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AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Covid-19 vaccines: Has China made more than other countries combined?
https://www.bbc.com/news/58808889 China says it has provided more than half of all the Covid-19 vaccine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fully Vaccinated Health Care Workers CAN Get Infected With And Spread COVID-19 To Other People
Are fully vaccinated people unable to spread COVID-19 if they are infected? No, that's not true. President Joe Biden incorrectly stated that vaccinated healthcare workers cannot spread the coronavirus if they are infected after receiving
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plastic Water Bottles Do NOT Contain Dioxin, But Breast Cancer Researchers Worry About Other Compounds
Does drinking out of a water bottle that's been left in a hot car give people breast cancer due to dioxin exposure? No, that's not true: Dioxins can give people cancer, but dioxin is not found in the plastics used to bottle water, be they
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shaking Is NOT Necessary For Red Ants And Black Ants To Fight, Kill Each Other — They’ll Fight Regardless
Are red ants and black ants peaceful if placed in the same enclosure, but start fighting when an outside force shakes them? No, that's not true: There are thousands of species of red ants and black ants, not just one per color. There is n
Snopes→ Is Buzz Aldrin’s Mother’s Maiden Name ‘Moon’?
Aldrin's 1969 trip to the Moon was, in some respects, a family visit.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Contrary to claims on social media, people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can donate blood and other blood products, including convalescent plasma
REVIEW This video, originally posted to TikTok and shared on social media platforms, claimed that people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can’t donate convalescent plasma because the vaccine “wipes out” natural antibodies. The video
Snopes→ US Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct
It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists say they've exhausted efforts to find these 23.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. States Are NOT Preventing Cargo Ships From Unloading — There Is A Backlog Of Ships For Other Reasons
Are cargo ships being prevented by U.S. states from unloading goods, causing a backlog? No, that's not true: Although there are dozens of waiting ships at U.S. ports that is resulting in a delivery backlog, the backlog is the result of su
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is Another Foreign Spam Network’s Clickbait Bid For American Eyeballs: Disconnected Headlines, Tell-Tale Avatars
Does the headline on this post correctly summarize the contents? No, that's not true: This video is another example of a clickbait tactic of a spam network that deceptively captures the attention of an American audience with hot-topic hea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Researcher Did NOT Document Claim That 80% Of German COVID-19 Deaths Are Actually From Other Causes
Did a leading German medical doctor prove that 80% of those in the official tally of COVID-19 victims died of something else? No, that's not true: The claim relies on a newspaper interview in which Dr. Bertram Haussler was speculating abo
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Why the Gabby Petito case has drawn so much attention compared to other missing people cases
The disappearance of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito has captivated the public, with national news organizations devoting substantial coverage to the twists and turns of the investigation and social media users scouring Petito’s Instagram and YouTube ac
Top Fact Checks→ Breastfeeding babies are dying of adverse reactions due to their mothers being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Theoretical concerns regarding the safety of vaccinating lactating individuals do not outweigh the potential benefits of receiving the vaccine
Top Fact Checks→ There have been more deaths in 8 months due to the COVID-19 vaccines than there have been due to all other available vaccines in 21 years.
The claim is misleading as the Daily Expose is comparing unverified data from the Yellow Card Scheme and incomplete data from the MHRA to support it.
Snopes→ Facebook Knew for 1 1/2 years Instagram Is Bad for Teens, Despite Claiming Otherwise
Here are the harms researchers have been documenting for years.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi, Schumer And Many Others Did Not Make Confessions In Military Tribunals
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and many others make confessions in military tribunals? No, that's not true: A video does not show a military tribunal with Pelosi and Schumer on trial. Instead, it's a
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Another air quality monitor demonstration fails to show masks reduce oxygen to children
A viral video uses a demonstration with a child to claim that the cloth masks used to fight the spread of COVID-19 are unsafe for children. It’s a new version of a claim that’s been debunked. “People make the same mistakes each time, and the
Top Fact Checks→ The vaccinated pose a greater danger to others than the unvaccinated.
COVID-19 vaccines can protect the people around us from getting infected. They are safe and effective.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ A person’s decision not to vaccinate affects others, as unvaccinated people are more likely to get infected and spread COVID-19
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Video Of Woman Confronted While Collecting Money In Wheelchair Is Anything Other Than Staged Skit
Does a widely shared video show a real instance of a woman in a wheelchair pretending to have lost her leg to collect money and then being confronted about her fakery? No, that's not true: The video shows several signs of being staged. Th
Top Fact Checks→ Covishield and Covaxin are more effective in dealing with the Delta variant of COVID-19 than other vaccines.
