The U.S. senator rejoiced at revised guidelines allowing fully vaccinated people to relax mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Will NOT Count Only Unvaccinated COVID-19 Cases
Will the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only count unvaccinated COVID-19 cases? No, that's not true: The agency says it tracks all cases, regardless of vaccination status. A claim to the contrary appears to be in referen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Does NOT ‘Admit’ More Dead from COVID-19 Vaccine Than Vaccines Over Last 20 Years Combined
Did the CDC "admit" that COVID-19 vaccines have killed more Americans than all vaccines since 2001, combined? No, that's not true: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which monitors vaccine reactions and safety, says the oppos
Snopes→ Is the CDC a ‘Private Nonprofit Corporation’?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CDC Foundation are two separate entities.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Document 3,848 Deaths Due To COVID Injections
Did a federal agency document 3,848 deaths due to COVID-19 vaccinations? No, that's not true: The claim exploits the government's rough list of unverified reports collected by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Anyone can
Liste→ Fake US CDC graphic about ‘vaccine refusal’ circulates online
An infographic that carries the logo of the US Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) warns refusing the coronavirus vaccine "is a form of racism" because it "harms people of color”. The graphic, however, has been manipulated: it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT Show A ‘SIGNIFICANTLY Higher’ Death Rate For Vaccinated COVID Patients Than For Unvaccinated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the death rate for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is higher than the death rate for those who are not vaccinated? No, that's not true: While some of the data cited wi
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.
Snopes→ Did the CDC Say Refusing a Vaccine Is a ‘Form of Racism’?
A picture that looked like a CDC PowerPoint slide was shared on social media.
Snopes→ Did CDC Say ‘It’s Gay to Smoke’ in This Video?
The video was viewed more times on TikTok in a week than on YouTube in 10 years.
Snopes→ Did CDC Temporarily Halt US J&J Vaccine Distribution?
The vaccine was one of three deemed safe under an emergency-use authorization.
Snopes→ Did CDC Recommend Everyone Wear Tin Foil Face Masks To Prevent COVID-19?
Move over tin foil hats. Tin foil face masks are here!
Snopes→ Did the CDC Say Racism Is a Threat to Public Health?
The CDC director issued a statement in early April 2021 discussing the unequal impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Report Twice As Many Vaccine-Related Deaths In 2021 As In The Past Decade
Did the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 than all the vaccine deaths this past decade? No, that's not true: The CDC has made no such statemen
Snopes→ Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel Safely Again, CDC Says
Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can safely enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance.
Snopes→ Fully Vaccinated Can Travel Again, Says New CDC Guidance
According to the CDC, nearly 100 million people in the U.S. — or about 30% of the population — have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Snopes→ Biden, CDC Director Warn of Virus Rebound If Nation Lets Up
“This is deadly serious,” Biden said, urging governors to reinstate mask mandates and other restrictions that some states have been easing.
Snopes→ CDC Director Has Feeling of ‘Impending Doom’ Amid New Spike
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, warning of a potential fourth wave of the virus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Report 1,739 Deaths From The COVID-19 Vaccine
Did the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report 1,739 deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: There's no public evidence the vaccine caused deaths. As its source, the claim cites the government's rough
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort CDC Study Supporting Mask Mandates to Reduce COVID-19
SciCheck Digest A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that state-issued mask mandates were associated with significant decreases in daily COVID-19 case and death growth rates. Yet some conservative outlets and social media u
Snopes→ CDC Changes School Guidance, Allowing Desks to Be Closer
Some schools have had to remove desks, stagger scheduling and take other steps to keep children apart due to the previous guidance.
Liste→ Article misrepresents CDC study on mask mandate effectiveness
An article from One America News Network shared thousands of times on Facebook claims that a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found face masks do little to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This is false; the research exam
Snopes→ Fully-Vaccinated People Can Gather Without Masks, CDC Says
The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren.
Top Fact Checks→ Adverse incident reports by the CDC show that almost 1000 people died after getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
VAERS records illness or death after the vaccine but cannot verify the cause of death.
Snopes→ Did CDC Release a ‘Zombie Preparedness’ Guide?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appears to be ready for anything.
TruthOrFiction→ Did the CDC Issue Zombie Apocalypse Guidelines in 2021 Because of a Nostradamus Prophecy?
On March 3 2021, a number of Fox affiliates shared an article claiming that due to a purported 2021 Nostradamus prophecy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had created “just in case” guidance for a “zombie apocalypse̶
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The CDC licences vaccine technology, but isn’t a vaccine company; the CDC doesn’t sell vaccines, it buys and distributes vaccines free of charge
REVIEW This claim comes from a quote that is attributed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer who founded the anti-vaccine advocacy group Children’s Health Defense. Kennedy made a similar claim in a 2017 press conference. However, the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Is NOT Withholding Information About Post-Vaccination Deaths, NOT Lacking A Data Category For Them
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
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.