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Cabaret artist in Lisa Fitz at Political Ash Wednesday 2018
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The cabaret artist Lisa Fitz no longer wants to appear in the SWR comedy show "Spätschicht" after her sharply criticized statements about vaccination deaths.
This was announced by the SWR on Thursday.
Fitz confirmed her decision to the German Press Agency.
She will comment on this in a timely manner and justify the step, she announced.
It is with great regret that Lisa Fitz has decided not to be part of the satirical show in the future, the broadcaster wrote on Thursday.
"SWR regrets Lisa Fitz's decision and would have liked to have continued the many years of very stimulating cooperation with her," said Clemens Bratzler, SWR Program Director Information.
Fitz spoke of 5,000 corona vaccine deaths across the EU when she appeared on the show in November.
According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam, these are only suspected cases.
It had not been established that there was a causal relationship with the vaccination.
After the broadcast and criticism of the broadcaster, Südwestrundfunk decided to remove the episode of the comedy or satirical program from the ARD media library and also from all SWR platforms and channels because it was a false statement of fact.
Fitz herself later regretted having spoken of 5,000 corona vaccine deaths across the EU during her controversial appearance.
She had rejected the accusation of being an opponent of vaccination and a corona denier.
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