REVIEW In late June 2024, social media posts on Facebook claimed that “73.9% of deaths” from a collection of 325 autopsy case reports were “significantly linked to COVID-19 vaccination” (examples here and here). These posts referenced a revi
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PolitiFact→ Brigitte Gabriel – 18-month stretch of no U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan includes time under Biden
"For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.”
Full Fact→ No evidence audio clip supposedly of Wes Streeting comments about Palestinian deaths is genuine
Labour’s shadow health secretary has said the recording circulating on social media is a fake.
Health Feedback→ Contrary to headline by The People’s Voice, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t “killing millions” but instead prevented deaths
REVIEW On 31 May 2024, an article in The People’s Voice claimed “Japanese Leader Apologizes to the Unvaccinated: ‘You Were Right, Vaccines Are Killing Millions of Our Loved Ones'”. Posts sharing this headline made the rounds on
AllSides→ Fact Check: Study does not say COVID vaccines may have fuelled excess deaths
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/study-does-not-say-covid-vaccines-may-have-fuelled-excess-deaths-2024-06-13/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Attribute Excess Deaths Since COVID-19 Pandemic To Vaccines
Did the British Medical Journal attribute excess deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic to vaccines in a study that appeared in one of its publications? No, that's not true: In a statement on its website, the publication said, "This study doe
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
REVIEW From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reliable and comparable figures on the deaths due to the disease were difficult to obtain. A proxy way of measuring this was to use excess deaths figures, which are calculated based on the difference betwe
AllSides→ Hamas’ Gaza health ministry under microscope as questions continue over number of deaths
https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-gaza-health-ministry-under-microscope-questions-continue-over-number-deaths
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show French Prisoners Celebrating Police Deaths, Ambush Of May 2024
Does a video show French prisoners celebrating the killing of two police officers in an ambush in May 2024? No, that's not true: The video predates the attack. The ambush happened as a prisoner named Mohamed Amra rode in a prison van; a c
The Dispatch→ Israeli Inquiry into Aid Worker Deaths Reveals ‘Internal Failures’
Strikes that killed seven World Central Kitchen staff spur U.S. and Israeli policy changes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Shots Over ‘Soaring Sudden Deaths’ — There’s No Ban At All
Did Japan ban COVID vaccinations over "soaring sudden deaths" in the country? No, that's not true: There is no ban. Japan, like many other countries, has actively promoted COVID-19 vaccinations as a tool in combating the spread of the vir
Health Feedback→ CDC analysis of RSV vaccines data showed vaccines are safe, not associated with excess deaths, contrary to claim by Children’s Health Defense
REVIEW In 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved several treatments to protect young children and older adults from infections with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). In May of that year, the agency approved two RSV vaccines
Full Fact→ Misleading graph on civilian airstrike deaths in Gaza doesn’t use comparable data
The graph, which has been shared widely online in recent months, suggests the number of civilian deaths per airstrike in Gaza last year was significantly lower than in other conflicts.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Experts say mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives, not caused mass deaths
Paper shows “mRNA COVID-19 vaccines caused more deaths” than lives saved.
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, there were over 1,400 opioid-related deaths in Wisconsin in 2022
“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RSV ‘Vaccine’ NOT Linked to ’12 Deaths During Clinical Trials’
Did an RSV "vaccine" cause "12 deaths during clinical trials," as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: None of the 15 deaths of thousands of children in three key clinical trials were deemed to be caused by the drug. The Fo
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media post misleads about children’s deaths in RSV drug clinical trials
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
Health Feedback→ Russell Brand’s YouTube videos use flawed analyses and simplistic correlations to link COVID-19 vaccines to heart issues, cancer, excess deaths
REVIEW Public figures easily have millions of people following them on social media and their messaging on such platforms can significantly influence their audience’s beliefs and behaviors on various issues. This influence can sometimes be valuabl
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – COVID-19 vaccines saved lives, did not cause 17 million deaths
Suggests there have been 17 million deaths from the COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Haley is correct that fentanyl deaths top casualties from 3 wars combined
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.”
