A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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CLAIM: A Pfizer warehouse in North Carolina damaged by a tornado was stocked with the company's COVID-19 vaccine.
THE FACTS: Pfizer does not manufacture or store its COVID-19 vaccine or treatment for the disease at the facility, a company representative told the AP.
The tornado on Wednesday ripped the roof of the drugmaker's factory near Rocky Mount, North Carolina — potentially disrupting drug supplies at U.S. hospitals. But the news quickly gave rise to false claims online that the twister had struck a site specifically storing doses of the company's COVID-19 vaccine — which has been the center of persistent misinformation since its release in December 2020.
"BREAKING: A Pfizer Warehouse that was stocked with COVID-19 vaccines was just destroyed by a tornado in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina," reads one popular tweet.
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