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Fact-Checking – Poynter→ How does COVID-19’s toll compare with heart disease, cancer and other causes of death?

2021-02-26 Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale of COVID-19’s impact on American health: COVID-19 has become the country’s third leading cause of death, and could be on its way to outpa Go to site post…»

Liste→ Indian social media posts, media reports falsely claim WHO approved herbal medicine as Covid-19 treatment

2021-02-26 Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times claim the World Health Organization (WHO) approved Coronil, an Indian herbal medication, as a Covid-19 treatment. The claim was also shared in multiple Indian news reports. The claim is fals Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did NHS Warn Against Gwyneth Paltrow’s COVID-19 Advice?

2021-02-26 Paltrow recommended "intuitive fasting" and goop-sponsored products to recover from lingering symptoms. We recommend consulting a doctor instead. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Is ‘Pandemicide’ a New Word Coined To Describe Trump’s COVID-19 Response?

2021-02-26 The earliest use of the term we found was from 2020. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden Hasn’t Reduced COVID-19 Testing at the Border

2021-02-25 Quick Take The Biden administration has made no changes to COVID-19 testing policies for either U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Patrol. But a claim circulating online falsely suggests that the administration has stopped t Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Flu Has Disappeared in the US

2021-02-25 Flu has virtually disappeared from the U.S., with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades. Go to site post…»

Liste→ President Cyril Ramaphosa did not receive his Covid-19 vaccine with a capped needle

2021-02-24 Social media posts have claimed that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received a Covid-19 shot with a syringe that still had the needle covered by a cap. This is false; various images and videos taken from different angles show Ramaphosa was v Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Are Life Insurance Policies Being Canceled Because of the COVID-19 Vaccine?

2021-02-23 As an example of how disinformation can get laundered through Facebook, witness the attempt to spread a lie about the current vaccination efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic. The claim originated with a post from a user based in England reading: Che Go to site post…»

Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Is it safe for pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccines? Here’s what we know, and don’t know.

2021-02-23 As eligibility for the coronavirus vaccines widens across the United States, more pregnant women are faced with the decision of whether to get vaccinated. Alarming social media posts warn that pregnant women who were vaccinated have experienced miscarr Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19

2021-02-23 Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19 due to widespread consumption of hot lemon tea in the population. The claim is false: as of February 22, 2021, Vietnam has recorded 35 coronavirus deaths. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Unrelated photos published in false report about Moderna Covid-19 vaccine side effects

2021-02-23 Two photos have been published in a purported news report that claims they show people suffering from side effects caused by Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. The report has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook and Korean online forum Naver Blog. Th Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts falsely claim Australian PM’s Covid-19 vaccination was ‘faked’

2021-02-23 Multiple Facebook posts claim Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Covid-19 vaccination -- broadcast live on national television on February 21, 2021 -- was faked. The posts claim the doctor who vaccinated Morrison left the cap on the syringe Go to site post…»

Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ More evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection

2021-02-22 REVIEW An Instagram post claimed that a study had shown that vitamin D supplements reduced the risk of COVID-19 infections by 34 percent. The study[1], published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, used data from the U.K. Biobank, a large Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ Many more than 3,000 people have died of Covid-19

2021-02-22 Readers have asked us about a widely shared blog which falsely claims that “only 3,000 people have died of Covid-19”. This is based on a misreading of statistics from NHS England. The most recent data available, up to 5 February, shows that Go to site post…»

Liste→ US health authority has not established a link between Covid-19 vaccines and reported deaths

2021-02-22 A Facebook post shared in South Africa alleges that the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines have “killed” hundreds of people in the United States according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But this claim Go to site post…»

Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The number of new COVID-19 cases fell and daily vaccination increased in early 2021, but no indication that it was due to U.S. president Biden taking office

2021-02-22 REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that swept across the U.S. since early 2020 has caused almost 28 million identified cases and 500,000 deaths in the country. In the midst of this major health crisis, the U.S. have seen an important political shift with Go to site post…»

Liste→ This photo shows a Sri Lankan minister being vaccinated for Covid-19, not a Sri Lankan shaman

2021-02-22 A photo has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows a Sri Lankan ayurvedic practitioner being vaccinated for Covid-19 after he touted a false herbal cure for the disease. The claim is false: the image actually shows a senio Go to site post…»

Liste→ The CDC did not illegally change mortality count rules, inflate Covid-19 toll

2021-02-20 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 Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Schools in Arizona are closed because undocumented people can’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.

2021-02-20 There is a shortage of vaccines in Arizona but this is unrelated to immigration. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Biden Claim There Was No COVID-19 Vaccine When He Came Into Office?

