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Snopes→ US COVID-19 Deaths Hit Another One-Day High at over 4,300
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States is closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II
Snopes→ Scientists Decry Death by 1,000 Cuts for World’s Insects
Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture and land use are causing Earth to lose probably 1% to 2% of its insects each year.
Full Fact - All content→ There are excess deaths in England and these PHE reports don’t prove otherwise
“The two most recent Public Health England All-Cause Mortality Surveillance reports (31 December and 7 January) show no statistically significant excess all-cause mortality.” The Critic, 11 January 2021. “We do NOT have EXCESS DEATH
Liste→ Trump supporter receives death threats after false Antifa accusation
A video is circulating online alongside the claim that it shows a man admitting far-left movement Antifa stormed the US Capitol. But the man -- who says in the clip it was Donald Trump’s supporters who broke into the building where Congress meets --
Snopes→ Police Officer’s Death Intensifies Capitol Siege Questions
The rampage that has shocked the world and left the country on edge forced the resignations of three top Capitol security officials over the failure to stop the breach.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine did not cause the death of a Portuguese woman, contrary to social media posts suggestions
REVIEW On 4 January 2021, the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã reported the sudden death of Sonia Azevedo, a 41-year-old operational assistant at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) in Porto. Azevedo’s death occurred on 1 January
Snopes→ California Virus Deaths Rocket Higher as ICU Space Tightens
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and the state’s hospital association are at odds over how best to create space for critically ill coronavirus patients at already strained medical facilities that soon could be overwhelmed by the expect
Snopes→ US Registering Highest Deaths Yet from the Coronavirus
The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before — nearly 3,900 — on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic.
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
Snopes→ Was 2020 a ‘Typical Year’ for US Deaths Despite COVID-19?
Final mortality data for 2020 is not expected to be available for months.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Were NOT Fewer Deaths In 2020 With COVID-19 Versus 2019 Without The Virus
Were there fewer deaths in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic raging, versus 2019 when there wasn't the virus? No, that's not true: A meme went viral with the false claim that the number of deaths in the United States in 2020 was approxi
Snopes→ Delay Sought in Ex-Officers’ Trial over George Floyd’s Death
Prosecutors in the case against four Minneapolis officers requested putting off the trial until June.
Snopes→ SPORTMiX Pet Foods Recalled Over Possible Link to Dog Deaths
Several products from SPORTMiX pet foods were found by the FDA to have high levels of aflatoxin, which can be fatal to dogs.
Snopes→ Judge Delays Execution of Only Woman on US Death Row
A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ PragerU video contains misleading claims about COVID-19 deaths, falsely claims 94% of COVID-19 deaths had pre-existing conditions
REVIEW A video published by PragerU on Instagram, titled “How many Americans have died from COVID-19?” shows interviews with various people, purportedly to determine whether “everyday Americans have an accurate perception of COVID-19.” The v
FactCheck.org→ Alabama Officials Debunk False Claim of COVID-19 Vaccine Death
Quick Take A false claim that an unidentified nurse died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama has been feeding into the anti-vaccine disinformation online. The Alabama Department of Public Health reported that no one who has received the vacci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lead GBI Agent Investigating Georgia Voter Fraud And GOP Staffer Death Was NOT Found Dead
Did the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent investigating both voter fraud in Georgia and the death of a young GOP campaign volunteer die in a suspicious shooting"? No, that's not true: The agent who was found dead of a self-inflic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These 33 ‘professionals’ Are NOT Correct About The COVID Pandemic, Death Rates, Vaccine Safety And Flu Comparison
Is it true that the novel coronavirus has not crossed borders, that 2020 death rates are not higher than an average year, that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe and ineffective and that COVID is no more lethal and infectious than the flu? No,
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Distorts Facts on COVID-19 Death Reporting
Quick Take An Instagram post falsely claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting all pneumonia and influenza deaths as caused by COVID-19. That’s wrong and is based on a misreading of one type of monitoring the agency
Snopes→ Germany Enters Harder Lockdown As Virus Deaths Hit New High
A rise in cases in Germany over the last week brought the country's overall pandemic death toll to 23,427.
