This old trope continues to be a source of rumors.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ronald McDonald House Is NOT ‘Evicting’ All Unvaccinated Children From Its Facilities
Is Ronald McDonald House "evicting" all unvaccinated children from its facilities? No, that's not true: Although it's true that Ronald McDonald House (RMH) British Columbia (BC) & Yukon mandates vaccinations for everyone working, visi
Snopes→ Does Video Show Chinese Children Wearing Hazmat Suits?
With the right music, even a cute video of kids playing astronauts can seem depressing.
Logically→ The risks of COVID-19 vaccination to children outweigh its benefits.
There were less than 200 cases of myocarditis per a million jabbed males, and 30 per million jabbed females aged between 12 to 15 years old.
Snopes→ Did Sotomayor Say 100K Children Are in Serious Condition with COVID?
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor grossly overstated COVID-19 statistics during a hearing on the Biden administration's workplace vaccine mandates.
AllSides→ Sotomayor Claims 100,000 Children ‘in Serious Condition,’ on ‘Ventilators’
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/01/07/fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Over 100,000 Children Are NOT In Serious Condition From COVID-19 As Supreme Court Justice Said
Are over 100,000 children in serious condition because of COVID-19? No, that's not true: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor overstated the pandemic's toll on children 17 and under during Supreme Court oral arguments on January 7, 2022.
Snopes→ Bronx Apartment Fire Kills 19, Including 9 Children
Trapped residents broke windows for air and stuffed wet towels under doors as smoke rose from a lower-floor apartment where the fire started.
Washington Post→ Sotomayor’s false claim that ‘over 100,000’ children are in ‘serious condition’ with covid
During oral argument over President Biden's workplace rule, Justice Sonia Sotomayor offered a number that is at least 20 times too high.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Sonia Sotomayor Claimed 100,000 Children Are In ‘Serious Condition’ With COVID
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Forcibly Vaccinate Autistic Children In NY School — School, FEMA Denies It
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) vaccinate autistic children at the Rockland Institute for Special Education (RISE), a special education school in New York, without their parents' consent? No, that's not true: Both RISE
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Claim that children will be harmed by spike proteins from COVID-19 vaccines is false
When children are given vaccines for COVID-19, “a viral gene will be injected into your children's cells. This gene forces your child’s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children’s critical organs."
Full Fact→ No evidence masks limit oxygen for children
A post on Instagram claims that “masks do nothing but limit oxygen and increase risk of bacteria and illness”, warning parents not to put masks on their children. The post contains a quote from Dr Brian Lamb, a doctor based in Pittsbu
Snopes→ 13 Dead, Including 7 Children, in Philadelphia House Fire
Officials said that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were operating.
Logically→ In India, expired Covaxin vials are being used to jab children above 15 years of age.
The shelf life of Covaxin was extended after taking approvals and carrying out required tests.
Snopes→ US Children Hospitalized with COVID in Near-Record Numbers
The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in close to record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Twitter post misconstrues what WHO Director-General said about COVID-19 vaccines and children
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Director-General Did NOT Say Countries Are Giving COVID-19 Booster Shots To Kill Children
Did the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus say that countries are administering COVID-19 booster shots to "kill children"? No, that's not true: A WHO spokesperson told Lead Stories that Gheb
Logically→ WHO director-general said countries are giving COVID-19 booster shots to kill children.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stumbled on his words and corrected himself. The clip was edited to misrepresent what he said.
Snopes→ No, WHO’s Director-General Didn’t Say COVID Vaccines Are ‘Being Used To Kill Children’
A brief clip of a comment made by World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus misrepresented what he said.
PolitiFact→ No evidence government-funded AIDS clinical trials caused foster children deaths in New York
An investigative report that evaluated government-funded clinical trials for HIV and AIDS treatments found no evidence that the medications caused foster children to die.
