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| - Fact Check: Netizens say man who fainted in front of Prince Charles was vaxxed. That's one royal gaffe
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the man, a supermarket employee, was not vaccinated at the moment. The incident took place on July 9, 2020, prior to the global vaccine rollout.
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The incident took place on July 9, 2020, prior to the global vaccine rollout. Prince Charles was visiting a supermarket to thank workers who helped run the centre amid the pandemic. The man, a supermarket employee, was not vaccinated at the moment.
A video of a man collapsing as he was speaking to Prince Charles is circulating on social media with the claim that the man was vaccinated. Netizens went on to criticise Covid vaccines while sharing the 1-minute-33-second video.
While a voice-over runs behind the video, the clipping ends with a text graphics that says, “It’s not a vaccine, it’s a bioweapon. Resist Medical tyranny”. The caption of the viral tweet reads, “Prince Charles talks to a Vaxxed man who then collapses outside the Vaxx Bus ASDA”.
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the man, a supermarket employee, was not vaccinated at the moment. The incident took place on July 9, 2020, prior to the global vaccine rollout.
The archived versions of the posts can be seen here, here and here.
AFWA probe
Using InVID and reverse image search, we found that the video was uploaded by several media outlets based out of the United Kingdom in July 2020. “The Sun” had used the same video on July 9, 2020, in an article giving details about the incident.
“The Telegraph” had uploaded the same video on YouTube on July 10, 2020, with the title, “Asda employee faints in front of Prince Charles”.
As per these reports, Prince Charles was talking to an employee of supermarket chain Asda in Bristol, when the man started swaying and then collapsed in front of him. Immediate medical attention was given to the man. Prince Charles was visiting the supermarket to thank workers who helped run the centre amid the pandemic.
The global vaccine rollout for Covid-19 did not begin when the incident took place. As per a BBC report, the first vaccine was administered in the UK on December 8, 2020. This means the man in the viral video fainting in front of Prince Charles was not even vaccinated at the moment.
Reuters had also debunked the claim earlier.
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