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But social media users this week falsely asserted that the European Union had changed its tune on the vaccines. “The European Union is now warning pregnant women not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to the possibility of infertility and miscarriage,

After surviving a heart attack at 35, she 'felt like a ticking time bomb'

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