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  • 2020-12-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Photo Show Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller Receiving A COVID-19 Vaccine With A Needle-Less Syringe? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller receiving a COVID-19 vaccine with a needle-less oral syringe. Verdict: False The syringe used in Miller’s vaccination had a needle, another photo and footage of the vaccination shows. Fact Check: Some Facebook users shared the image in what appears to be an attempt to falsely suggest that Miller didn’t actually receive the COVID-19 vaccine. One user posted the picture with the caption saying in part, Hmmmmmmm, notice this is a plastic dosing syringe for oral medicine??? THERE IS NO NEEDLE!!! The Department of Defense tweeted the photo featured in the Facebook post on Dec. 15 along with a quote from Miller that reads, Got the vaccine yesterday afternoon. I usually crash hard from shots but this time, I feel fine! No issues at all other than a slightly sore arm like I did too many pull ups. Got the vaccine yesterday afternoon. I usually crash hard from shots but this time, I feel fine! No issues at all other than a slightly sore arm like I did too many pull ups. A/SD Chris Miller pic.twitter.com/frIoQVp3lc — Department of Defense ???????? (@DeptofDefense) December 15, 2020 The photo, taken by photographer Lisa Ferdinando for the Department of Defense, shows Miller as he receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Navy Seaman Samantha Alvarez at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020, according to its description on the Department of Defense website. Another photo , taken by Ferninando at the same event and posted on the website Flickr, shows Miller receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with a syringe that has a needle. The Hill also posted a video of Miller receiving the jab on YouTube. In that video , the needle attached to the syringe can be clearly seen. (RELATED: Did An Alabama Nurse Die After Receiving The COVID-19 Vaccine?) The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine received an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Dec. 11. The vaccine is administered intramuscularly as a series of two doses (0.3 mL each) 3 weeks apart, according to a fact sheet from the FDA. Health care workers and nursing home staffers received the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 14, according to ABC News . (en)
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