Did COVID-19 vaccines kill 17 million people around the world during the pandemic? No, that's not true: Infectious disease experts told Lead Stories that the surge in deaths correlates with surges in coronavirus infections, not vaccinatio
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Health Feedback→ Public information film on coronavirus allegedly from the 1970s is a parody published in 2020
REVIEW A three-minute video titled “Coronavirus – 1970s Public Information Film” offering recommendations to prevent coronavirus infections went viral at the end of 2023. The video circulated on social media platforms including X (formerly
Health Feedback→ 2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
REVIEW In June 2023, Fox News anchor Jesse Watters took over the primetime slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson. During his tenure at Fox News, Carlson repeatedly made inaccurate claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Watters appears to fo
Logically→ No, vaccinated people are not more vulnerable to BA.2.86 coronavirus variant
AllSides→ Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/video-distorts-early-coronavirus-research-to-promote-baseless-bioweapon-conspiracy-theory/
FactCheck.org→ Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory
SciCheck Digest Human coronaviruses first identified in the 1960s cause common colds. But a viral video misrepresents early research on common coronaviruses and cites unrelated patents to falsely suggest U.S. scientists created the viruses that cau
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Pfizer Conducting Any Inappropriate Coronavirus Experiments
SciCheck Digest Scientists say the experiments Pfizer has performed on the coronavirus are standard for the industry. Baseless claims that the company is mutating the virus for profit, however, have been circulating since the release of a
Logically→ Receiving COVID vaccines increases the risk of contracting coronavirus.
The report is a non-peer-reviewed preprint with several limitations. The study focuses on only bivalent COVID vaccines.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Coronavirus is not a Latin word that means ‘heart attack virus’
Coronavirus is a Latin word for “heart attack virus.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Coronavirus Does NOT Mean ‘Heart Attack Virus’ In Latin
Does the word "coronavirus" mean "heart attack virus" in Latin? No, that's not true: A translation shown in a video circulating on social media relied on the intentional misspelling of the word, which triggered Google Translate glitches.
Logically→ Coronavirus, translated from Latin, means “heart attack virus.”
Coronavirus was named for its appearance after the crown-like formation of spikes found on the surface of the virus. "Corona" is Latin for crown.
Logically→ WHO admitted coronavirus is a seasonal virus.
WHO hasn't termed coronavirus a seasonal virus. A video from 2020 of a group of COVID-19 deniers has resurfaced and is being shared with false claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 5G Wuhan Rollout Did NOT Cause Coronavirus Pandemic Or Facilitate Global Spread
Was Wuhan, China the first city to be "covered" with 5G technology and did this wireless communications network facilitate the origination and spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: A telecommunications expert told Lead Stories that cre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dual-Use COVID-19/Influenza A&B Test Does NOT Prove Coronavirus Is Flu
Does a dual-use COVID-19/influenza A&B test prove coronavirus is the flu? No, that's not true: While COVID and influenza are both respiratory ailments, they are caused by different viruses and require different tests. The antigen test
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2011 ‘Captain America’ Movie Did NOT Foretell Coronavirus Pandemic With Hidden Clues
Did the movie, "Captain America: The First Avenger" contain secret clues about the coronavirus years in advance -- proving that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: The Times Square advertisements appearing in the backg
AllSides→ Could Genetics Be the Key to Never Getting the Coronavirus?
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/07/why-some-people-never-get-covid/670929/ Last Christm
AllSides→ FACT CHECK: Anthony Fauci Falsely Claims He Never Recommended Shutdowns to Fight Coronavirus
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/26/fact-check-anthony-fauci-falsely-claims-he-never-recommended-shutdowns-fight-coronavirus/
Snopes→ New Coronavirus Mutant Raises Concerns in India and Beyond
Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and previous infection.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sweden isn’t planning monkeypox restrictions like those enforced earlier in the coronavirus pandemic
“Swedish health authorities considering introducing restrictions because of monkeypox outbreak.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Bill Gates Coronavirus Soundbite
Fareed Zakaria and Bill Gates (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)A viral Instagram post displays a quote it claims is from Bill Gates comparing COVID-19 to the flu:therobherringA post shared by Rob Herring (@therobherring)The quote is accurate, a
PolitiFact→ Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts
Eleven charts show the impact and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years in.
