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      No, This Is Not The Family Portrait Of COVID-19 Vaccine Developer

      BOOM found that the young boy standing in the viral photo is not Dr Ugur Sahin one of the duo who developed the COVID-19 vaccine.

      By - Anmol Alphonso |
      Published -  11 Dec 2020 6:35 PM IST
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      No, This Is Not The Family Portrait Of COVID-19 Vaccine Developer

      An old photo of a young boy in a Turkish family potrait has gone viral falsely claiming he is Dr Ugur Sahin, the CEO of Germany-based company, BioNTech SE, who developed the COVID-19 vaccine along with Pfizer.

      This is being shared in the backdrop of the United Kingdom approving the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's mRNA vaccine COVID-19 vaccine.

      Also Read: UK Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine; Roll Out From Next Week

      The viral photo is being shared with the caption, "This is an immigrant family, newly arrived in Germany. The boy in the yellow shirt will go on to invent the COVID vaccine."

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      This is an immigrant family, newly arrived in Germany. The boy in the yellow shirt will go on to invent the COVID vaccine. pic.twitter.com/F3kinfFzac

      — Richard Sennett (@richardsennett) December 6, 2020

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      Viral on Facebook

      On searching with the same caption on Facebook, we found that the viral photo is being shared with the false claim.


      Also Read: Old Fake Message About Kidney Donation Viral Again

      FACT-CHECK

      BOOM found the boy standing in the photo is not Dr Ugur Sahin, the CEO of Germany-based company, BioNTech SE who has been misidentified.

      A reverse image search on the photo showed results on several art websites. We found that the same photo was published on the Harvard Art Museum's website.

      Art Journal states that the photo was clicked by German photographer Candida Hofer, and was part of a photo series called 'Türken in Deutschland 1979', meaning 'Turks in Germany 1979.

      Photo in Art Journal

      DiasporaTürk, an online community dedicated to collecting and documenting stories relating to Turkish immigrants in Europe had tweeted the viral photo in August 2020 saying that one of the grandsons of the couple in the photo had reached out to them and said that the family is from Aksaray, Turkey. The father in the photo had moved to Germany in 1965 and ten years later was able to bring his wife and four children to Düsseldorf.

      On November 17, 2020, it dismissed the claim going viral stating that the boy in the yellow top who has been misidentified went on to become a lathe-leveling master (mechanic).

      Bugün birçok yerde fotoğraftaki erkek çocuğunun Prof.Dr. Uğur Şahin olduğuyla ilgili paylaşımlar yapıldı.

      Ailenin hikayesini daha önce paylaşmıştık. O çocuk büyüdü ve torna-tesviye ustası oldu. Bu onu kimseden daha az önemli yapmıyor. Ailenin anısına saygı duyulması ümidiyle... https://t.co/o7cMqwq37Q pic.twitter.com/DB4phsLn36

      — DiasporaTürk (@diaspora_turk) November 17, 2020

      The same claim was previously fact-checked by Turkish fact-checker Teyit.

      Additionally, Dr Ugur Sahin is from Iskenderun in Turkey, and not Aksaray. He had moved to Germany when he was four-years-old in 1969 as reported by The New York Times.


      Also Read: Drug Regulator Asks Serum, Bharat Biotech To Provide More Data For EUA



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      Fake NewsFact CheckBioNtechCo-founderVaccineCOVID-19Richard SenettGermanyTurkeyimmigrant familyCoronavirusIndia
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      Claim :   Photo shows family portrait of COVID-19 vaccine developer
      Claimed By :  Social media posts
      Fact Check :  False
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