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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That Governments Kill Black People With Medicine Is NOT True — ‘Tribunal’ Hearing Claim is NOT Real Court
Did author and self-proclaimed naturopathic practitioner Robert O. Young present legitimate testimony that admits that governments are using medicine to "exterminate" Black people? No, that's not true: The International Tribunal for Natur
Full Fact→ An Instagram post underestimates Covid-19 deaths among younger people
A post on Instagram from 15 January 2022 says: “Did you know that only 3,774 people under 65 have died of covid in the UK?” This is not correct. Up to the end of November 2021, which is the latest data available, 17,095 people aged under 65
Logically→ According to a South African study, the Omicron variant is less severe for unvaccinated people.
The Omicron variant has increased transmissibility and potential immune evasion compared to other variants. WHO says unvaccinated are at high risk.
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→ No, the Case of Paul Karason Wasn’t ‘Disinformation’ To Scare People Away from Using Colloidal Silver
The substance has been promoted as an alternative health remedy, but there's no evidence it works. There is, however, ample evidence that it can turn you blue.
Health Feedback→ CDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
REVIEW An article published on the website for The Joe Pags Show, the talk show of commentator Joe Pagliarulo, used a partial quote from Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to suggest that 75% of CO
Logically→ Boris Johnson stated 90 percent of the people in the U.K. who are in ICU with COVID-19 have not been vaccinated.
91 percent have not had a booster, and 61 percent are unvaccinated. While Johnson has said these figures correctly elsewhere, it was incorrect here.
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.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientists Do NOT Prove 93% Of People Who Died After COVID Vaccination Were Killed By Vaccine
Did scientists prove that 93% of the people who died after being vaccinated for COVID-19 were killed by the vaccine? No, that's not true: The non-peer-reviewed paper by two scientists, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi and Dr. Arne Burkhardt, provides
PolitiFact→ Tim Baxter – No evidence that AOC said all young people want to be socialists
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tiny Amount of Sodium Azide In Covid-19 Test Liquid NOT Able To Poison People — It Doesn’t Touch Patient
Is a lethal drug included in over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits? Yes, but that is misleading. In the Abbott Laboratories home kit, the drug sodium azide is in the liquid in a dropper bottle, with the liquid placed on the paper test card
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Misinterpreted CDC Director Quote About 75% COVID Deaths With 4+ Comorbidities Was About Vaccinated People
Did Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "confess" that over 75% of COVID deaths occurred in people with at least four comorbidities? No, that's not true: The percentage is correct but extreme
Logically→ The Lancet published an article in November 2021 about 89 percent of new COVID-19 cases occurring among fully vaccinated people in the U.K.
About 89 percent of people were vaccinated among those over 60 years infected by COVID-19, and not everyone among the fully vaccinated in the U.K.
Snopes→ Do 75% of All Covid Deaths Involve People With 4 Comorbidities?
Important context was edited out of a viral video featuring CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson misspoke about unvaccinated people in ICU
90% of the people who are in ICU with Covid have not been vaccinated. Boris Johnson, 10 January 2022. Boris Johnson has told Sky News that 90% of people in intensive care units (ICU) with Covid-19 are unvaccinated. While the Covid vaccines are definit
Truth or Fiction?→ Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’
On January 6 2022, a Twitter thread addressed comments about climate change and “ice ages” taxes purportedly made by Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) the previous night during an appearance on Tim Pool’s podcast: &
Logically→ Argos is offering people the chance to win a microwave for £1.78.
Argos is not offering people the chance to win a microwave for £1.78. The Facebook page in question is not a genuine Argos page.
Snopes→ No, 95% of Omicron Cases Are Not in Vaccinated People
An incorrect figure that was later corrected was opportunistically spread by conspiratorial sources.
Snopes→ ‘Little People, Big World’ Posts About ‘Sudden Loss’ Are Misleading
Strange rumors made the rounds around the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022.
