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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

by Arijeta LajkaAli Swenson
| December 18, 2020 11:03 AM

Here's a look at false and misleading claims circulating as the United States rolled out the newly authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to some health care workers and others. 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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