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Fact Check: False Claims About Canadian Doctors’ Deaths Linked to COVID-19 Vaccine

February 17, 2023
Translated and edited article by: Adisorn Suksomath
Review and proofread: Khomsthanon Sukajjasakul

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False information was published on Instagram in the United States in 2022 by Gateway Pundit, a website with a history of spreading fake news about COVID-19 vaccines, claiming that three doctors at a Canadian hospital Must have died within the same week The reason is from the policy that requires medical personnel to receive the 4th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Conclusion :

All three doctors died from cancer. None of the deaths were related to the COVID-19 vaccine.

FACT CHECK : Check the facts :

One such incident occurred at Trillium Health Partners, a hospital network in Toronto, Canada, where three doctors died on July 17, 18, and 19 in 2022.

In 2021, Trillium Health Partners announced a policy requiring employees, medical personnel, volunteers, and study visitors to the hospital. Everyone must receive the COVID-19 vaccination, effective September 7, 2021.

However, Trillium Health Partners confirmed through X that The deaths of the three doctors were caused by cancer. It is not related to the COVID-19 vaccine in any way.

The claim that the three doctors died suddenly is also not true. Information from close people and mourning articles confirms that the three doctors died after fighting disease for a long time.

Dr. Lorne Siegel, 49, passed away on July 17, 2022, after a difficult battle with terminal lung cancer.

Dr. Stephen McKenzie, 68, founder of Trillium Health Partners’ Neurology Division, died on July 18, 2022, after battling cancer for many years.

Dr. Jacob Sawicki, 36, died on July 19, 2022 after being diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in August 2021.

The origin of the rumor came from the Instagram account of Monique Mackey, a Canadian real estate agent. People with a history of spreading conspiracy theories claiming that the COVID-19 virus Doesn’t actually exist and also traveled around taking video clips in deserted hospitals to create a misunderstanding that COVID-19 outbreak It is deceptive because there are not many infected people. Until medical personnel have to work hard as the media claims.

Similar behavior includes Simone Gould, founder of America’s Frontline Doctors, an organization that opposes COVID-19 policies. of the US government She was later sentenced to 60 days in prison for invading the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Research from Imperial College London published in the medical journal Lancet in August 2022 found thatDuring the first year of use COVID-19 vaccine Help prevent the deaths of 14.4 million people worldwide.

Reference information:

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/scicheck-three-canadian-doctors-died-of-long-term-illnesses-contrary-to-false-claims-covid-19-vaccine-was-cause/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/29/gateway-pundit/deaths-three-doctors-canada-were-neither-sudden-no/
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-hospital-network-mourns-loss-of-three-doctors-who-died-within-a-week-1.6004215

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