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Snopes→ Remembering MLK: 5 Things I’ve Learned Curating the MLK Collection at Morehouse College
The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection includes approximately 1,100 books from King’s personal library, many with his handwritten notes throughout.
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,
Snopes→ Was This the Original Mount Rushmore Design Before Funding Ran Out?
Initial designs showed the four presidents in their suits.
Snopes→ CDC Encourages More Americans to Consider N95 Masks
Those kinds of masks are considered better at filtering the air.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The false claim that 100,000 Wisconsin voters registered more than 100 years ago
“The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”
Climate Feedback→ More than 80 fact-checking organizations call on YouTube to tackle misinformation
More than 80 fact-checking organizations – including Science Feedback – have penned an open letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, urging the company to take meaningful action to address misinformation on the platform. The letter, published
PolitiFact→ Jen Psaki – Data show the unvaccinated are 20 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people
“You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.”
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – Economic impact of Medicaid expansion may be more than $100 billion
"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, getting the COVID-19 vaccine after you’ve been infected with the virus isn’t more likely to harm
If you have “natural immunity,” getting vaccinated against COVID-19 “is more likely to harm you severely.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer COVID Inoculations Are NOT Doing ‘More Harm Than Good’ As Canadian Anti-Vaccine Group’s Presentation Charges
Does the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination do more harm than good? No, that's not true: The video by the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA) in the Rumble post saying so recycles many previously debunked claims about the COVID vaccine. The Pfiz
Logically→ A new COVID-19 variant named IHU found in France is more infectious than the Omicron variant.
Only twelve cases of the IHU variant have been sampled so far and none of the available data shows this variant to be more infectious.
Logically→ A new COVID-19 variant named IHU found in France is more infectious than the Omicron variant.
Only twelve cases of the IHU variant have been sampled so far and none of the available data shows this variant to be more infectious.
Poynter→ Claims that six-month Pfizer data show its COVID-19 vaccine causes more illness than it prevents are false
A headline widely shared on Facebook alleges that Pfizer’s own data show that the company’s COVID-19 vaccine causes more harm than good. “Alarming Six Month Pfizer Data Show COVID Vaccine […] The post Claims that six-month Pfizer data s
Snopes→ Ashli Babbitt a Martyr? Her Past Tells a More Complex Story
The first time Celeste Norris laid eyes on Ashli Babbitt, the future insurrectionist had just rammed her vehicle three times with an SUV and was pounding on the window, challenging her to a fight.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Claim that Pfizer data shows vaccine does more harm than good is Pants on Fire
“Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”
Snopes→ FDA Expands Pfizer Boosters for More Teens as Omicron Surges
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Say Vaccinated People Are More Likely To Be Infected With COVID-19 Than Those Without The Shot
Does a study say vaccinated people are more likely to become infected with COVID-19 than those who don't get the shot? No, that's not true: One of the study's co-authors says the writer of an article about their work got it wrong. "Interp
Snopes→ Yes, More Cars Are Stolen on New Year’s than Other Holidays
Of all the holidays, your car is probably safest on Christmas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That ‘A Christmas Carol’ Character Made More Than Today’s U.S. Minimum Wage Worker
Does Bob Cratchit, a character from the Charles Dickens classic novella "A Christmas Carol" make the equivalent of $530.27 a week, which is more than the current weekly federal minimum wage in the United States? Probably not: The novella,
PolitiFact→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong about representing more constituents than Joe Manchin
“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
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
Logically→ More people are dying from the COVID-19 vaccine than from the virus.
The vaccines are highly effective in preventing death from COVID-19. As an unvaccinated person, you have a higher chance of dying from the virus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vax Causes More Heart Inflammation Cases Than Previously Stated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admit that COVID-19 vaccines cause more instances of carditis, or heart inflammation, than the agency has previously stated? No, that's not true: Such a claim pulls numbers from the
The Dispatch→ Did Fauci Say COVID Vaccines Could Make People More Likely to Be Infected?
A viral tweet shows a video of Dr. Anthony Fauci speaking with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and makes the claim that, “Dr. Fauci opens up the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine could be making people more likely to be infected with the virus.̶
Snopes→ Did Coca-Cola Announce Change to ‘More Relevant’ Black Santa Claus?
Did the company's CEO James Quincey really say "The time has come for a Santa Claus that's more relevant to our times"?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Review did not find more illegal votes than Biden’s margin of victory in Wis.
“Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.”
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.”
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Do U.S. families have more money in their pockets now, despite inflation?
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
Health Feedback→ Pathogens can evolve to be more virulent over time, contrary to nutritionist’s claim
REVIEW On 28 November 2021, nutritionist Mike Mutzel claimed in a Facebook post that “pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time”, citing “the law of declining virulence”. This claim was also made by others in the past, as
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Wisconsin has seen more than two 500-year storm events within the last several years
“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
Full Fact→ Children are more likely to die from Covid than vaccination
A meme being shared on Facebook says: “We are being told to line up our children to get something that might kill them, to protect them from something that can’t kill them.” This appears to be a reference to Covid-19 vaccines. The aut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: European Medicines Agency Data DOES Show More Than 1.1 Million Adverse Drug Reactions And More Than 30,000 Fatalities By COVID-19 Vaccinations — But All Are Unverified
Does European Medicines Agency data show more than 1.1 million adverse drug reactions and more than 30,000 deaths by COVID-19 vaccinations? Yes, that's true: Those numbers are found in EudraVigilance, the European Union's database of susp
Full Fact→ Unvaccinated people aren’t 32,000 times more likely to die from Covid-19
“There’s figures from the Office of National Statistics [sic] that say, what is it? You’re 32,000 times more likely to die if you’ve not been double jabbed from Covid.” Andrew Pierce, 18 November 2021. Speaking on the Jer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Refugees NOT Paid More In Benefits Than Social Security Recipients
Does the government pay refugees more in monthly benefits than the average retired person drawing Social Security? No, that is not true. Refugees do receive some benefits during their first 90 days in the U.S.; however, those payments are
Snopes→ White House Offering More Aid for Winter Heat, Utility Bills
The Biden administration provided an additional $4.5 billion for the government's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which typically has funding of $3 billion to $4 billion annually.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Kids ‘50 times more likely to be killed’ by COVID-19 vaccines? Pants on Fire
"Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children Are NOT 50 Times More Likely To Be Killed By COVID Vaccines Than By Virus Itself
Are children 50 times more likely to be killed by the COVID-19 vaccines than by the virus itself? No, that's not true: The person who made the claim offered no proof for the claimed numbers of deaths from the COVID vaccine. As of November
Health Feedback→ Italy didn’t change its definition of COVID-19 deaths, the disease killed more than 130,000 Italians
REVIEW In early 2020, during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy became one of the hardest hit countries in the world. As of 9 November 2021, the country totalized more than 130,000 deaths from COVID-19. In November 2021, several websit
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 6 More Trump Associates in Probe
Further expanding its probe, the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to six additional associates of former President Donald Trump who were closely involved in his efforts to overturn his defeat in th