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Snopes→ Biden Presses States to Require Vaccines for All Teachers
Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school to push his new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier” with the health of children.
Full Fact - All content→ Daily Mail understates the risks of Covid-19 to children
No healthy child is believed to have died from Covid in the UK. MailOnline, 3 September 2021. The online edition of the Daily Mail claimed that no healthy children have so far died from Covid-19 in the UK. This is not true. A recent study of Covid dea
TruthOrFiction→ Was George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Banned in the United States and the USSR for Conflicting Reasons?
On September 2 2021, a Facebook post featured an image suggesting that George Orwell’s 1984 was banned in the United States for pro-communist sentiments, but that it was also banned in the USSR for anti-communist sentiments. A screenshot from Tu
TruthOrFiction→ ‘States With a Population Less Than DFW’
In August 2021, a May 2020 map purportedly depicting “states with a population less than DFW” (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) continued circulating on Facebook: In an appended post, the sharer wrote: “Wow this just blew my mind ”. H
Snopes→ Republicans Take to Mask Wars As Virus Surges in Red States
The party's base has opposed mask rules for more than a year and long recoiled at the word “mandate.”
Top Fact Checks→ Telangana received the highest amount of FDI among all states in India.
Gujarat has the highest FDI inflow at the end of March 2021, with Telangana at the seventh place by beating Andhra Pradesh at the fifteenth place.
politifact.com/→ J.D. Scholten – About 70 percent of U.S. residents expected to live in the 15 largest states in 2040
“By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
politifact.com/→ JB Pritzker – States can use ARPA money to replenish unemployment funds, contrary to Pritzker’s claim
“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.
politifact.com/→ Facebook posts – Most states require signature verification for mail ballots
Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Does NOT Take Down Posts That Include The Pledge Of Allegiance To The United States of America
Does Facebook take down posts that include the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag? No, that's not true: A Facebook spokesperson said there was no truth to this. And posts with the Pledge of Allegiance are on Facebook at the time of this wri
Snopes→ States Scale Back Virus Reporting Just As Cases Surge
The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift during the pandemic.
Snopes→ States Share Resources As Wildfires Rage Across US West
More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in Western states.
Snopes→ States Scale Back Virus Reporting Just as Cases Surge
The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Medical Error’ Is NOT Proven To Be The Third Leading Cause Of Death In The United States
Snopes→ Vaccinations Rise in Some States with Soaring Infections
Coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters that several states with the highest proportions of new infections have seen residents get vaccinated at higher rates than the nation as a whole.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dialing 112 Does NOT Get ‘A Direct Link To State Trooper Info’ And Does NOT Apply To All 50 States
Does dialing 112 provide a direct link to "state trooper info," and does it apply to all 50 states in North America? No, that's not true: 911 is the official local and nationwide emergency number in the United States, while 112 is a globa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: L.A. County And 7 States DO Have Same Number Of People And Different Congressional Representation — But That’s Normal
Do Los Angeles County and the combined population of seven Midwestern and Western states have roughly the same population, but different congressional representation? Yes, although the comparison is misleading: Every state (and therefore,
Snopes→ Wildfires Threaten Homes, Land Across 10 Western States
The fires erupted as the West was in the grip of the second bout of dangerously high temperatures in just a few weeks.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Several states have deployed police to the southern border. What is their role?
It started with a plea from the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona. “We respectfully but urgently request that you send all available law enforcement resources to the border in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity,” G
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The World Health Organization states that COVID-19 vaccination for children is less urgent, but doesn’t recommend against it
REVIEW The development and authorization of COVID-19 vaccines initiated a large worldwide campaign of mass vaccination. As of 25 June 2021, there were 2.79 billion doses administered in the world. In the U.S., 150 million people are already fully va
TruthOrFiction→ YouTube Reverses Course, Reinstates Watchdog Site Monitoring Conspiracists
The media watchdog site Right Wing Watch (RWW) was reinstated onto YouTube after the platform initially removed its channel on June 28 2021 for unspecified reasons. “We are glad that by reinstating our account, YouTube recognizes our position tha
Snopes→ Amid Reform Movement, Some GOP States Give Police More Power
States where lawmakers pushed back against the police-reform movement included Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming, according to an Associated Press review of legislation.