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – DeSantis said Florida overdose deaths declined year over year. Preliminary data backs that up
Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Full Fact→ Was Boris Johnson right to dispute Covid Inquiry evidence on excess deaths?
Pandemic deaths in the UK were indeed among the worst in western Europe as the Inquiry had heard—but also about in the middle, by the standards of Europe as a whole, as Mr Johnson said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: VAERS and FAERS Data Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Deaths And Harm Health
Does data pulled from the Adverse Event Reporting System and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System prove that COVID-19 vaccines have caused more than 1.4 million adverse events and over 32,000 deaths as of November 25, 2022? No, that
The Dispatch→ Inaccurate Claims Are Circulating About Deaths at Al-Shifa Hospital
The Quds News Network deleted a post stating that ‘all ICU patients’ had died but the image is still circulating.
Full Fact→ Instagram post lacks vital context about Covid deaths among the vaccinated
Virtually all the most vulnerable people are vaccinated against Covid, so most of the people who die of it are too.
Full Fact→ Smoking causes about one in four deaths from cancer
Steve Barclay confused smoking’s share of cancer deaths with its share of cancer cases, in comments on the BBC and Sky.
Logically→ IDF spokesperson misidentified as ‘journalist’ arrested for reporting on Israeli deaths
Logically→ Old, unrelated video shared as Palestinians faking deaths amid Israel-Hamas war
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old footage of Palestinians’ deaths shared amid current violence
“Palestinian journalist films the moment an Israeli strike kills him and a fellow medic on live TV” in October 2023.
Health Feedback→ Preventing deaths isn’t the sole benefit of COVID-19 vaccination, contrary to Epoch Times article
REVIEW In October 2023, the Epoch Times claimed that an analysis of clinical trial data obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that not all deaths that occurred during the trial had been reported to the FDA. It also claimed that
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video from 2013 protest in Cairo misrepresented to falsely claim Palestinians are staging deaths
CLAIM: A video showing bodies moving after being covered by white cloths is evidence that deaths are being faked by Palestinians and Hamas during the Israel-Hamas war.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Reports of 260 Israeli music fest deaths aren’t unsubstantiated. Photos, videos document toll
“There isn't a single video or photo suggesting that 250 people were killed (by Hamas) at a concert or that a mass shooting took place” on Oct. 7 in Israel.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with an increase in excess deaths, contrary to claim by John Campbell
REVIEW Why did some countries continue to experience excess mortality in 2022 and 2023, even though fewer people died from COVID-19? While an important question to answer, it has been exploited in the service of an anti-vaccine narrative, specifical
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Report 99% Of COVID Deaths Weren’t Caused By COVID — Claim Abuses A Headline Gaffe
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 99 percent of "Covid deaths" were not primarily caused by the virus? No, that's not true: The claim was propagated by an incorrect headline written by the Daily Mail, wh
The Dispatch→ Wind Turbines Are Likely Not Behind a Spike in Whale Deaths
Researchers are yet to find evidence linking increased whale mortalities with offshore wind turbines.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media post recasts celebrity deaths as part of conspiracy
Princess Diana, actor Heath Ledger and musician John Lennon were “killed for exposing the truth.”
PolitiFact→ Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter
Heat was the underlying or contributing cause in about 1,670 U.S. deaths in 2022, provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. That’s a rate of about 5 deaths per million residents, the highest heat-related death rate in at leas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Myocarditis Did NOT Cause 850 Deaths In Two Weeks In Monterrey — Increased Deaths Happened During Heat Wave
Did 850 deaths occur in two weeks in Monterrey, a city in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, that were caused by myocarditis? No, that's not true: The increased number of deaths in Mexico during June 2023 occurred during a heat wave, and i
Full Fact→ Daily Star corrects error in reporting obesity deaths
The paper has corrected its claim that 2.8 billion people die of obesity each year, with the real figure being in millions.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A study by Fauci and colleagues didn’t blame 1918 Spanish flu deaths on masks
CLAIM: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci showed that “most of the deaths” during the 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic were actually due to infections from face masks.