Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention withhold data that showed a federal vaccine reaction-reporting database -- VAERS -- was under-reporting the number of people who have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? Does the CDC
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Liste→ The CDC did not illegally change mortality count rules, inflate Covid-19 toll
Articles shared thousands of times on Facebook claim the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) increased the Covid-19 death toll by 1,600 percent because they illegally altered rules for reporting mortality data. This is false; the CDC
Snopes→ Did CDC Warn Against Traveling to Mexico Due to COVID-19?
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was called out for traveling to Cancun, Mexico, as both a devastating winter storm and a pandemic impacted his state.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The CDC didn’t introduce a “major rule change” to inflate COVID-19 deaths; there have been more than 490,000 excess deaths in the U.S. to date
REVIEW An article published by the Gateway Pundit in early February 2021 claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “illegally inflated the COVID fatality number by at least 1,600 percent”. The article received more t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Inflate COVID-19 Numbers And Did NOT Violate Federal Law In Providing Death Data Guide
Did the CDC inflate COVID-19 death numbers by 1,600% and did it violate federal law by enacting new data collecting rules for cause-of-death reports? No, that's not true: The nation's mortality data expert told Lead Stories The Centers fo
Snopes→ CDC: Strong Evidence In-Person Schooling Can Be Done Safely
The nation’s top public health agency said that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies.
FactCheck.org→ Headlines Distort the Facts on CDC Mask Order
Quick Take Headlines shared on social media distort the facts of a recent order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that mandates face masks be worn on public transportation. The order doesn’t require that individuals wear two masks
Top Fact Checks→ The CDC reported permanently disabling side effects in 2.7 percent of people who received the Pfizer vaccine.
The figures listed in the CDC report have been misinterpreted. 2.7 percent did not have permanently disabling side effects.
Snopes→ CDC Requires Face Masks on Airlines, Public Transportation
It makes refusal to wear a mask a violation of federal law, enforced by the Transportation Security Administration and other federal, state and local authorities.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism; the U.S. CDC didn’t change their stance on the subject
REVIEW On 21 January 2021, the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), an organization founded by Del Bigtree that opposes vaccines, published an article claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “finally capitulated
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The CDC reports more than 2.9 million deaths in the U.S. in 2020; at least 377,000 more deaths in 2020 compared to previous years
REVIEW A screenshot of a tweet made by rapper and activist Maj Toure on 31 December 2020 (see the original tweet archived here), claiming that there were fewer deaths in America in 2020 compared to 2019, was published in numerous Facebook posts and
Liste→ Video of former China CDC director criticising China-made vaccines in 2010 is recirculated in misleading social media posts
A news clip has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter in December 2020 alongside a claim it shows the former Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) criticising the quality of China
Snopes→ Oklahoma Health Officials Reject CDC Vaccine Recommendation
Oklahoma health officials say they don’t plan to follow all of the newly released federal guidelines for vaccine distribution and will keep adults 65 and older in phase two of the state’s distribution protocol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Post A Tweet Encouraging Shoplifting
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) post a tweet encouraging people to shoplift to slow the spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated image of a tweet. tweet "does not come from our Twitter account
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Does NOT Have Funds To Deliver Groceries and Cleaning Products To COVID-19 Patients In Quarantine
Can COVID-19 patients in quarantine call a CDC hotline to get free groceries and cleaning products delivered to their home? No, that's not true: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control does not have a special fund for home grocery deliveries
Snopes→ Probe: CDC Official Says She Was Ordered to Delete Emails
A senior manager with the CDC told congressional investigators she was ordered to delete an email suggesting attempted political interference by the Trump administration in coronavirus reports to the public.
Snopes→ Fewer Black Kids Getting Flu Shots, Worrying CDC Officials
More Americans have been getting flu shots this year, apparently heeding the advice of health officials fearful of a flu and coronavirus double pandemic, public health officials said.
Snopes→ Did the CDC Allege Anyone Entering a Hospital is ID’ed as a COVID-19 Case?
