One member from a group advocating against “mandatory vaccination” made three untrue claims in a Facebook Live video that now has over three million views.
The video features Al Santillan, of the Gising Maharlika group, as he and several other members made their way to the Department of Health (DOH) compound on Jan. 4 to protest what they called a “medical martial law.” He made three false claims:
VERA Files Fact Check debunked these below.
| Claim | Rating |
| The COVID-19 vaccines are experimental. | False |
Experimental drugs are still undergoing several clinical trials and are yet to be approved or authorized.
However, this is not the case for the vaccines used to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of Jan. 7, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for nine such vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Gamaleya Research Institute, Janssen, Bharat Biotech, Moderna, Sinopharm, and Novavax.
According to FDA Circular No. 2020-036, the agency only grants EUAs once all of the following conditions are met: data from adequate and well-known controlled trials show the effectiveness of the vaccine against COVID-19, the benefits of the vaccine outweighs...
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