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  • 2021-05-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Video of vaccination error in Mexico shared in misleading posts about Covid-19 surge in India (en)
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  • A video that appears to show a failed vaccination attempt has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and Weibo. The clip was shared alongside a claim that it was filmed in India as Covid-19 cases surged. But the video has been shared in a misleading context: it was filmed in Mexico and shows a vaccination error. The man in the video has since received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the government. The video has been viewed more than 60,000 times since it was shared here on Facebook on May 1, 2021. The post's Chinese-language caption translates to English as: No wonder India’s Covid-19 pandemic is so serious. Screenshot taken on May 5, 2021 of the misleading Facebook post The 30-second video appears to show a health worker failing to give a vaccine dose to an elderly man. The clip shows her pricking his arm with a syringe then removing it without administering the dose. The post circulated online as India faced a record surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths. The country has been leading the fight to allow more drugmakers to manufacture vaccines that protect against the disease, AFP reported . An identical video was also shared alongside a similar claim here on Facebook; here on Twitter; and here on the Chinese social media Weibo. But the video has been shared in a misleading context: it shows an incident in Mexico. Keyword searches found the same video was posted here on Twitter on April 3, 2021. Its Spanish-language caption states in part: This is my uncle. The nurse made him believe he was vaccinated but he was only pricked with the syringe but there was no liquid inside. This happened at the @IPN_MX in Zacatenco. Health workers should not be doing this. The Mexican Institute of Social Security confirmed the incident happened at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional , a public university in the country, in a statement posted on Twitter on April 3, 2021. The institute said the incident was a mistake and the man shown in the video was eventually vaccinated. The university also issued a separate statement here on Twitter. It said the vaccination error was made by a student volunteer and had already been remedied. A visual inspection of the video shows the volunteer was wearing a badge holder that reads: Instituto Politecnico Nacional. Screenshot taken on May 6, 2021 with the detail circled AFP debunked a similar claim here in Spanish. The misleading claim was also debunked here by the fact-checking organisation Maldita.es. (en)
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