Is there "still no evidence masks or lockdowns slow the spread of COVID-19"? No, that's not true: The claim was posted with no citation of studies disproving the effectiveness of masks and lockdowns. On the other hand, there are now dozen
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Full Fact - All content→ There is evidence vaccines reduce risk of Covid-19 illness
A post on Facebook has claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine “doesn't stop you getting [Covid-19] or spreading it”. The Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines, which have been approved for use in the UK, have both been shown in m
Full Fact - All content→ There is evidence vaccines reduce risk of Covid-19 illness
A post on Facebook has claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine “doesn't stop you getting [Covid-19] or spreading it”. The Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines, which have been approved for use in the UK, have both been shown in m
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Vaccines Impact Fertility
Q: Do the COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility? A: There’s no evidence that approved vaccines cause fertility loss. Although clinical trials did not study the issue, loss of fertility has not been reported among thousands of trial participants nor
Full Fact - All content→ No evidence for drop in US sudden infant death syndrome cases
A Facebook post claims that there was a decrease in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in 2020 due to scheduled vaccinations being cancelled. A link in the post to an article clarifies that the data shown actually represents the number of SIDS reports
Full Fact - All content→ No evidence Boris Johnson said he wanted to “lop the heads off of smelly peasants”
A Facebook post with almost 1,500 shares shows an alleged quote made by Boris Johnson in May 2015 saying: “I have to be honest here. I was born in the wrong time. I’d be much happier living in the middle ages, lopping the heads off of smell
Snopes→ Federal Grand Jury Hearing Evidence in Death of George Floyd
Several witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury considering charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is already facing state murder charges in the death of George Floyd.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ More evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
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
Top Fact Checks→ Patanjali’s Coronil was recognized by the World Health Organization as the first evidence-based medicine for the coronavirus.
The World Health Organization clarified that it has not reviewed or certified any traditional medicine for the treatment of COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Southern U.S. Snow Videos Do NOT Show Evidence Of Something Unnatural
Was the snow that recently fell across a large portion of the world, notably in Texas and Louisiana in mid-February 2021, an unnatural substance that was made in a lab or by the government? Did it not melt away into water the way that nor
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence CEO Of Disney Was Jailed On Child Sex Abuse Charges
Was Bob Chapek, the CEO of Disney, arrested on child sex abuse, bestiality and child pornography charges? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this story is anything but fabricated click-bait. The "Conservative Beaver" is well-k
Full Fact - All content→ Evidence doesn’t show 400,000 people have long Covid ‘right now’
“It’s estimated that up to 400,000 people are living with the debilitating effects of long Covid”. Layla Moran MP, 10 February 2021. “The current estimate for the number of people who have long Covid is nearing 400,000.”
Liste→ No evidence face mask use causes lung cancer
Social media posts and online articles claim face masks, recommended to help curb the spread of Covid-19, cause lung cancer. But medical experts say there is no scientific evidence proving a direct link between long-term mask use and cancer.
Snopes→ CDC: Strong Evidence In-Person Schooling Can Be Done Safely
The nation’s top public health agency said that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies.
Full Fact - All content→ Evidence doesn’t show 20,000 people ‘sick with Covid’ fail to self-isolate every day
“Confirmation that 20,000 people a day sick with Covid are not isolating confirms our repeated warnings that without decent sick pay and support we won’t break chains of transmission.” Jonathan Ashworth MP, 3 February 2021. It has be
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Sniper Assassination Foiled at Mar-a-Lago on January 26, 2021 — Secret Service Formally Denies Story
Was an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump foiled late in January 2021? No, that's not true: the source of the assassination story is a website with a history of publishing false claims and there has been no offici
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence The FBI Special Agent Killed In Florida Was ‘Top Investigator For Hunter Biden’s Laptop’
Was one of the FBI special agents killed in Florida the "top investigator for Hunter Biden's laptop"? No, there is no evidence that claim is true. Special Agent Daniel Alfin was killed on February 2, 2021, as he attempted to serve a court
Full Fact - All content→ No evidence that nanoparticles in Covid-19 vaccines affect fertility
A post on Facebook has claimed the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines “use lipid nanoparticles to deliver an mRNA load into cells” and claims those nanoparticles have adverse effects, like harming both male and female reproductive systems
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The American Journal of Medicine didn’t recommend hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19; scientific evidence doesn’t show hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19
REVIEW In late January 2021, social media posts and articles claimed that hydroxychloroquine was effective for the early treatment of COVID-19 patients based on a scientific publication in The American Journal of Medicine. The claim went viral on so
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Buses At U.S. Capitol Is NOT Evidence Of An Operation Against Lawmakers And Does NOT Show Anything Unexpected
Is a video of buses at the U.S. Capitol evidence of an operation against lawmakers? Does it show anything unexpected? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence to support the idea that lawmakers were the target of a mili
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism; the U.S. CDC didn’t change their stance on the subject