Studies show that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are more effective than other vaccines in fighting the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justin Trudeau’s Brother Was NOT Arrested On Charges Of Sexual Conduct With A Minor
Was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's younger brother arrested on charges of sexual conduct with a minor? No, that's not true: The Montreal Police Department told Lead Stories they had "no file" on Alexandre Trudeau. The website th
Snopes→ Another Virus Surge Brings More Misery to Louisiana Hospital
Lauren Debroeck slowly leans in closer to her husband’s face, hoping this might be the day he wakes up after nearly a month.
Top Fact Checks→ Pandas, elephants, and other wild animals are likely to become extinct by 2025.
None of these animal groups will become extinct within five years, although some specific species are critically endangered.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ COVID deaths of Broward County teachers did happen, despite claims otherwise
A CNN report on Aug. 13 stated that in a 24-hour span, four Broward County, Florida, schoolteachers had died from COVID-19 and at least three of them were unvaccinated. The Broward Teachers Union later corrected the announcement that served as the b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Touted By Others As ‘Ph.D., Oxford’ Did NOT Make True Statements About COVID-19 Vaccines To A School Board — Did NOT Attend Oxford University
Does a doctor share evidence of vaccine harm to an Ohio school board? No, that's not true: A man who appeared at a school board meeting in Ohio repeated multiple COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories that Lead Stories has previously debunk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Taliban DOES Have More Black Hawk Helicopters Than 166 Other Nations But The Images Do NOT Show A Combat-Ready Aircraft
Is it true the Taliban are now in possession of more Black Hawk helicopters than 166 other nations around the globe? Yes, but context partially changes the meaning of that. For instance, images of Taliban insurgents standing near Black Ha
FactCheck.org→ Hospitals Overwhelmed by Another Surge of COVID-19 Patients, Financial Strain
SciCheck Digest The seven-day average of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. has increased by 322% in two months, straining the ability of medical staff in some states to care for patients. Despite the rising numbers, an Instagram post questioned whe
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ U.S. prison releases complemented other strategies to limit the spread of COVID-19 in jails and prisons, including face masks
REVIEW It’s been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began advising individuals to wear masks in public to help limit the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus respons
Top Fact Checks→ The experimental mRNA Covid-19 vaccines cause permanent damange to the brain, kidneys, heart and other organs via inflammation and micro bloodclots.
There is no evidence to support this claim. Spike proteins created by mRNA cannot travel the body, do not damage the organs, and degrade quickly.
Top Fact Checks→ The Pfizer mRNA vaccine has killed more people than any other vaccine in the 30-year history of VAERS.
A causal relationship between reported symptoms to VAERS and the vaccine cannot be established.
Top Fact Checks→ Cancer and other diseases are caused by emotional problems.
Diseases rarely have one singular cause and are not a result of psychological issues.
politifact.com/→ Steve Deace – Sweden’s low COVID-19 death tally in July ignores other markers of pandemic’s toll
Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That Whether Vaccines Work Or Don’t Work For Others, You Don’t Need One
Is it true that whether a vaccine works or doesn't work for other people, you don't need one? Paradoxically, neither of these claims is true: You need protection even if others are vaccinated and especially when the vaccine, like many oth
FactCheck.org→ Sequencing Used to Identify Delta, Other Coronavirus Variants
SciCheck Digest Researchers use genomic sequencing — not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with COVID-19 — to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, including the highly contagious delta varian
Top Fact Checks→ India attracted more FDI than other countries during the pandemic.
India was the fifth-largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak spread across the world.
Top Fact Checks→ Sunflowers face each other when there is no sunlight.
Sunflowers are regulated by circadian rhythms that orient them toward sunlight. In the absence of sunlight, they grow upward, not toward each other.
Snopes→ Study: Vaccinated People Can Carry As Much Virus As Others
In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the
Snopes→ Cannabis Company Sues Tennessee Titans’ Julio Jones, Others
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Julio Jones is facing allegations of illegally harvesting and selling millions of dollars of cannabis in California.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Delaware Does NOT Have ‘Child Support Card’ That Controls What Mothers Can Purchase
Does Delaware have a "child support card" that controls what mothers can purchase with child support payments? No, that's not true: While Delaware does give a client the option to enroll in its U.S. Bank ReliaCard program (previously the