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The Dispatch→ No, the Military Cannot Use Lethal Force on Political Protesters
Viral social media claims are false.
The Dispatch→ No, the Military Cannot Use Lethal Force on Political Protesters
Viral social media claims are false.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, a new Department of Defense directive doesn’t authorize lethal force on U.S. civilians
"The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Save Lives, Are Not More Lethal Than COVID-19
SciCheck Digest COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of death from COVID-19. Social media posts have misused survey data and adverse events reports to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines have killed more people than COVID-19. But serious adverse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Raise ‘Lethality’ Bar For Vinyl Chloride Just Before Ohio Derailment
Did the Centers for Disease Control change the level of exposure considered lethal for vinyl chloride from 100 parts per million to 100,000 parts per million shortly before the February 3, 2023 train derailment and vinyl chloride spill ne
Full Fact→ Sodium bicarbonate is not ‘lethal’ to all cancers
because there’s no evidence sodium bicarbonate can be used to cure cancer. Some studies have looked at its use in reducing tumour pH levels, but none have suggested it could be used to treat cancer.
Logically→ Strep A is not lethal, and the recently reported deaths are actually due to COVID-19 vaccines.
Strep A can be deadly depending on which disease it causes, but there is no evidence that it is being used to cover up deaths from COVID-19 vaccine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DASANI’s Bottled Water Does NOT Contain Lethal Amount Of Potassium Chloride
Does the bottled drinking water DASANI contain lethal amounts of potassium chloride, the same chemical used to kill death row inmates? No, that's not true: All bottled water contains small amounts of the mineral, but a water sciences expe
Logically→ Boston University researchers have created a more lethal COVID-19 strain with an 80 percent kill rate.
Many reports miss important context around the findings and purpose of the research which was conducted to study role of the strain's spike protein.
Snopes→ Australia to Send Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
The Australian government's announcement Monday gave no details on what material it may be sending.
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Far More Lethal Than a Cold, Contrary to Suggestion in Viral Video
SciCheck Digest COVID-19 has killed more than 805,000 people in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet a viral video on social media suggests the disease is the same as a “common cold.” COVID-19 is in the
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A claim that viruses and other pathogens always evolve to become less lethal is false
"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viruses and other pathogens can evolve to become more lethal over time
"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”
Logically→ Antibodies produced by COVID-19 vaccines are lethal.
COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibodies are specifically meant to neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus and are not lethal to the recipient of the vaccine.
Logically→ The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is lethal.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe. They prevent death and severe sickness from COVID-19.
Snopes→ `Superman,’ `Lethal Weapon’ Director Richard Donner Dies
Richard Donner helped form the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978's "Superman."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That There Has ‘Never EVER’ Been Mutation That Resulted In More Lethal Virus
Is it true that there has "never EVER" been a virus mutation that resulted in a virus that was more lethal? No, that is a misleading claim. Two experts told Lead Stories that while the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus may be less letha
Logically→ Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine triggers a potentially lethal reaction.
There is no scientific data to prove that COVID-19 vaccines are lethal. However, the vaccines may cause side effects which are listed by WHO.
AFP Fact Check→ Covid-19 shots not designed to increase cold, flu lethality
Instagram posts claim Covid-19 vaccines will leave people exposed to deadly illness during the next cold and flu season, and that germ theory -- the proven concept that pathogens can cause disease -- is a hoax. These claims are false; experts say they
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t hamper the function of the immune system and are likely to limit the generation of variants; no evidence that they produce more lethal variants
REVIEW On 13 March 2021, Vernon Coleman posted a video on the platform BrandNewTube, in which he claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines are “dangerous” and caused numerous health problems like strokes. Within two weeks, the video reached 240,000 views
Health Feedback→ The lethality of COVID-19 is much higher than the flu; the Biden press corps didn’t say COVID-19 was a hoax
REVIEW The coronavirus caused more than 100 million COVID-19 cases and more than 2 million deaths worldwide as of January 2021. However, the impact of the disease has been the subject of disinformation throughout the pandemic. Many claimed that COVI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lin Wood Did NOT Base His Claims Of Trump Landslide, COVID Hoax, Vaccine Lethality On Verifiable Sources
Did Lin Wood have iron-clad sources for his on-camera claims that Donald Trump won the 2020 election in a landslide, that COVID-19 is a mild flu China used as a weapon against the U.S. and that the Pfizer vaccine is dangerous? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Does NOT Contain Nanoparticles Never Used Before In Vaccines; Ingredients Are NOT Lethal
Is it true that Pfizer's vaccine candidate to battle COVID-19 is made and stored in such a way that scores of people could be severely sickened or even killed by its use? No, that is a conspiracy theory not supported by scientific studies
Logically→ Frankly, he ran the H1N1, swine flu, and it was a total disaster…700,000 people would be dead right now. But it was a far less lethal disease.
