Does a study find vaccinated patients are 27 times more likely to develop COVID symptoms than unvaccinated? No, that's not true: The study, based on medical records of the Maccabi Health Service HMO in Israel, found that vaccinated patien
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Health Organization Did NOT Use Actors To Portray COVID-19 Patients In Video — They Are Real Patients
Did New South Wales Health, an Australian government health organization, use actors to portray COVID-19 patients in a public health video? No, that's not true: The people featured in the video are real COVID-19 patients. The shortened ne
Snopes→ Idaho Patients in Hospital Halls Amid COVID Rationed Care
Amid the Idaho coronavirus surge that prompted officials to authorize hospitals to ration health care, Army soldiers sent to one hospital have traded their fatigues for personal protective equipment to help treat a flood of infected patients.
Top Fact Checks→ The COVID-19 patients talking about their illnesses featured in a public health announcement from the New South Wales government are paid actors.
This is false. These are real patients. Although they look similar to some actors or comedians, they are different people.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Study Does NOT Say Fully Vaccinated Health Care Workers Carrying 251 Times Viral Load of Unvaccinated Workers Pose Threat To Unvaccinated Patients, Co-Workers
Does a study say fully vaccinated health care workers carry 251 times the viral load of unvaccinated and pose a threat to unvaccinated patients and co-workers? No, that's not true: This is a distortion of what the published paper actually
Top Fact Checks→ The Indian government advised caregivers of quarantined patients to take hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis as a preventative measure.
It was previously suggested that COVID-19 caretakers take Hydroxychloroquine by the Indian government, but in May 2021, the advice was dropped.
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
Snopes→ Does Pic Show Healthcare Worker Who Treated COVID Patients for ‘573 Days’?
In August 2021, a viral photo showed a woman in medical scrubs who opposed vaccine mandates, claiming she had treated COVID-19 patients for "573 days" without suffering any harm.
politifact.com/→ Facebook posts – A UK health official misspoke when he said 60% of hospitalized patients had been fully vaccinated
“60% of patients admitted to the hospital in the UK have been fully vaccinated”
TruthOrFiction→ Does a Hospital in France Allow Terminal Patients to Meet With ‘Peyo the Horse’?
The story of a French hospital’s unusual relationship with a former dressage horse — and the horse’s relationship with terminal patients there — recirculated online in July 2021. Interest in “Doctor Peyo” reignited f
Top Fact Checks→ Recovering COVID-19 patients should wait two to six weeks before donating plasma.
COVID-19 patients should donate their plasma after 2-6 weeks of fully recovering from the disease to avoid spreading it again in case of reinfection.
Full Fact - All content→ Allison Pearson tweets misleading stats about Covid hospital patients
Such ignorance amongst the media asking questions at Press briefing.Seven day daily average of COVID cases is 26,000Seven-day average of patients admitted to hospital with COVID: 433 That’s 0.5%It’s a tiny consideration now among vast prob
Top Fact Checks→ Medics and social media censorship is gaslighting patients who present with post-vaccination syndrome.
There is limited evidence that medics are intentionally gaslighting patients and posts are censored when a causal link has not been established.
Top Fact Checks→ Bone death has been recorded in post-COVID-19 patients in India.
Three post-COVID-19 patients at Mumbai's PD Hinduja Hospital have been identified with Avascular Necrosis (AVN) or the death of bone tissues.
Snopes→ Nearly 4K COVID-19 Patients in Massachusetts Had Been Vaccinated. Here’s the Full Story.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that breakthrough cases are expected, even going so far as to bold the statement on its website.
Snopes→ Did Trump Suggest Sending COVID-19 Patients to Guantánamo Bay?
“We import goods. We are not going to import a virus," Trump supposedly said in the early days of the outbreak.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor On ‘Stew Peters Show’ Gives NO Proof To Back His Claim That Chlorine Dioxide Has Cured ‘Thousands’ Of COVID-19 Patients
Does a doctor prove he has cured thousands of COVID-19 patients with chlorine dioxide? No, that's not true. A doctor who made the claim offers no evidence or details about the people he says he has saved from the disease with the toxic ch
Top Fact Checks→ Excessive steam inhalation can cause black fungus in COVID-19 patients.
Steaming therapy uses to soothe and relieve cold symptoms. Studies on oversteaming can cause black fungus in COVID-19 patients are in progress.
Top Fact Checks→ States in India have reported cases of black fungus among COVID patients.
A fungal complication is being seen in patients recovering or recovered from COVID-19.
