Shares in Pfizer and Moderna fell 3.9% and 7.4%, respectively, Friday after a report that the Trump administration plans to link the deaths of 25 children to COVID vaccines.

Trump health officials plan to include the claim in a presentation next week to a panel of advisors to the CDC that is considering new COVID vaccine recommendations, which can impact access to the shots and whether they’re free, according to the Washington Post .

Those deaths were seemingly gathered from information submitted to the government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, according to the report. 3

VAERS contains unverified reports of side effects from vaccines, which can be submitted from anyone like patients and doctors to pharmacists or even someone who sees a story on social media.

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