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
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WaPo Fact Checker→ Biden’s messed-up math comparing war deaths to covid deaths
The president made a comparison that was widely cited in the news media — but it's wrong, as he said it.
Liste→ Social media posts falsely claim Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19
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.
Liste→ US health authority has not established a link between Covid-19 vaccines and reported deaths
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
Snopes→ Are These Real Headlines Describing the Deaths of Rush Limbaugh and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
A meme about media coverage of Limbaugh’s death went viral in February 2021.
Snopes→ Did Rush Limbaugh’s ‘AIDS Update’ Mock the Deaths of Gay People?
Limbaugh would later say he regretted the segment as it made fun of people who were dying excruciating deaths.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Informal COVID-19 Vaccine Reaction Reports is NOT Evidence Deaths Were Caused By Vaccines
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
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
Full Fact - All content→ Covid vaccine hasn’t caused increase in care home deaths
A Facebook post claims that deaths in care homes are up 81% since the Covid-19 vaccination rollout. It’s correct that care home deaths are up since the vaccination rollout started, but it is wrong to suggest that these are deaths caused by the va
Top Fact Checks→ New York COVID-19 nursing home deaths may have been undercounted by as much as 50 percent.
The report into the death toll discrepancies came about after the New York Attorney General launched an investigation.
Top Fact Checks→ VAERS has recorded 9,845 adverse events related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including 329 deaths.
Reports from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) cannot determine if a vaccine caused an illness.
Snopes→ NY Data Show Nursing Home Deaths Undercounted by Thousands
A report by NY Attorney General Letitia James charged that the nursing home death count could be off by about 50%.
Full Fact - All content→ Flu deaths aren’t being miscategorised as Covid-19 deaths
A post shared on Facebook shows the number of positive influenza tests for each week from 2015 to 2020, using legitimate graphs from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The graph for 2020 shows the number of positive influenza tests falling to n
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Frequency of deaths in elderly individuals after COVID-19 vaccination wasn’t higher than the frequency in those who weren’t vaccinated
REVIEW Baseball legend Hank Aaron passed away at the age of 86 on 22 January 2021. Aaron was among several civil rights icons to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on 5 January 2021. Motivated by the wish to show the African-American community tha
Full Fact - All content→ 73,444 deaths registered in 2020 in England and Wales had Covid-19 as the underlying cause
“There is no clear way to measure covid mortality. We measure excess death rates, those who died within 28 days of a positive test and those who have covid on their death certificate, but that does not tell us what we really need to know: who ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Halt Production Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Due To Deaths
Did Pfizer halt production of the COVID-19 vaccine due to deaths? No, that's not true: The pharmaceutical company said that it's making improvements to a facility in Belgium, resulting in a "temporary reduction in the number of doses deli
Snopes→ ‘Shameful’: US Virus Deaths Top 400K As Trump Leaves Office
“Everything about how it’s been managed has been infused with incompetence and dishonesty, and we’re paying a heavy price,” said Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University
Snopes→ ‘Shameful’: US Virus Deaths Top 400K as Trump Leaves Office
As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term in January 2020, the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had the virus “totally under control.”
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ VAERS reports alone don’t demonstrate that the COVID-19 vaccines caused adverse events; evidence does not indicate vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
REVIEW An article published in mid-January 2021 by Children’s Health Defense, an organization which opposes vaccines, claimed that thousands of adverse events related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including deaths, were reported in December 2020. The o
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
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
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→ 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.
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
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.
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
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Explaining the Six Deaths Recorded During Pfizer/BioNTech’s Phase III Trial
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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.
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
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