Photo Shows 2018 France World Cup Celebration, Not Vaccine Protest
by Angelo Fichera
Jul 19, 2021
4 minutes
SciCheck Digest
Social media posts are misrepresenting an old photo from France by suggesting the sea of people in the streets shows “[p]eople are waking up against vaccine tyranny.” The photo actually shows a celebration in Paris after France won the 2018 World Cup.
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