The kind of disaster which U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting is with regards to the Obama administration's handling of H1N1 is not true. The swine flu is estimated to have killed 12,469 in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disea
Logically→ “Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu, we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal”
Overall, the data show that COVID-19 is more deadly than the flu. By one estimate, it is 10 times more deadly.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flu Does NOT Kill More Than 100,000 Americans Some Years Nor Is It More Lethal Than COVID-19, As Trump Claims
Does the seasonal flu kill more than 100,000 U.S. residents some years and is it more lethal than COVID-19, as President Trump claimed in a tweet? No on both counts: The CDC estimates that over the past decade yearly totals for U.S. flu d
Snopes→ Did Woodstock Occur During a Pandemic as Lethal as COVID-19?
Over the span of 18 months, the 1968 influenza pandemic killed approximately 100,000 people in the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Prisoner Sentenced To Death Did NOT Survive Lethal Injection 3 Times, NOT Set Free
Did a prisoner on death row survive three attempts at lethal injection and was subsequently set free? No, that's not true: It is a hoax story made up by a known fake news website, but copied and republished by other websites as the truth. Ther
Snopes→ Was Death Row Prisoner Igor Hamilton Set Free After Thrice Surviving Lethal Injection?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
FactCheck.org→ Hits and Misses in RFK Jr.’s Comments on Food Dyes
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that “very, very strong studies” link food dyes to cancer and ADHD. Experts are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rogan Podcast Guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries Misstates The Facts About Polio
Did Joe Rogan podcast guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries accurately describe problems with the polio vaccine and with organized medicine's responses to polio? No, that's not true: A Brown University Medical School professor said Humphries made s
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Faulty Advice On Bird Flu
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread in poultry flocks unchecked. Scientists
Health Feedback→ MMR vaccine prevents far more risks from measles, mumps, and rubella than it causes
REVIEW Measles, mumps, and rubella are viral infectious diseases that were very common among children before the vaccines became available in the 1960s. In most cases, these diseases resolve on their own without causing long-term complications. This
FactCheck.org→ Illegal Immigration and Fentanyl at the U.S. Northern and Southwest Borders
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent remarks to the press, President Donald Trump restated his intention to impose 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico and Canada as early as Feb. 1. His reasoning: “
Health Feedback→ Bleaching agent chlorine dioxide is toxic, isn’t cure for autism
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted in September 2024 claimed that chlorine dioxide cures autism and tumors. It received more than 195,000 views at the time of writing. The reel was an extract of a January 2024 episode from the podcast Digital Social Hour
Health Feedback→ Claim that there are “no deaths from cannabis use anywhere” is misleading
REVIEW A social media post by the Facebook page Eco Groovy, which has more than 14,000 followers, claimed that “There are no deaths from cannabis use anywhere”. This claim took the form of a meme and was attributed to the late Lester Grinspoon,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Updated Pentagon Directive 5240.01 Does NOT Make It Legal For US Military "To Kill Americans Who Engage In Political Protest"
Does a recently updated Pentagon directive now authorize the military to kill American protesters? No, that's not true: The Pentagon told Lead Stories the new policies "do not authorize the DOD to use lethal force against U.S. citizens ..
FactCheck.org→ Conservative Influencers Misrepresent Routine Revision to Defense Department Policy
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The Department of Defense issued a standard policy revision in September to existing procedures for the intelligence community. Some social media accounts have misrepr
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Summary Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presi