Some rumors about hospital practices during the 2020 pandemic proved almost too wild to be true.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Polio Vaccine Worked And The CDC Did NOT Admit 98 Million Americans Received Vaccine Contaminated With Cancer Agent
Did the CDC admit 98 million Americans received the polio vaccine between 1955 and 1963 when it was "contaminated with cancer-causing virus 'SV 40'"? No, that mis-states what the public health agency said and over-states the number expose
Snopes→ Stay Home for the Holidays or Get Tested Twice, CDC Urges
“Cases are rising, hospitalizations are increasing, deaths are increasing," said the CDC's Dr. Henry Walke
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ CDC data shows higher number of deaths in 2020 compared to previous years; Johns Hopkins student article compared percentages, not raw numbers
REVIEW Several articles, such as this one by LifeSiteNews and this one by the Gateway Pundit, published at the end of November 2020, claim that a “Johns Hopkins study” had shown no excess deaths in the U.S. due to COVID-19, and that the study wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Johns Hopkins Student Paper Retracted Because CDC Data DOES Show Excess Deaths Caused By Covid-19
Is it true the lethality of COVID-19 is being overblown by government mortality data, and was a Johns Hopkins University student paper censored when it posted a story about that claim? No, that is not true. There is no evidence that offic
Snopes→ Is the CDC Setting Up ‘Green Zones’ or COVID-19 Containment Camps?
A months-old document exploring one possible response to the COVID-19 pandemic was misrepresented on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Website DOES Show Age And Other Conditions For People Who Died From COVID-19
Is it true ages and pre-existing medical conditions for U.S. residents who died from COVID-19 are not available? No, that's not true: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website shows ages, additional medical conditi
Top Fact Checks→ The CDC has recommended Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.
CDC recommended Americans to avoid traveling and celebrate Thanksgiving with the people they live in at homes as a safety measure against COVID-19.
Snopes→ CDC Pleads with Americans to Not Travel for Thanksgiving
With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
Top Fact Checks→ The White House has been meddling in the CDC’s management of the COVID-19 crisis.
Reports suggest that the White House installed political operatives at the CDC to control coronavirus information and edited important documents.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT ‘Reveal’ Hospitals Have Counted Heart Attacks as COVID-19 Deaths
Does Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data "reveal" that COVID-19 death totals have been exaggerated by hospitals counting heart attacks as COVID deaths? No, that's not true: Hospitals don't fill out death certificates, doctors
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Masks are effective at reducing COVID-19 primary transmission through respiratory droplets; the CDC acknowledges airborne transmission via aerosols can also occur
REVIEW A 22 September 2020 video that makes several inaccurate claims about the COVID-19 pandemic went viral on Facebook in late October, receiving more than 35,000 interactions on the platform, according to the social media analytics tool CrowdTang
Snopes→ Did CDC Report ‘Majority’ of People Who Contracted COVID-19 Wore Masks?
U.S. President Donald Trump amplified misunderstanding when he claimed on live television that “85% of the people that wear masks catch [COVID-19].”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Report Did NOT Say Masks Are Ineffective In Preventing Spread Of COVID-19
Did a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report conclude masks are not effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: The study concluded new safety measures are needed at dining establishments because e
Snopes→ CDC Says Coronavirus Can Spread Indoors in Updated Guidance
The top U.S. public health agency said that the coronavirus can spread more than 6 feet through the air, especially in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces.
Snopes→ Pence Ordered Borders Closed After CDC Experts Refused
Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency’s scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the corona
Liste→ CDC did not give contradictory advice on mask use for smoke, Covid-19
Social media posts claim the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contradicted itself by advising people to wear cloth masks against the novel coronavirus while also saying masks do not stop smoke inhalation during a wildfire. These cl
Liste→ CDC did not give contradictory advice on mask use for smoke, Covid-19
Social media posts claim the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contradicted itself by advising people to wear cloth masks against the novel coronavirus while also saying masks do not stop smoke inhalation during a wildfire. These cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Declare COVID Less Fatal Than Flu When Revising Public Health Disaster Plans
Did the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention downgrade COVID-19, rating it less fatal than seasonal flu? No, that's not true: The Sept. 10, 2020, document used as "proof" clearly states it is not a source of COVID data, and tha
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Airborne or not? What the CDC said about the aerosol transmission of COVID-19
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox weekly, click here. Before we check some COVID-19 facts, I want to talk about something really cool I’ve
Top Fact Checks→ CDC retracted its claim on coronavirus spread.
CDC first posted, and then retracted its take on how the coronavirus spreads from person to person through small droplets in the air.
TruthOrFiction→ CDC Removes ‘Airborne’ COVID-19 Content
On September 21 2020, several prominent tweets suggested that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added, then removed guidance indicating that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) was airborne — meaning it could potentially be
Snopes→ CDC Changes, Then Retracts, Its Take on Coronavirus Spread
The top U.S. public health agency has stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person on small droplets in the air.