Full Fact→ Unvaccinated people are among those dying of Covid-19
A post on Facebook with almost 3,000 shares claims: “Biggest elephant in the room…the unjabbed aren’t dying”. People who haven’t had any immunisations against Covid-19 are certainly dying from the disease. For example, th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Report From German Government Agency Does NOT Show Majority Of Omicron Cases Are In Vaccinated People
Does a report from the German public health agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI) show that 95% of those infected with the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are vaccinated? No, that's not true: This calculation is based on incomplete d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 89% Of New UK COVID Cases Are NOT ‘Among Fully Vaxxed’ – Just People 60 And Above
Do fully vaccinated people account for 89% of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom? No, that's not true: The actual percentage is less than half that number and the claim misleadingly attributes the figures to The Lancet science journal.
Snopes→ Final Goodbye: Recalling Influential People Who Died in 2021
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are among the many noteworthy people who died in 2021.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS DOES Explain That People Who Steal Property Must Report It In Their Taxes
Has the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published material explaining that people who steal property must report that stolen property in their taxes? Yes, it has: The summary, located in Publication 17, an informational guide for federal i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Issue A List Of 18 Words Or Phrases That People Are No Longer Allowed To Say
Did Canada recently issue a list of 18 words or phrases that people are no longer allowed to say? No, that's not true: This video is missing context as these words were originally published in a news article about diversity initiatives --
Snopes→ Did People Refer to Gaslighting During the Era of ‘I Love Lucy’?
A stray piece of dialogue from the 2021 biopic "Being the Ricardos" set off a fascinating online debate about a cultural anachronism.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden says that vaccinated people can’t spread COVID-19. That’s not what CDC says.
People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.”
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.
Full Fact→ How many people in England are unvaccinated?
“UK Government report admits there are 23.5 Million people in England who have NOT had a single dose of a Covid-19 Vaccine” The Exposé, 17 December 2021. News blog The Exposé has claimed there are 23.5 million unvaccinated pe
Full Fact→ Funeral director’s viral claims about vaccinated people not based in fact
A video of a man who runs a funeral home in Milton Keynes talking about the pandemic has gone viral on social media. The man does operate a funeral home, and we have fact checked him before. He makes a number of claims in the video, namely that he&rsqu
Full Fact→ Daily Express is wrong to say most people would ignore a Christmas lockdown
Scientists demand tighter Covid rules… but poll shows majority would ignore them. Daily Express, 21 December 2021. Boris under pressure as poll finds over half of Britons would IGNORE Christmas Covid rules Daily Express (online), 20 December 2
Logically→ Midazolam injection is being used to kill people in the U.K.
There is no evidence to support this claim. U.K. ordered additional Midazolam in order to avoid potential shortages amid the pandemic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That 45,000 People Died From COVID-19 Vaccine
Have 45,000 people died as a result of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? No, there's no evidence of that: The number is a guesstimate from an anonymous "whistleblower" who relied on data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAER
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Pose 7 Times Higher Death Risk Than COVID For People In 20s
Do vaccines pose a seven times higher risk of death than COVID for people in their 20s? No, that's not true: The authors of a Japanese medical bulletin provide no clear evidence of deaths due to the vaccine to establish a ratio with death
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.̶
Full Fact→ Why might vaccinated people account for a bigger share of Covid-19 deaths than infections?
An article from the blog, The Exposé, claims that fully vaccinated people accounted for nine in 10 Covid-19 deaths in Scotland over the past four months. Screenshots of the article’s headline, including this claim, have also circulated on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s ‘Rally’ Did NOT Feature ‘Only 5 People’
Did former President Donald Trump hold a rally that drew only five people? No, that's not true: The claim in the clickbait headline is not supported in the video. The information in the video was taken from a national news article that di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT ‘Admit’ That COVID-19 Vaccines May Make People Worse
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci admit that COVID-19 vaccines may make people worse? No, that's not true: His comments were taken out of context. He spoke in March 2020, when the vaccines were still in development. The nation's top infectious diseas