Did Russian President Vladimir Putin say at a "military press conference in Russia" that the U.S. was planning to launch a second pandemic "aimed at disrupting the 2024 election" domestically? No, that's not true: Neither a viral AI-gener
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Health Feedback→ False claims that pandemic treaty abolishes nations’ sovereignty and allows WHO to impose health policies circulate on social media
REVIEW Conspiracy theories surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty have been rife in popular discourse. For instance, some websites, as well as politicians, have alleged that countries that sign the treaty would lose their s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Attribute Excess Deaths Since COVID-19 Pandemic To Vaccines
Did the British Medical Journal attribute excess deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic to vaccines in a study that appeared in one of its publications? No, that's not true: In a statement on its website, the publication said, "This study doe
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
REVIEW From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reliable and comparable figures on the deaths due to the disease were difficult to obtain. A proxy way of measuring this was to use excess deaths figures, which are calculated based on the difference betwe
PolitiFact→ Bret Weinstein – The World Health Organization’s pandemic plan won’t end free speech
The World Health Organization is discussing ending the First Amendment.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Robert Fico ‘Formally And Publicly Rejected’ WHO Global Pandemic Accord Days Before Assassination Attempt
Did Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico "formally and publicly" reject the World Health Organization Global Pandemic Accord "only days" before an assassination attempt on May 15, 2024, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: The pan
PolitiFact→ Nancy Pelosi – Nancy Pelosi omits pandemic in singling out job losses under Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
The Dispatch→ Emerging From a Long Pandemic Hangover
The murder rate and traffic deaths are decreasing, and drug overdoses appear to be leveling off.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False claim resurfaces about WHO pandemic treaty and US sovereignty
World Health Organization pandemic accord “would take away American sovereignty and give the WHO power to put in legally binding policies in America in the case of another pandemic."
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden exaggerates Trump’s pandemic comments about disinfectants, UV light
Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”
PolitiFact→ The deficit has fallen under Joe Biden. It’s still higher than before the pandemic.
President Joe Biden has made progress toward reducing the deficit, but mostly because pandemic-era programs wound down. The debt, meanwhile, has continued to rise.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Netanyahu mic moment seen in Instagram video misses context about COVID-19 pandemic
Benjamin Netanyahu refused to take a microphone from an Arab official, suggesting his belief that Arabs “are unclean.”
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Job Growth Chart Ignores Impact of Pandemic
Since President Joe Biden took office, the economy has added nearly 14.8 million jobs, 5.4 million more than the pre-pandemic peak in early 2020. All told, it’s an average monthly job growth of more than 400,000. But Biden misleadingly contrasts
AllSides→ Fact Check: Measles outbreaks not linked to ‘Disease X’ pandemic planning
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/measles-outbreaks-not-linked-disease-x-pandemic-planning-2024-02-08/
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pandemic treaty wouldn’t give the WHO power to forcibly vaccinate people
United Nations troops can “round up” and forcibly “vaccinate the population” if WHO pandemic treaty is passed
Full Fact→ Overall cost of pandemic support was around £370 billion
We’ve looked into claims by Dame Andrea Leadsom MP about the number of Sure Start centres open in the UK, and the amount the government spent on support for businesses and workers during the pandemic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF ‘Disease X’ Meeting Does NOT Prove A Conspiracy To Implement A Planned Pandemic
Does a meeting about "Disease X" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, prove the existence of some sinister plan to start a pandemic intentionally? No, that's not true: The panel discussion to be led by the World Health Organ
Health Feedback→ Johns Hopkins report on the 2025 SPARS pandemic isn’t evidence that an upcoming pandemic is being planned
REVIEW Claims that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned or that future pandemics have been planned beforehand by health authorities, universities, and prominent personalities like Bill Gates have continually surfaced on social media over the last few y
Full Fact→ NHS waiting list was not falling before the pandemic
Oliver Dowden said that the numbers waiting for elective care in England were falling ‘on many measures’ before the pandemic. We’re not sure which measures he means. On the main measure, they were not
Health Feedback→ 2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
REVIEW In June 2023, Fox News anchor Jesse Watters took over the primetime slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson. During his tenure at Fox News, Carlson repeatedly made inaccurate claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Watters appears to fo
Full Fact→ More than one Downing Street pandemic press conference was led by a female politician
Then-home secretary Priti Patel fronted the press conferences on at least five occasions.
