The World Health Organization said its director general stuttered during a December 2021 press conference. He wasn’t saying that some countries are using booster shots to kill children, as social media posts claim.
In the clip, Tedros, discussing COVID-19 vaccine boosters, sounds as if he says:"So if it’s going to be used, to focus on those groups who have risk of severe diseases and death rather than as we see in some countries are using to give boosters to kill children."says."Some countries are using boosters to kill children??"
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