PolitiFact→ Two years of the coronavirus pandemic in charts
Nine charts show the scope of the national and international COVID-19 pandemic, two years in.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say His Company Was Trying To Make Coronavirus Outbreak — Video Is Altered
Did Bill Gates say that he has a company trying to make a coronavirus outbreak and that they were successful? No, that's not true: This video is an altered fabrication. While Gates did say these words and phrases in an interview, several
Logically→ 1 in 3 infected people will die from NeoCov, the new Coronavirus variant, according to Wuhan scientists.
The study neither suggests that 1 in 3 people will die from NeoCov nor that NeoCov is a new variant of COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some Mouthwashes DO ‘Disrupt’ Coronavirus In Lab Tests — But They’re NOT A Cure, And More Study Is Needed
Do some mouthwashes "disrupt" COVID-19 in the lab? Yes, that's true in a lab, but it's not a field-tested cure and researchers say it needs more study. The report by Rutgers University scientists, published March 1, 2021, shows two types
Snopes→ Omicron Coronavirus Variant Found in Multiple US States
The omicron variant of COVID-19, which had been undetected in the U.S. before the middle of this week, had been discovered in at least five states, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The new coronavirus variant is named for a letter in the Greek alphabet
The omicron variant’s name is evidence the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.
PolitiFact→ Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know
Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know
AllSides→ Republicans Spin NIH Letter About Coronavirus Gain-of-Function Research
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/scicheck-republicans-spin-nih-letter-about-coronavirus-gain-of-function-research/
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Spin NIH Letter About Coronavirus Gain-of-Function Research
Republicans say a letter from a National Institutes of Health official is an admission that the agency funded so-called gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in China, with some falsely linking the work to the pandemic coronavirus. But the res
Washington Post→ Terry McAuliffe keeps inflating coronavirus numbers
The former governor keeps suggesting the daily figures for coronavirus cases and child hospitalizations are much higher than reality.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reiner Fuellmich’s ‘Coronavirus Investigative Committee’ Report Does NOT Reveal New Evidence For Debunked Claims
In this video, did trial lawyer Reiner Fuellmich's "Coronavirus Investigative Committee" reveal new evidence of claims that COVID-19 is no worse than seasonal flu, can be treated with vitamins and ivermectin, is not accurately confirmed w
Logically→ Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into bat caves 18 months before the COVID-19 outbreak.
There are no credible reports or records to prove that Wuhan scientists planned to release any coronaviruses into bat caves.
Snopes→ US Intelligence Still Divided on Origins of Coronavirus
U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.
AllSides→ Biden White House Falsely Accuses Donald Trump of Telling People to Inject Poison to Cure Coronavirus
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/11/biden-white-house-trump-inject-poison17474354/ CLAIM: Whi
Snopes→ Did Study Find Coronavirus Antibodies in 40% of US Wild Deer Populations?
The pilot program compared serum samples taken from four states.
FactCheck.org→ Sequencing Used to Identify Delta, Other Coronavirus Variants
SciCheck Digest Researchers use genomic sequencing — not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with COVID-19 — to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, including the highly contagious delta varian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein Did NOT Die From Coronavirus
Did a report recently reveal that COVID-19 killed pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: Jeffrey Epstein, who was being held on federal sex trafficking charges, was found unresponsive in a New York City jail cell on Aug
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines are creating more coronavirus variants.
Virus mutations occur independently of vaccination. Vaccines play a significant role in suppressing variants.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Interview Does NOT Prove There’s No Variants, No Novel Coronavirus, No Pandemic — It Recycles Debunked Conspiracy Theories
Does a podcaster's online video prove there are no SARS-CoV-2 variants, that there's no pandemic and that COVID-19 isn't a novel disease? No, that's not true: coronavirus conspiracist David Martin's claims fly in the face of the establish