claim: Blank COVID-19 vaccine safety inserts show there are no safety and effectiveness studies for these vaccines
evidence: A Facebook reel posted on 3 August 2023 showed a person speaking to a CVS pharmacist, asking for COVID-19 vaccine inserts. Upon finding a blank sheet of paper except for text indicating the paper was left "intentionally blank", the person asked "How is it informed consent when all of the […] placebo safety studies are not listed from their manufacturer?" and claimed that it showed people "don’t know what we’re injecting into ourselves". [...] Inaccurate to claim there’s no safety and effectiveness studies on COVID-19 vaccines [...] Earlier fact-checks by Reuters and AFP reported that blank COVID-19 vaccine inserts aren’t evidence that there aren’t any safety or effectiveness studies about the vaccines. FDA spokesperson Alison Hunt told AFP that information for approved vaccines is provided in package inserts. But in the case of the authorized vaccines, the information was communicated via patient Fact Sheets that were posted on the FDA website.