Health Canada recommends Covid-19 vaccines to prevent severe illness and death, but an Ontario doctor claims the shots are deadly because they attack the immune system. This is false; public health agencies say the jabs are safe and effective, and that the spike proteins they generate are not dangerous.

"Dr Shoemaker Witness Testimony at the National Citizens Inquiry Canada Ottawa Day 3 Exposes Dangers," says text over a video shared June 11, 2023 on Instagram.

The TikTok page where the video originated is no longer available. But similar clips spread on Facebook and Twitter -- including from Christopher Shoemaker, a family doctor whose medical license was suspended in January 2023.

Screenshot of an Instagram post taken July 11, 2023

The National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) is an independent organization that says its objective is to listen "to the testimonies of experts, including those whose narratives differ from the governmental narrative."

Since March, the group has held multiple events featuring presentations from people AFP has fact-checked for spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, including Peter McCullough, Robert Malone, Steve Kirsch and Charles Hoffe. Shoemaker has also previously amplified false claims about 80 Canadian doctors dying after vaccination.

The full video of Shoemaker's appearance has accumulated more than 10,900 views on NCI's Rumble account. In it, he claims messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccines "hijack your immune system,"...

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