Top Fact Checks→ The ICMR has told doctors that every death should be recorded as a COVID-19 death.
Doctors have to categorize the death’s immediate cause, antecedent cause, and any other underlying causes.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Explaining the Six Deaths Recorded During Pfizer/BioNTech’s Phase III Trial
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-check-explaining-the-six-deaths A recent briefing from the FDA
Snopes→ US Blames Iran in Abduction, Death of Ex-FBI Agent Levinson
Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran under mysterious circumstances more than a decade ago.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Explaining the Six Deaths Recorded During Pfizer/BioNTech’s Phase III Trial
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Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Cases of Bell’s palsy and death observed during Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine clinical trials were within expected background range of general population
REVIEW Following the publication of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, social media posts and articles went viral on Facebook, claiming that the vaccine was responsible for causing adve
Snopes→ One-Day US Deaths Top 3,000, More Than D-Day or 9/11
Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever.
Snopes→ Beatles Fans, Yoko Ono, Bandmates Mark 40 Years Since John Lennon’s Death
Fans remembered John Lennon with flowers, candles and songs on the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle's death after being shot outside his New York City apartment building.
FactCheck.org→ Flawed Analysis Leads to False Claim of ‘No Excess Deaths’ in 2020
Quick Take An economics professor’s flawed interpretation of U.S. mortality data has prompted a viral, false claim that COVID-19 hasn’t led to more deaths than normal this year. In fact, multiple analyses have found there to be a higher-tha
TruthOrFiction→ Neera Tanden Didn’t Tweet ‘Hitler Was Certainly Controversial But No One Gives Him Proper Credit for Fighting to the Death Against Communism’
On December 1 2020, a fabricated tweet attributed to Neera Tanden began circulating, which read, “Hitler was certainly controversial but nobody gives him proper credit for fighting to the death against Communism”: .@neeratanden, WHAT pic
Full Fact - All content→ Mersey Care has only had five Covid-19 deaths because it is a mental health and disability services trust
A post on Facebook with over 1,000 shares shows a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, which says that there were only five deaths related to Covid-19 in that trust, and that those patients all had pre-existing cond
Snopes→ Did Johns Hopkins Student Newspaper Retract Article Claiming COVID-19 Deaths ‘Not Above Normal’?
The story reportedly questioned the accuracy and credibility of reported U.S. COVID-19 deaths.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Johns Hopkins Lecturer Did NOT Prove There Are No Excess 2020 Deaths Due To COVID
Did a Johns Hopkins economics lecturer prove there are no "excess deaths" in 2020 due to COVID-19 and that the official U.S. death toll is misleading? No, that's not true: Her claim is based on lines on an Excel chart she made from CDC da
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Army’s Special Forces Did NOT Seize A CIA Server Farm In Frankfurt, Germany, Resulting In Deaths Of U.S. Soldiers
Did the U.S. Army's Special Forces seize a CIA server farm in Frankfurt, Germany, resulting in deaths of U.S. soldiers? No, that's not true: A U.S. Army spokesperson told Lead Stories the claim is false. Lead Stories has previously debunk
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
Full Fact - All content→ This is a real letter from an NHS trust that dealt with no Covid-19 deaths
We’ve been asked about and have seen posts which claim to show a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding deaths in the South West Yorkshire NHS Partnership. The question submitted for an FOI reads: “I am trying to gather the in
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ex-CIA Agent Did NOT Confess On His Deathbed He Infected Bob Marley With Cancer
Did a former CIA agent confess on his deathbed that he infected reggae legend Bob Marley with cancer? No, that's not true: There is no record of a now-deceased CIA agent named Bill Oxley, beyond a story published in 2017 and later deleted
Full Fact - All content→ The Daily Mail’s chart of Covid-19 death figures doesn’t use the real numbers
“Fatalities are barely any higher” Daily Mail, 20 November 2020. In an article titled “What they DON’T tell you about Covid”, the Daily Mail published a chart that claimed the number of weekly deaths is currently “b
Snopes→ Daily COVID-19 Deaths in US Reach Highest Level Since May
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced a statewide curfew, just as a curfew covering 41 counties was also announced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.