False. This figure appears to be based on a very small sample of high-risk pregnancies. The vaccine has no link with miscarriage.
Several widely shared social media posts are claiming that most pregnant women in Australia who received the Covid-19 vaccine experienced miscarriages, and that the country’s birth rate fell 67% as a result.
These claims are false.
The posts, which we’ve seen on Facebook and TikTok, come originally from a 2024 interview with a funeral director called John O’Looney, who we have fact checked twice before.
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