Are COVID-19 boosters weakening the immune system? No, that's not true: Articles and social media reports saying that Marco Cavaleri, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) vaccine strategy chief, fears repeated booster shots would weaken th
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Health Feedback→ No, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
REVIEW A Substack article written by journalist Alex Berenson claimed that “vaccinated people are at higher risk of Omicron”, citing a study conducted by researchers in Denmark. The article received more than 2,500 user engagements on Facebook,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cooler Cameras in Walgreens Are NOT To Scan For ‘Mark Of The Beast’– They Enable Real-Time Targeted Ads
Can these cooler doors read microchips, tattoos or clothing logos that might identify someone as vaccinated or unvaccinated or as a Satan worshipper who wears the "mark of the beast"? No, that's not true: Cooler Screens technology is "ide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aboriginal Interpreter Is NOT Translating Mark McGowan’s English To English In Video — She Is Speaking Kriol
In a video made to encourage COVID-19 vaccines in aboriginal communities, did Mark McGowan, the premier of Western Australia, make a patronizing and insensitive blunder by having an Indigenous interpreter stand beside him and simply repea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meghan Markle’s Mother Did NOT Announce Lilibet Has Down Syndrome — And Photos With Claim Are Not Lilibet
Did Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, announce that her granddaughter Lilibet, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, most commonly referred to as Harry and Meghan, has Down syndrome? No, she didn't. Plus the pictures used t
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, high tech refrigerators at Walgreens aren’t scanning for ‘the mark of the beast’
Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”
PolitiFact→ Joe Volk – Advocate misses mark on claim half the population pays at least half their income for housing
“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Condoms Are NOT Marketed For Repeated Use
Are condoms marketed for repeated use? No, that's not true: Condom makers are not manufacturing or recycling their products to be used more than once. The social media posts appear to be satirical. One entry suggests Durex brand prophylac
Snopes→ Did Mark Wahlberg Tweet ‘Sometimes God Slows You Down’?
The quote was virally shared beginning in late 2021.
Snopes→ Yuengling Accuses Bud Light of Trampling on Trademark
A trademark tiff between America’s oldest beer maker and America's best-selling beer brand appears to be over before it really began.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a photo of a fence in a German market
Photo shows “the jabbed and the unjabbed … separated with a fence in a supermarket” in Germany.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Police Did NOT Arrest Man Dressed As Santa For No Mask — He Refused To Show ID While Protesting At A Christmas Market
Did German police arrest a man in a Santa Claus costume at a Christmas market in the city of Stralsund because he was not wearing a mask? No, that's not true: Local police told Lead Stories the man was not hired to appear as Santa Claus a
Snopes→ Happy 100th, Bloody Mary: Paris Marks Cocktail’s Birthday
Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented at the iconic watering hole in 1921.
Snopes→ House Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt in Jan. 6 Probe
The near-party-line 222-208 vote is the second time the special committee has sought to punish a witness for defying a subpoena.
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Votes for Contempt Charges Against Mark Meadows
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers demand his testimony about then-President Donald Trump’s actions before and during t
Logically→ In Germany, vaccinated and unvaccinated people are being separated by a fence in a supermarket.
The photo is not from Germany but from Romania. The fence ensured that people without health passes could only shop for essential items.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden ‘Fair Share’ Clip Omits ‘Not Being Gouged’ From Gas Price Remarks
Did Joe Biden promise a gas price hike when he said "We're going to ensure the American people are paying their fair share for gas"? No, that's not true: The excerpt circulating on social media clipped off the rest of what he said: that h
Snopes→ In Denmark, a Snow Storm Means People Overnight in an IKEA
An IKEA showroom turned into a vast bedroom.
Snopes→ Boebert in Call Refuses to Apologize to Omar for Anti-Muslim Remarks
By both lawmakers' accounts, it did not go well.
Truth or Fiction?→ Big Macs in Denmark Versus Big Macs in the USA
On November 23 2021, the Facebook page “Gritty 2020” shared an image which purported to contrast the costs of Big Macs in the United States and Denmark with McDonald’s workers’ wages and benefits: In the above meme (“USA
Logically→ Supermarket chain Aldi will terminate the employment of all unvaccinated workers by March 2022.