Snopes→ DOJ: 2 States’ Transgender Restrictions Unconstitutional
The department filed statements of interest in lawsuits that seek to overturn new laws.
TruthOrFiction→ Could Travelers to the United States Be Charged $200 for COVID Antigen Tests?
A professor of immunology from New York is calling attention to the price of a COVID-19 testing service for passengers flying through New York City. Dr. Miriam Merad, director of the Precision Immunology Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Compare States’ Vaccination Rates To Trump Support, Blaming Him For Vaccine Hesitancy
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issue a report that compared how states voted in the 2020 presidential election with their vaccination rates? No, that's not true: There is no such report, according to a CDC spokes
Top Fact Checks→ Girl Scouts of the United States of America have millions of unsold cookies.
Around 15 million Girl Scout cookie boxes are unsold due to the pandemic, however, the organization urges people to buy cookies through their website.
Top Fact Checks→ The Indian government will supply free vaccines to all the states from June 21, 2021.
PM Modi has announced vaccines will be supplied free of cost to states to vaccinate everyone above 18 years.
Top Fact Checks→ The Indian government will supply free vaccines to all the states from June 21, 2021.
PM Modi has announced vaccines will be supplied free of cost to states to vaccinate everyone above 18 years.
Snopes→ States Rebound from Bleak Forecasts to Pass Record Budgets
Compared to a year ago, many states are now flush with cash.
Snopes→ 7 States Still Have Bans on Atheists Holding Office
Tennessee’s Constitution includes a provision that bars three groups from holding office: atheists, ministers and those engaging in duels.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Canal Is NOT From Georgia Or The United States — It’s From Belgium
Does a photo show a canal in Riverdale, Georgia? No, that's not true: The canal in the photo is actually the Sart Canal Bridge in Belgium. The same photo can be found on numerous places on the internet, including on Google Maps and Google
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Caitlyn Jenner Overstates California’s Share of U.S. Homeless Population
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/caitlyn-jenner-overstates-californias-share-of-u-s-homeless-population/
FactCheck.org→ Caitlyn Jenner Overstates California’s Share of U.S. Homeless Population
As of January 2020, California had a little more than one-quarter of all the homeless people in the United States, according to the most recent federal estimates of homelessness. But Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican candidate to be the state’s next
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In Most Of The United States It Is NOT Illegal For A Private Business To Ask For Proof Of Vaccination
Is it illegal for businesses to ask for proof of vaccination or to require proof of vaccination as a condition of entry? Furthermore -- if a private business owner or employee were to ask for proof of vaccination would that constitute a v
Top Fact Checks→ The United States advised not to travel to the Olympic host Japan due to a surge in COVID-19.
The U.S. issued a travel warning to Americans, citing an increase in COVID-19 infections in Japan, which will host the Olympics in two months.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. States Are NOT Liquefying ‘Vaccine-Murdered People,’ Spreading Them On Food Crops
Are U.S. states liquefying "vaccine-murdered people" and spreading them on food crops? No, that's not true: A video claims that a Wisconsin bill is legalizing such actions -- but the legislation does not allow for liquefied remains of "va
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scope Of Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Is NOT Related To Whether States Are Red Or Blue
Is the scope of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown somehow related to whether states are red or blue? No, that's not true: There's no connection between the shutdown and whether states are Democratic or Republican. The system spans more than
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of A Trunk Full Of Gas-Filled Garbage Bags Is NOT From The United States In 2021 — It Was Taken In Mexico In 2019
Does a photo show a trunk full of gas-filled garbage bags in the United States amid the gas shortage in 2021? No, that's not true. The photograph was lifted from several Mexican websites' articles in 2019 about stolen gasoline. It was not