REVIEW On 21 January 2021, the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), an organization founded by Del Bigtree that opposes vaccines, published an article claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “finally capitulated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Masks Cause Bacterial Lung Infections In Children
Do masks cause bacterial lung infections in children? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that masks lead to bacterial infection in children or adults, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and medica
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Despite Peruvian Court Declaration, There Is NO Evidence Soros, Gates and Rockefeller Created COVID-19
Did George Soros, Bill Gates and the Rockefeller family create the COVID-19 virus, as a three-judge Peruvian court declared? No, that's not true: Although the exact location and origin of the virus has not been definitively identified, ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence That The Official Black Lives Matter Twitter Account Tweeted ‘The Democratic Party Used Us’
Did @Blklivesmatter, the official Twitter account of the Black Lives Matter organization, tweet that they were "used" by the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: Lead Stories image analysis indicates it is a skillful fake tweet. There i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Senate President Did NOT Release Evidence Of Voter Fraud One Hour After Biden Was Sworn In
Did the Arizona Senate President release evidence of voter fraud one hour after Joe Biden was sworn in as president? No, that's not true: Arizona Senate President Karen Fann released a statement about an ongoing legal battle with the Mari
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Overwhelming weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are safe and effective, contrary to claims in video by chiropractor Steve Baker
REVIEW On 13 January 2021, the chiropractor Steven Baker posted this video on Facebook, titled “the top five reasons to not vaccinate”. The 15-minute long video contains several claims regarding vaccine safety which have been debunked many times
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antifa-dot-com Redirection Is Not Evidence Antifa Is Affiliated With The Biden White House
Is the redirection of the Antifa-dot-com internet domain to the White House website evidence of a connection between Antifa and President Joe Biden? No, that's not true: Anyone can register an unregistered domain name and redirect traffic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence This Tonic Recipe Will Change Outcomes For People Infected With COVID-19
Will this tonic routine treat COVID-19 in the way that is claimed, and can it prevent anyone who adheres to this regimen from dying of COVID? No, that's not true: This COVID remedy, which is intended to be used as both an inhaled steam tr
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
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Strong evidence lacking to support claim that ivermectin is a cure for COVID-19 ; there are only limited clinical results at this stage
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world since early 2020 sparked an intense research effort to uncover cures for it. To date, scientific and general public media outlets presented several molecules as possible cures for COVID-19, such
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Video Of Military Vehicles Shows ‘Fully Armed Military Units … Moving In Texas USA’
Does this video show "fully armed military units ... moving in Texas USA"? This video is presented without any evidence about where it was recorded or when. Because of the lack of information, it is impossible to draw conclusions about th
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does a Viral Photo Show Evidence of Shredded Ballots From the Georgia Runoff?
Earlier this week, in the midst of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on January 5, a viral social media post was widely shared allegedly showing a photo of “shredded ballots” in Georgia. The original tweet, which has been retweeted mo
Liste→ Georgia runoff counts were corrected on TV, are not evidence of fraud
Social media posts claim clips from US broadcasters ABC and CNN provide evidence of election fraud in the Georgia Senate runoff races. This is false; the changes to the vote totals displayed in the TV clips are the result of corrections by Edison Resea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Protesters Were Antifa Activists Dressing Up As Trump Supporters In The Capitol
Were the protesters who committed violence in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, really antifa activists dressing up as Trump supporters? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence that the people who stormed the Unite
Snopes→ Did Scientists Find Evidence to Explain the Bermuda Triangle?
The region is a notorious part of the world where scores of ships and planes have supposedly vanished without a trace in mysterious circumstances.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Some California Counties DID Allow Voters To Use ImageCast Remote Software To Mark Mail-In Ballots, But There’s No Evidence It’s Not Secure
Did some California counties allow voters to use ImageCast Remote software to mark their mail-in ballots? Yes, that's true, but election officials insist the system is secure from fraud. The ImageCast Remote system allows voters to downlo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Website Screenshot and Tweets Are NOT Evidence FBI Arrested Adam Schiff at LAX Airport
Are a couple of tweets and a link to a website named lacountyarrestrecords.com solid evidence Adam Schiff was arrested by the FBI at LAX Airport on December 24, 2020? No, that's not true: tweets are not solid evidence and there is no reas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purported Evidence in ‘The Plot To Steal America’ Video Does NOT Support Election Fraud Claims — Mostly Consists of Rehashed Hoaxes
Does an advertising video titled "The Plot To Steal America" contain hard evidence of election fraud? No, that's not true: the 18-minute pitch contains allegations based on video clips purporting to show "evidence" but several of these cl
Full Fact - All content→ There’s no evidence the Pfizer vaccine interferes with the placenta
We’ve seen a number of claims on Facebook claiming that the Covid-19 vaccine will cause fertility problems. There’s no evidence that this is the case. “WOMEN WHO WISH TO CONCEIVE!The vaccine contains a spike protein called syncytin-1