Only Aldi Australia has made COVID-19 vaccination a requirement for its employees. The supermarket chain has not mandated it in other countries.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden’s Veterans Day Remarks Did NOT Include A Racial Slur Against Satchel Paige
Did Joe Biden have "one of his most disturbing moments to date" when, during Veterans Day remarks at Arlington Cemetery, he referred to Satchel Paige as "the great Negro"? Was Biden being racially insensitive, deliberately using an outdat
The Dispatch→ Do the COVID Vaccines Contain Bioluminescent Markers to Track People?
On Monday, Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson, a regular source of false information, tweeted that the COVID-19 vaccines contain a “bioluminescent marker called luciferase so that you can be tracked.” The tweet was widely sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: King Christian X Of Denmark Did NOT Wear A Yellow Star — Pictured Couple Were In Budapest, Hungary
Did King Christian X of Denmark and his wife Alexandrine wear the yellow Star of David sewn on their clothing as an act of resistance against a Nazi rule, thereby encouraging all Danes to do this to protect Danish Jews -- and is this a ph
Snopes→ United States Issues Its 1st Passport with ‘X’ Gender Marker
The United States expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year.
Logically→ All the genetic material-based COVID-19 vaccines will be taken off the market.
Viral vector and mRNA based vaccines are authorized by governing bodies and are still in the market.
Snopes→ Netflix Backs Chappelle Despite Criticism Over Trans Remarks
A top Netflix executive said Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer” doesn’t cross “the line on hate” and will remain on the streaming service despite fallout over the comedian’s remarks about the transgender community.
Truth or Fiction?→ Stand Up for What You Believe In, Even If Facebook Marks it ‘Sensitive Content’
On October 6 2021, the Facebook page “Blessed Little Homestead” shared a circulating meme which read, “stand up for what you believe in, even if you stand alone”; Facebook appeared to be automatically marking that specific image
Logically→ Brexit has led to supply shortages in a Brussels supermarket.
The image of empty shelves is being incorrectly linked to Brexit. Carrefour's supply chain has been hit amid a strike at its logistics provider.
Snopes→ Former President Jimmy Carter Quietly Marks 97th Birthday
Slowed by age in recent years and keeping a low profile during the coronavirus pandemic, Carter doesn't plan on any public appearances.
Snopes→ Housing Market So Hot, Burned House Going for Almost $400K
A home in Massachusetts seriously damaged by fire has been listed on the market with an asking price of $399,000.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Denmark IS Getting Rid Of Many Of Its COVID-19 Restrictions — But It Has A High Vaccination Rate
Is Denmark getting rid of its COVID-19 restrictions? Yes, most of Denmark's previous COVID-19 restrictions are lifted; however, some preventive measures are still being implemented in the country, which has a high vaccination rate compare
Snopes→ FedEx Costs Rising Due to Tight Job Market
The package delivery company said that its costs are up $450 million in the most recent quarter, as it paid higher wages as it got harder to find new workers and demand for shipping increased.
Snopes→ Did Emma Raducanu Trademark Her Own Name Hours After US Open Win?
The English tennis player emerged as one of the most exciting young athletes in the world in September 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have Divorced ‘In Bitterness’
Have Meghan Markle and Prince Harry divorced, and was it "in bitterness"? No, that's not true: This claim has been circulated from an unverified "news" account that provides no substantive evidence that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have
Logically→ Xylitol, which can poison dogs, is marketed as “birch sugar.”
Xylitol is sometimes called "birch sugar" or "wood sugar" and also goes by the E number E967. It is an artificial sweetener that can poison dogs.
Snopes→ House Passes Bill Bolstering Landmark Voting Law
House Democrats passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past decade, a step party leaders tout as progress in their quest to fight back against voting restrictions advanced
Snopes→ Woman Comes Face-To-Face with Snake in Australia Supermarket
The head of the 3-meter-long (10-foot-long) non-venomous diamond python emerged through a space in a shelf above the spice jars in the Sydney store.
Snopes→ Nagasaki Marks 76th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world’s first atomic attack on Hiroshima, killing 140,000.
Snopes→ Markie Post, TV Veteran Actor of ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 70
Markie Post, a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70.