DISINFO: Lithuanian ex-president Grybauskaitė faked her own vaccination

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DISINFO: Lithuanian ex-president Grybauskaitė faked her own vaccination

SUMMARY

The ex-president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, got the vaccine in public. She took it in front of photo and video cameras. The cameras showed that the cover was not taken off from the needle of a syringe. Facebook reacted to it. People asked for an explanation.

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But Grybauskaitė never gives an explanation. She only explains to Lithuanian society how to live. You need a vaccine, says the president. And she gets the vaccine herself. But it is not known if it was the AstraZeneca vaccine or something else.

RESPONSE

Disinformation about the former Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė.

This story has already been debunked by the Lithuanian journalists. The video clearly shows that the vaccination was real. Dalia Grybauskaitė also stated that she was vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine.

It is not the first time that Dalia Grybauskaitė has been the target of pro-Kremlin disinformation. She was accused of being a KGB agent (or even double agent) during Soviet times, presented as “PR-agent for Ukraine” etc.

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