Iran-Israel • Hezbollah • Sean \'Diddy\' Combs • Kamala Harris • Guide scams older ![](\\"/images/icons/menu-icon.png\\"/) MENU ![\\"logo\\"](\\" BECOME CURSED ![\\"logo\\"](\\" Tools ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/whatsapp.svg\\"/) ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/android.svg\\"/) ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/cajaherramientas.svg\\"/) ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/extension.svg\\"/) Sign in Become Cursed Sign in * Front page * Newspaper archive * Hoax * Science * Data * Explains * Technology * Us * Migration * Feminism * Food * Climate * Educate * Timo * Migration * Feminism * Food * Climate * Educate * Timo ![\\"logo\\"](\\" Sections Cover Migration Newspaper Library Feminism Hoax Science Fact Explains Technology Us More Damn Climate Educa Timo Sign in Become Cursed DAMN HOOP # No, this supposed news that says that the first woman to be vaccinated against The coronavirus in the United Kingdom is in critical condition, it is not real, it is a mounting Published Dec 11, 2020, 3:14:03 PM Share ![](\\" Tags vaccine COVID19 United Kingdom Margaret Keenan It is circulating on social networks and you have asked us through our WhatsApp chatbot (+34 644 22 93 19) for a capture of a supposed news which states that Margaret Keenan, the first woman to receive the vaccine of Pfizer against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, is in critical condition due to a “non-health-related problem.” But it's a setup. The same screenshot always circulates, we have not located any link that redirects to the supposed news and the format of the website of the American magazine _Mother Jones._ ## This is a montage with the format of the medium _Mother Jones_ After performing a reverse image search, we have verified that the screenshot of the supposed news circulating matches the design used by the American magazine _Mother Jones_. Both the position of the section tab (Politics) and the date and time of publication as the author's location, position and social networks match the format that It is used on the magazine's website. ![\\"\\"](\\" ![\\"\\"](\\" We have also tracked the pieces published in the Politics section of Mother Jones and there is no content that speaks of this supposed critical state by Margaret Keenan. In fact, the magazine has a special tab with the name _Coronavirus Updates_ (coronavirus updates in Spanish) in the one that publishes all the news related to the pandemic. So yes the media had written such a piece, it would have been tagged in the section specifically created for it. Also, Mother Jones does not use capital letters for writing their headlines, unlike viral capture. After searching the Internet, we have not found any website on the neither the headline nor the text that is shared appears in the screenshot viral. We have also verified that on social networks the image without adding any type of reference, link or means to go to. In Maldita.es we have already told you that it is best to distrust all those images that reach us and do not contain references to refer to. ## The author's name does not match any _Mother Jones_ journalist In the image we can see how the author of the supposed news is called Sam Weinberg, however, this name does not match any of the journalists of the American magazine, according to the “our team” section. Only the last name used is the same as that of one of Mother's workers Jones. ![\\"\\"](\\" screen-2020-12-11-123120.png\\"/)Screenshot of the \"Our section Staff\" by Mother Jones Furthermore, it appears that this supposed journalist is the news editor and commitment of the medium (news and engagement editor in English), but this position It is occupied by Inae Oh, as it appears published in her own profile on the magazine. Nor have we found any trace of any journalist named Sam Weinberg. This name only matches that of a resident saxophonist and composer in Brooklyn (New York). ## The hoax has been debunked by _Reuters_ The Reuters verification team, a member of the International Fact- Checking Network, of which _Maldita.es_ is also a part, has already denied the December 10 that the first woman to be vaccinated in the United Kingdom did not is in critical condition. The text that accompanies the capture of the alleged news (without a specific date) states that Keenan suffers from “inflammation in spinal cord that is causing severe neurological symptoms.” Also They specify that “the doctors assure that it is not possible that the vaccine has caused that infection.” As Reuters states, Keenan was discharged from the hospital on December 9 and she herself assured that “she felt fine.” Until the date has not been published anywhere that the first woman to receive the Pfizer vaccine in the United Kingdom is in critical condition due to a inflammation in the spinal cord. We have also asked Pfizer and BioNTech, those responsible for the vaccine administered in the United Kingdom, and at the end of this article we have not obtained answer. Since Margaret Keenan was vaccinated on December 8, there are already some the hoaxes that have circulated around her. 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The first woman to receive the vaccine in the United Kingdom is in critical condition