Full Fact→ How have rail passenger numbers changed since the pandemic?
We’ve looked into the figures after transport secretary Mark Harper claimed train travel for business and commuting was down by 50% compared to before the pandemic.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video falsely claims the next deadly global pandemic is here
“A new deadly pandemic is at our doorstep.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Human-Robots’ Patent NOT Granted, Not Synched With COVID-19 — Application Predates Pandemic More Than 12 Months
Did a patent for "Human-Robots" come out in late 2019 at the same time as the COVID-19 pandemic -- proving existence of a plan to replace humans with robots, rendering human military and police forces obsolete? No, that's not true: There
AllSides→ Another Ad Attacking Beshear’s Pandemic Commutations in Kentucky Distorts Facts
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/another-ad-attacking-beshears-pandemic-commutations-in-kentucky-distorts-facts/
FactCheck.org→ Another Ad Attacking Beshear’s Pandemic Commutations in Kentucky Distorts Facts
In its latest TV ad attacking Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the conservative super PAC School Freedom Fund falsely claims that Beshear’s decision to release some prisoners early during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed a man convicted of so
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Link Developmental Disabilities In Children With 2019-21 Pandemic Masking
Did a July 2023 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conclude that children are being harmed by masks, resulting in a 17 percent rise in developmental disabilities in children 3-17? No, that's not true: A misleading
Full Fact→ ‘Legacy’ wording on UKHSA job advert not proof of a planned pandemic
Social media posts suggest a UKHSA job advert shows that a new pandemic is being planned. But the UKHSA says the wording from the advert is a “legacy” from before the Covid-19 vaccine rollout began.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – WHO pandemic preparedness treaty will not remove human rights protections, restrict freedoms
The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Woman describing pandemic plans for a ‘soft coup’ is not a WHO representative
CLAIM: A video shows a World Health Organization representative discussing plans the agency is developing as a way to disregard human rights protections in the name of pandemic preparedness.
Truth or Fiction?→ An Author Told The Washington Post ‘The Pandemic Isn’t Over.’ Then They Deleted Her Words.
Amid reports of a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington Post altered the headline for an author’s op-ed describing living with the disease in which she said that for her and Americans living in similar situations — and contrary to
Logically→ No, WHO’s pandemic treaty will not remove the existing human rights protection laws
PolitiFact→ What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness
Social media posts are misconstruing efforts by scientists to prepare for the next potential global pandemic, referred to as “Disease X.” Here’s what this term means and what we know about the research.
Health Feedback→ No imminent avian flu pandemic is being staged by Bill Gates or the WHO; claim by Redacted YouTube channel misrepresented sources
REVIEW In a video on the “Redacted” YouTube channel, entrepreneurs Clayton and Natali Morris suggested that some institutions and individuals were working together to stage an avian flu pandemic. According to them, this false pandemic would be t
AllSides→ Video: Fewer Cases of Flu Due to Pandemic Precautions
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/scicheck-video-fewer-cases-of-flu-due-to-pandemic-precautions-contrary-to-viral-claim/
FactCheck.org→ Video: Fewer Cases of Flu Due to Pandemic Precautions
Influenza cases decreased during the first years of the pandemic, likely because of measures adopted to stop the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. In this video, FactCheck.org teamed up with Factchequeado to debunk a viral post that falsely
Logically→ Viral video peddles misleading claims about COVID, ‘next pandemic’, and WHO
Full Fact→ No evidence for MP’s claim 100,000 ‘ghost kids’ disappeared from school rolls in pandemic
Bob Seely MP made the claim during a debate in parliament.
PolitiFact→ Nick LaLota – Except during pandemic, New Yorkers have gotten less money back from the federal government
“For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
Full Fact→ Wages are growing faster than before the pandemic, but have fallen in real terms
The Prime Minister claimed his government was delivering “the fastest wage growth in years”.