- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain are facing backlash for promoting a debunked claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused an 82% miscarriage rate.
- The false statistic originated from a miscalculation of an April 2021 New England Journal of Medicine study, which actually reported an expected 12.6 percent miscarriage rate.
- Social media platform X flagged Cruz's post with a community note, while political commentators and medical experts criticized the senator for spreading misinformation.
- Fox Business issued a clarification after McClain repeated the false claim during an interview in which she called Dr. Anthony Fauci a criminal.
- The surge in false claims follows renewed Republican focus on Dr. Fauci after his recent Senate testimony and the release of pandemic-era communications.
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