his age group. Additionally, Russia has never approved Western vaccines. Read the full debunk at Myth Detector.
Notably, the deceased Russian dissident spent his final days in one of Russia's harshest prisons. Furthermore, he almost died in 2020 after he was poisoned with a nerve agent.
No causality between the Pfizer vaccine and the death of any patient has been established so far as summarised by FactCheck.org:
"More than half a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered in the U.S. and only a few, very rare, safety concerns have emerged. The vast majority of people experience only minor, temporary side effects such as pain at the injection site, fatigue, headache, or muscle pain — or no side effects at all. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said, these vaccines “have undergone and will continue to undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history.”
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