COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.
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The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did All Americans Who Wanted to Evacuate Afghanistan Get Out?
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Snopes→ Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans.
Snopes→ About 200 Westerners, Including Americans, Fly Out of Kabul
An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul with the cooperation of the Taliban — the first such large-scale departure since U.S. forces completed their frantic withdrawal.
FactCheck.org→ Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U
FactCheck.org→ How Many Americans and Allies Are Left in Afghanistan?
On Aug. 18, President Joe Biden said if there were U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan on Aug. 31 who wanted to leave, “we’re gonna stay to get them all out.” But that’s not what happened when the last U.S. soldier departed the co
WaPo Fact Checker→ How the number of Americans in Afghanistan went from 15,000 to 6,000
There have been two figures for the number of Americans in Afghanistan, but they represent different data sets.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ CNN quickly calls out Jen Psaki’s lie that Americans are not ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-jen-psaki-lie-americans-not-stranded-afghanistan White House press se
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Was the State Department Charging Americans $2K for Flights out of Afghanistan?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/americans-flights-afghanistan/ Claim: Per an Aug. 14, 2021 notice, th
Snopes→ Was the State Department Charging Americans $2K for Flights out of Afghanistan?
Chaotic evacuation efforts were underway amidst the Taliban takeover.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ More Americans now say government should take steps to restrict false information online than in 2018
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/18/more-americans-now-say-government-should-take-steps-to-restrict-false-information-online-than-in-2018/
Snopes→ Biden Pledges to Americans in Kabul: ‘We Will Get You Home’
Biden also said Friday the United States is committed to evacuating all Afghans who assisted the war effort.
TruthOrFiction→ No, a Study Didn’t Find That ‘the Most Highly-Educated Americans Are Also the Most Vaccine-Hesitant’
On August 11 2021, the Twitter account for the extremely disreputable disinformation site ZeroHedge shared a link to a blog post, “Study Finds The Most Highly-Educated Americans Are Also The Most Vaccine-Hesitant”: Study Finds The Most Hi
Snopes→ Yes, Biden Said 350M Americans Have Been Vaccinated Against COVID-19
The White House later clarified he meant 350 million vaccine doses had been administered.
WaPo Fact Checker→ San Francisco DA claims ‘vast majority’ of Americans have had family behind bars
Snopes→ AP-NORC Poll: Most Unvaccinated Americans Don’t Want Shots
Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Announce That Americans Not Vaccinated Before 2022 Will Be Placed Into ‘Quarantine Camps’
Did President Joe Biden announce that Americans who are not vaccinated before 2022 will be put into "quarantine camps"? No, that's not true: There is no record of Biden ever saying anything about "quarantine camps" for unvaccinated Americ
Snopes→ No, Biden Did Not Say Unvaccinated Americans ‘Will Be Put in Camps’
Conspiracy theorists seized upon a supposedly satirical article, and deployed it as inflammatory disinformation against the president.
Snopes→ Fauci: Too Soon to Say if Americans May Need Vaccine Booster
Fauci said clinical studies and laboratory data have yet to fully bear out the need for a booster to the current two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson regimen.
Snopes→ 2 Haitian Americans Detained in Slaying of Haiti President
One of them purportedly is a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince.
Snopes→ White House: 70% of Americans 30 or Older Get COVID-19 Shot
The White House said meeting Biden's vaccination goal is less important than the pace of the nation's reopening, which is exceeding even its own internal projections.
Snopes→ Black Americans Laud Juneteenth Holiday, Say More Work Ahead
“It’s great, but it’s not enough,” said Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Kansas City.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That Americans Don’t Need COVID-19 Vaccine Because Of 1% Fatality Rate
Do people not need a COVID-19 vaccine because the immune systems of 99% of people who came down with it fought it off without one? No, that's missing context: A 1% fatality rate is not low for an infectious disease, public health experts
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Quietly Release Data Showing 7 Out Of 10 Americans Are Declining The COVID-19 Vaccine
Did the CDC quietly release data showing that 7 out of 10 Americans are declining the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 50.1% of the total population, or 166,388,129 people
Snopes→ US Allows Americans with Expired Passports to Return Home
Citing delays in passport renewals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said certain passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, 2021, will be honored for reentry into the United States until Dec. 31.
Snopes→ Did Fauci Say Americans Can Expect to Wear Masks Indefinitely?
A May 2021 broadcast of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" implied Anthony Fauci had sinister intentions behind mask mandates.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Every Year, Americans Spend $153,000,000,000 to Subsidize McDonald’s and Walmart’s Underpaid Workers’
On May 12 2021, a screenshot of a tweet by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich appeared across platforms amid a larger discussion around employee treatment and pay by corporations. His tweet contained the claim that American taxpayers subsidized $153,0
Top Fact Checks→ A fourth stimulus payment limited to Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 to be announced.
The U.S. government has not revealed any plans for another round of stimulus payments based on the COVID-19 vaccination status of Americans.
Snopes→ Biden Aims for Vaccinating 70% of Adult Americans by July 4
The new goal comes as demand for vaccines has dropped off markedly nationwide.
Top Fact Checks→ Almost 70 percent of Americans over 65 years of age are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Sixty-nine percent of fully vaccinated adults over 65 years were 94 percent less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19.
Snopes→ Did 85% of Americans Approve of Biden’s Speech?
The viewing audience for Biden's first speech before a joint session of Congress was not representative of Americans as a whole.
Snopes→ CDC Says Many Americans Can Now Go Outside Without a Mask
The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, and more than a third have been fully vaccinated.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is Joe Biden Trying to Limit Americans to Four Pounds of Red Meat Per Year?
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Snopes→ Did Biden Say He’ll Cancel Fourth of July If Americans Don’t Do What They’re Told?
Certain sources distorted remarks the president made about staying vigilant in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Biden Tells Un-Vaccinated Americans They May Have to Cancel the Fourth of July’
On April 22 2021, repeat disinformation offender Hannity.com published a post with the outrage-bait headline, “JOE NO! Biden Tells Un-Vaccinated Americans They May Have to Cancel the Fourth of July,” which contained a single paragraph of or
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Can Americans Buy ‘Whatever You Want’ Without a Background Check at a Gun Show?
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The Dispatch Fact Check→ Can Americans Buy ‘Whatever You Want’ Without a Background Check at a Gun Show?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Did NOT Utter This Famous Quote About Americans On September 29, 1959
Did then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev say in a speech, "Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible..." on September 29, 1959? And was this speech on the same day as the day he purportedly banged h
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/do-americans-need-a-vaccine-passport A widely shared Instagram post
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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