PolitiFact→ Steve Kirsch – Contorted claim of children killed by COVID-19 vaccines is Pants on Fire
“They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
Health Feedback→ The benefits of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for children outweigh the low risks, unlike what Robert Malone claimed
REVIEW A 12 December 2021 filmed statement on the topic of vaccinating children with the COVID-19 vaccines by Robert Malone, a medical doctor and researcher, was widely shared on a number of social media platforms (see here and here); as of 20 Decem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 DID Kill Only 68 Children In 2020, But Chart Omits Context: Infected Children Host And Spread The Virus
Did 67 children ages 5-14 die from COVID-19 in 2020? Yes (68, to be precise), but this chart comparing that to the much higher death tolls from traffic accidents, fires and other causes obscures the risk posed by children's infections, wh
Snopes→ Bah! Humbug! Italy Bishop Tells Children Santa Doesn’t Exist
A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist.
Full Fact→ Children are more likely to die from Covid than vaccination
A meme being shared on Facebook says: “We are being told to line up our children to get something that might kill them, to protect them from something that can’t kill them.” This appears to be a reference to Covid-19 vaccines. The aut
Health Feedback→ Claim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”
REVIEW On 1 November 2021, political economist Toby Rogers published an article on Substack claiming that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine would kill more children than it would save. Rogers arrived at this claim based on his calculation of a me
Full Fact→ Claims about changes to Pfizer vaccine for children miss important details
An article, shared on Facebook, claims Pfizer has changed the formula of a Covid-19 vaccine for children to include a medication that “stabilises people suffering a heart attack”. The article says the vaccine for five to 11-year-olds includ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Stunt Development Of Children’s Immune Systems
Do messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines instruct cells to produce "non-human" proteins -- spike proteins -- that would stunt the development of children's immune systems? No, that's not true: On the contrary, the purpose of spike protei
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Spike Proteins Are NOT Shedding From Vaccinated To Unvaccinated School Children
Are spike proteins from COVID-19 vaccines being shed from vaccinated children and infecting unvaccinated ones? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine causes vaccinated persons to cast
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Story about SEALs rescuing children in cargo ship is false
“NAVY SEALs raid cargo ship full of smuggled children.”
Snopes→ NIH Launches 1st Long-Term Study of Children with COVID-19
The three-year trial will track the effects of infection on those under 21.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children Are NOT 50 Times More Likely To Be Killed By COVID Vaccines Than By Virus Itself
Are children 50 times more likely to be killed by the COVID-19 vaccines than by the virus itself? No, that's not true: The person who made the claim offered no proof for the claimed numbers of deaths from the COVID vaccine. As of November
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccinations Are NOT Mandatory For German Children Or Adults
Did the death of a German 12-year-old shortly after receiving a vaccine cause German officials to reconsider a policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for children? No, that's not true: COVID vaccinations are not mandatory in Germany fo
Health Feedback→ Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
REVIEW On 29 October 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11. This vaccine for children has a slightly different formulation from the one approve
Logically→ Pfizer added tromethamine to its COVID-19 vaccine for children to stabilize a heart attack.
Tromethamine is a stabilizing agent used to increase the storage time for pharmaceutical products, but not to stabilize a heart attack.
Logically→ Most adults and children are immune from COVID-19 since it is similar to other viruses.
Common cold can only briefly help fight COVID-19. With the onset of the Delta variant, higher number of kids reported infections and hospitalizations.
Snopes→ Did Navy SEALs Raid Cargo Ship Full of Smuggled Children?
The raid allegedly occurred in Long Beach, California.
Full Fact→ Parents aren’t being urged to donate their children’s organs at vaccine appointments
An image of a sign at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic has been photoshopped to read as if it is urging parents to donate their children’s organs. It has been retweeted or quote tweeted more than 4,000 times after it was posted by musicians Ri
Logically→ Two school children in the U.K. died suddenly following the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Social media users have been told not to speculate on the cause of the boys' deaths, which have not yet been determined.