Readers have asked us about a widely shared blog which falsely claims that “only 3,000 people have died of Covid-19”. This is based on a misreading of statistics from NHS England. The most recent data available, up to 5 February, shows that
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Top Fact Checks→ People living near the India-Nepal border are smuggling petrol into India.
A few people in Bihar are crossing over to Nepal to smuggle petrol into India because it's cheaper.
Top Fact Checks→ Schools in Arizona are closed because undocumented people can’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
There is a shortage of vaccines in Arizona but this is unrelated to immigration.
Hoax-Slayer→ Why Do Otherwise Smart People Fall For Obvious Scams and Hoaxes?
Every day, thousands of Internet users fall for silly hoaxes and transparent scams. Why do smart people fall for obvious scams and hoaxes? The post Why Do Otherwise Smart People Fall For Obvious Scams and Hoaxes? appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Silent On The 4 Million People Without Power Due To The Winter Storm
Was Joe Biden silent on the 4 million people without power due to a February 2021 winter storm? No, that's not true. The president did not appear on camera to address the situation, but he made several public statements about the storm an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington, D.C., Is NOT ‘Checking Your ID’ For People ‘To Get In And Out Of’ The City
Is Washington, D.C., "checking your ID" for people "to get in and out of" the city? No, that's not true: There are currently no checkpoints at the city limits/boundaries of Washington, D.C. The claim appeared a Facebook post (archived her
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church In Houston Is NOT Closed to People Without Shelter During Texas Freeze-Up
Did megachurch pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen not open his "18,000-seat" Lakewood Church during freezing, icy weather in Houston, declining to help people left without shelter or heat and power? No, that's not true: Lakewood Church
Snopes→ Did Rush Limbaugh’s ‘AIDS Update’ Mock the Deaths of Gay People?
Limbaugh would later say he regretted the segment as it made fun of people who were dying excruciating deaths.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Hollywood Fred Meyer Threw Out All Perishables in Power Outage, Portland Police Blocked People From Accessing the Dumpsters and All the Food Went Bad’
As Americans in several states endured atypically severe winter weather, power outages, and lack of access to necessities, viral tweets claimed that Portland, Oregon law enforcement was guarding dumpsters outside a Hollywood Fred Meyer to prevent anyo
Snopes→ Did Bonne Maman Co. Shelter People During the Holocaust?
The founders of the jam company can trace their business roots back to a small village in France.
Liste→ Fabricated news report falsely claims South Korea PM threatened to arrest people who refuse Covid-19 vaccination
A fabricated news report shared repeatedly on Facebook states South Korea's Prime Minister threatened to arrest citizens who refuse to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. The report, however, is not a genuine article from a South Korean media outlet. A
TruthOrFiction→ ‘My Brain Refuses to Believe There Are 4 People in This Photo’
On February 14 2021, a Facebook user shared the following post (archived), captioned “My brain refuses to believe there are 4 people in this photo”: My brain refuses to believe there are 4 people in this photo Posted by Michael McCluskey
Full Fact - All content→ Evidence doesn’t show 400,000 people have long Covid ‘right now’
“It’s estimated that up to 400,000 people are living with the debilitating effects of long Covid”. Layla Moran MP, 10 February 2021. “The current estimate for the number of people who have long Covid is nearing 400,000.”
Snopes→ Biden to Slowly Allow 25,000 People Seeking Asylum into US
The Biden administration announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.
Top Fact Checks→ India vaccinated over 7 million people against COVID-19 within 26 days.
As of Feb 12, 2021, 7.5 million Indians were administered the COVID-19 vaccine, making India the fastest in crossing the 70 lakh mark in 26 days.
Snopes→ Did the Coast Guard Rescue People Stranded on a Deserted Island?
The U.S. Coast Guard typically flies over a number of deserted islands between Florida and Cuba to be on the lookout for stranded refugees.
Snopes→ Did Churchill Say ‘People With Contempt for Their Heritage Have Lost Faith in Themselves’?
A Confederate monument in Georgia attributed a stirring quotation to the famous British statesman. But who actually said it?
Snopes→ Does the POTUS Send People a Greeting Card on Their 100th Birthday?
People want White House greetings on all kinds of occasions.
Snopes→ Police: Multiple People Shot at Minnesota Clinic; 1 Detained
The shooting happened at the Allina clinic in Buffalo, a city of about 15,000 people roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis.