Liste→ Homeopathy medicine not a substitute for oxygen when treating Covid-19 patients, experts say
Multiple posts shared thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram claim that a homeopathy medicine could substitute for oxygen therapy when treating severely ill Covid-19 patients. The posts circulated online in India as it faced a shortage
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patients Who Die Within 20 Days Of Positive COVID Test Are NOT Automatically Added To Pandemic Death Tally
If you die within 20 days of testing positive for COVID-19 are you therefore added to the pandemic's death toll? No, that's not true: The claim was made with no offer of proof and in apparent ignorance of the systems by which cause of dea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT Show A ‘SIGNIFICANTLY Higher’ Death Rate For Vaccinated COVID Patients Than For Unvaccinated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the death rate for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is higher than the death rate for those who are not vaccinated? No, that's not true: While some of the data cited wi
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
REVIEW On 20 April 2021, the New York Post published this article claiming that “herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”. News outlets like Fox News echoed the New York Post article, which received more than 25,000 interact
Snopes→ India Virus Patients Suffocate Amid Oxygen Shortage in Surge
The crisis in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people was only deepening as overburdened hospitals shut admissions and ran out of beds and oxygen supplies.
Top Fact Checks→ At least 13 patients died at a COVID-19 care facility after a fire broke out in Virar, Maharashtra.
A suspected short circuit caused a massive fire at the Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Palgarh, Maharashtra, killing at least thirteen COVID-19 patients.
Top Fact Checks→ Twenty-two patients died at an Indian hospital as its oxygen supply was disrupted.
Twenty-two patients died at a civic hospital in Nashik due to a leak in the oxygen tank.
Snopes→ Oxygen Supply Disruption Kills 22 COVID-19 Patients in India
A police officer said the leak occurred in a pipe connecting the oxygen supply to the main tank in the hospital complex.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The World Health Organization doesn’t recommend ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment; the drug’s safety and effectiveness remains uncertain in COVID-19 patients
REVIEW On 13 April 2021, Collective Evolution published this article claiming that data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows ivermectin reduced COVID-19 mortality and hospitalizations by 81% and 64% respectively, compared to standard of ca
Top Fact Checks→ Cancer patients can fully recover from the disease by regularly drinking hot coconut water.
There is no scientific evidence to back the theory that drinking hot coconut water can cure cancer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccine Does NOT Increase Risk Of COVID Death, Provoke ‘Cytokine Storm,’ Turn Patients Into ‘Genetically Modified Organisms’
Do mRNA vaccines increase the risk of death for COVID-19 patients, provoke immune system over-reactions and turn patients into genetically modified organisms whose own immune systems attack them? No, that's not true: mRNA vaccines do not
Liste→ The US National Institutes of Health did not recommend ivermectin to treat Covid-19 patients
A Facebook post claiming the anti-parasite drug ivermectin has been “officially recommended” by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to treat Covid-19 in the US has been shared more than 100 times in South Africa. The claim is false; the NI
Snopes→ How To Interpret That ‘1 in 8 Recovered COVID Patients Die’ Study
The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, has troubling implications. But headlines focusing solely on deaths miss the broader point about "long COVID."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NOT A New York Bill Intended To Round Up COVID Patients, Put Them In Camps, Or Forcibly Vaccinate, Projected To Pass On January 6
Is there a bill projected to pass on January 6, 2021, that will allow the state of New York to round up COVID patients and put them in camps? No, that's not true: The hype surrounding this bill is not supported by evidence. The New York S
Snopes→ Did Scientists Conclude Asymptomatic COVID Patients Can’t Spread Virus?
A website alleged a study found "asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 didn't occur at all."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Does NOT Have Funds To Deliver Groceries and Cleaning Products To COVID-19 Patients In Quarantine
Can COVID-19 patients in quarantine call a CDC hotline to get free groceries and cleaning products delivered to their home? No, that's not true: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control does not have a special fund for home grocery deliveries
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ID Chip In Some COVID-19 Vaccine Syringes Would NOT Be Injected Into Patients; It Signals Vaccine Expiration Date
Will a Radio Frequency Identification Chip that may be on the ApiJect COVID-19 vaccine syringes be injected into patients and would it track who has been vaccinated and where they are? No, that's not true: The tiny RFID chips would be pla
Snopes→ Did 4 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Patients Develop Bell’s Palsy?
The FDA wrote: "The observed frequency of reported Bell’s palsy in the vaccine group is consistent with the expected background rate in the general population."
Snopes→ Traces of Nickel, Lead Found in Blood of Indian Patients With Mysterious Illness
The Andhra Pradesh state government said that investigations by experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have not been able to ascertain the source of excessive nickel and lead particulate matter in the patients’ blood.
Snopes→ Death Rates Have Fallen for Hospitalized COVID–19 Patients as Treatments Improve
Two large recent studies show that people hospitalized for COVID-19 in March were more than three times as likely to die as people hospitalized for COVID–19 in August.
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online that suspected coronavirus patients fled bus after road accident in Sri Lanka
A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts and in an online article alongside a claim it shows suspected coronavirus patients fleeing a quarantine centre-bound bus after a road accident in Sri Lanka. The claim, however, is mislea