2021-02-20 President Donald Trump's former press secretary made the allegation in a viral tweet. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Quote About Not Having Covid-19 Vaccine Coming Into Office Was About Supply Backlog — NOT About Vaccine Existence

2021-02-19 Did President Biden say the US didn't have a COVID-19 vaccine before he took office? No, that's not true: he said there was no supply of the vaccine in storage awaiting distribution, not that the vaccine didn't exist. The words in quotati Go to site post…»

Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the incidence of poor outcomes during pregnancy, according to current safety data on COVID-19 vaccines

2021-02-19 REVIEW Facebook posts claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine caused a healthcare worker to have a miscarriage went viral in early February 2021. These posts (see example) show a photo of a healthcare worker receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and tweets by phy Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ Covid-19 survival rate is less than 99.8%

2021-02-19 A post on Facebook claims that Covid-19 vaccines are “experimental”, do not incur any liability, and are used to treat a virus with a 99.8% survival rate. These aren’t all correct. The vaccines have been tested for safety It’s n Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Makes Invalid Comparison Between COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines

2021-02-19 Quick Take A tweet shared on Instagram baselessly claims that a person is 300 to 900 times more likely to die “after getting the #Covid vaccine than the flu vaccine.”  But the comparison is faulty — and there is no proof that people are dyin Go to site post…»

Liste→ Beware of fake websites claiming to give out Covid-19 aid on behalf of Nigeria’s government

2021-02-19 A website shared thousands of times on Facebook is inviting Nigerians to apply for financial help from a Covid-19 survival fund provided by the government of Africa’s most populous country. But AFP Fact Check found the site is a fraudulent version o Go to site post…»

Liste→ Facebook posts misrepresent Sri Lankan politician’s comments on Covid-19 vaccine

2021-02-19 A screenshot of a television interview with a Sri Lankan opposition leader has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim he said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is not effective in protecting people from Covid-19. The screenshot, howeve Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows NO Scientific Proof That Antibodies Produced By COVID-19 Vaccines Will Turn Deadly

2021-02-19 Does a video by an anti-vaccine physician show conclusive scientific evidence that the antibodies produced by the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines will cause severe harm and even death if a vaccinated person is exposed to the Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did CDC Warn Against Traveling to Mexico Due to COVID-19?

2021-02-18 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. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Miscarriage reports are not proof of Covid-19 vaccine danger to pregnancy

2021-02-18 Social media posts warn of miscarriages following Covid-19 shots, citing data from a US government reporting system. But a causal link between the two has not been established: the reports are not proof that a vaccine caused a problem, and the US Cente Go to site post…»

Snopes→ 6 Important Truths About COVID-19 Vaccines

2021-02-18 One of the biggest barriers standing in the way of ending the pandemic isn’t medical or logistical. It’s the misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ The Covid-19 vaccine programme isn’t a medical experiment

2021-02-18 People delivering the Covid-19 vaccination programme do not have to tell patients that they are taking part in a medical experiment, as a post on Facebook falsely claims. The vaccination programme is not an experiment. The three Covid vaccines currentl Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ We don’t know how much Test and Trace affects the spread of Covid-19

2021-02-18 Over the past few weeks, the chair of NHS Test and Trace, Baroness Dido Harding, told two MPs’ committees that the programme significantly reduced the spread of Covid-19 last October. This was based on research by the Department for Health and So Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts mislead on New Zealand’s Covid-19 vaccination drive

2021-02-18 Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times in Thailand in February 2021 claim New Zealand has “returned to normal” as “the majority of people have been vaccinated [for Covid-19]”. The posts shared screenshots of a video featuring New Zea Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Thousands of Service Members Saying No to COVID-19 Vaccine

2021-02-18 By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors. Go to site post…»

Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Misleading to compare the safety of COVID-19 and flu vaccines based solely on VAERS reports; VAERS reports alone cannot demonstrate that a vaccine caused an adverse event

2021-02-17 REVIEW With the worldwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, claims that the vaccines caused severe adverse events or deaths spread on social media. A meme published on 15 February 2021 claimed that a person is 300 to 900 times “more likely to die” a Go to site post…»

Liste→ Fabricated news report falsely claims South Korea PM threatened to arrest people who refuse Covid-19 vaccination

2021-02-17 A fabricated news report shared repeatedly on Facebook states South Korea's Prime Minister threatened to arrest citizens who refuse to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. The report, however, is not a genuine article from a South Korean media outlet. A  Go to site post…»

Liste→ Misleading claim circulates on Facebook that only South Koreans have Covid-19 antibodies

2021-02-17 Multiple Facebook posts circulating online in February 2021 claim that only people from South Korea have Covid-19 antibodies, citing a South Korean scientific study as evidence. The claim is misleading: according to one of the co-authors of the sci Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Informal COVID-19 Vaccine Reaction Reports is NOT Evidence Deaths Were Caused By Vaccines

2021-02-16 Does this list of reports from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) prove COVID-19 vaccines are causing sudden deaths in a surprising number of young and middle-aged people? No, that's not true: The individual cases Go to site post…»

Snopes→ COVID-19 Shots Might Be Tweaked If Variants Get Worse

2021-02-15 The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations. Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ A Bangladesh study doesn’t show that depression follows Covid-19

2021-02-15 “Half of Covid victims go on to suffer depression, says study,” The Telegraph, 15 February 2021 The Telegraph has muddled up the meaning of a scientific study on depression among people who have had Covid-19. The study in question explici Go to site post…»

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