Top Fact Checks→ People who are vaccinated are less likely to transmit the coronavirus.
The study by Israeli researchers has not been published and peer-reviewed. It is early to ascertain results at this stage of the research.
Full Fact - All content→ Evidence doesn’t show 20,000 people ‘sick with Covid’ fail to self-isolate every day
“Confirmation that 20,000 people a day sick with Covid are not isolating confirms our repeated warnings that without decent sick pay and support we won’t break chains of transmission.” Jonathan Ashworth MP, 3 February 2021. It has be
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Fun Fact … If a Fire Starts in the [Yale] Library, All the Oxygen Leaves the Building,’ ‘Killing [People] … to Protect the Rare Books’
On February 7 2021, a Facebook user shared a Twitter screenshot with a “fun fact” about a library at Yale University that involved a mechanism that would “protect the rare books” from the effects of a putative fire, but at the
Top Fact Checks→ COVID-19 vaccines are killing more people than the coronavirus itself.
The number of deaths reported from the virus is more than the number of people who died because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Top Fact Checks→ COVID-19 vaccines are killing more people than the coronavirus itself.
The number of deaths reported from the virus is more than the number of people who died because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Full Fact - All content→ Some people have died after Covid-19 vaccination—not because of it
We’ve seen several posts on Facebook using the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) in the US to claim that Covid-19 vaccines have caused many deaths. This is not what the VAERS data means. It is a list of reported incidents that took p
Full Fact - All content→ People giving Covid-19 vaccines won’t be tried as war criminals
A video that’s been shared over 10,000 times on Facebook from someone who calls himself “Old Man In A Chair” makes a number of misleading statements about the status of various Covid-19 vaccines being issued in the UK. His main claim
Top Fact Checks→ President Joe Biden signed an executive order banning people calling COVID-19 a “China Virus.”
Biden's order on racial equity clarifies that racially offensive language will not be used in federal agencies; this does not apply to personal speech
Snopes→ Do Paper Straws Contain Gluten Harmful to People with Celiac Disease?
What’s better for the environment may not always be good for your gut.
Snopes→ Were 6 People Arrested for Changing ‘Hollywood’ Sign to ‘Hollyboob’?
Law enforcement called the escapade "way uncool."
Snopes→ People in Myanmar Honk Horns, Bang on Pots to Protest Coup
Scores of people in Myanmar's largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country's military.
Top Fact Checks→ Four people in Bulgaria experienced side effects from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Four people who received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine experienced mild to moderate side effects.
Top Fact Checks→ James Lyon Weilers: 21% of people are having serious adverse events from the Moderna vaccine.
Moderna’s data shows that 0.5% of people had a serious adverse reaction and data quoted by James Lyon Weilers is incorrect.
Top Fact Checks→ The CDC reported permanently disabling side effects in 2.7 percent of people who received the Pfizer vaccine.
The figures listed in the CDC report have been misinterpreted. 2.7 percent did not have permanently disabling side effects.
TruthOrFiction→ Is Robinhood Selling People’s Shares Without Consent, and Under Market Value?
During the late January 2021 GameStop ($GME) short squeeze, trading app Robinhood came under fire for halting the buying only (not selling) of popular tickers — and anecdotal reports began filtering into the news cycle that Robinhood was, in add
Full Fact - All content→ 53 people have not died in Gibraltar because of the Covid-19 vaccine
Claims that 53 people died in Gibraltar in the first ten days after Covid-19 vaccinations started there have gone viral on Facebook. The implication in the article seems to be that these deaths were caused by the vaccine. Linking these deaths to the va
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is Statistically Inevitable Some People Will Get Sick And Die Of Unrelated Causes After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine
If someone becomes sick or dies after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, is the shot necessarily to blame? No, that's not true: It is statistically inevitable that some people will get sick and die after getting the shot, for reasons that are un
Snopes→ Biden Reverses Trump Ban on Transgender People in Military
President Joe Biden has signed an order reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military
TruthOrFiction→ Did a Doctor Erase $650,000 in Medical Debt for 200 People?
A retiring doctor’s act of generosity earned him national media attention and created an online buzz — while also inadvertently underlining gaps in reporting from some of the news organizations telling his story. Dr. Omar Atiq’s deci