A viral Facebook post overstates the risk of myocarditis from the COVID-19 vaccines. The post shares a quote from Dr. Peter McCullough, a Texas cardiologist and frequent purveyor of COVID-19 misinformation, who claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has verified “21,000 cases of myocarditis and climbing” from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Khaya Himmelman is a fact checker for The Dispatch. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and Barnard College.
