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  • 2021-01-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Did a Portuguese Nurse Die Two Days After COVID-19 Vaccination? (en)
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  • In early January 2021, the India-based WION (World Is One News) published this headline: Portuguese nurse dies two days after getting the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Russia Today ran with a similar headline: Health authorities on alert after nurse DIES following vaccination with Pfizer’s Covid-19 shot in Portugal. It also included a conspiratorial tweet in its story that hinted the death was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. The Daily Mail tabloid also published a piece on the same subject. In order to find the truth of the matter, we turned to the source of the news story. On Jan. 4, Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã published an exclusive article for paying subscribers, reporting that a 41-year-old woman named Sonia Azevedo received a COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 30 and that two days later her boyfriend discovered her dead at his house. She was a resident of Maia, located north of Porto in Portugal. As for headlines that claimed, Portuguese nurse dies two days after getting the Pfizer Covid vaccine, Correio da Manhã did not describe Azevedo as a nurse. The original story in the Portuguese newspaper said that Azevedo was an assistente operacional (operational assistant) at the Instituto Português de Oncologia (IPO) in Porto. According to a rough translation from Google, the story reported the following: A subsequent story confirmed that an autopsy would be performed on Jan. 5. After the autopsy, Correio da Manhã reported on the results: The story did not mention why she died. However, this was because Correio da Manhã reported that the Ministry of Justice does not mention causes of death because it is covered by the secrecy of justice. One item not clarified by the Portuguese newspaper was which coronavirus vaccine Azevedo received. WION, RT, and Daily Mail all mentioned the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, however, it was unclear where this information was obtained. Further, on Dec. 31, the IPO posted on Facebook that 538 of its staff had been vaccinated on Dec. 29 and 30. A translation of the post also said that the vaccination adherence rate was previously tested to be 95% effective, meaning it could have been either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine. Both were tested at 95%. Azevedo's father said that she worked in pediatrics for 10 years. The Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã reported of tributes posted on a funeral home website: Several parents of children hospitalized at the IPO made a point of remembering the smile of the assistant that will remain forever in their memory. The Associated Press previously reported on the rigorous clinical trials for both vaccines: (en)
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