"Having a staph infection [from wearing a face mask] is a pretty rare occurrence, and it usually involves multiple things for it to happen."
Search Results (5456) for: used
Snopes→ Weather Experts: Lack of Planning Caused Cold Catastrophe
Government and private meteorologists saw it coming, some nearly three weeks in advance.
Liste→ Incorrectly dated photos used in warnings on climate change
Facebook posts claim to show the impact of climate change on the Amazon rainforest using two photographs purportedly taken a decade apart. But the first image was shot years later than labeled, while the photo said to be more recent was taken 15 years
Liste→ Incorrectly dated photos used in warnings on climate change
Facebook posts claim to show the impact of climate change on the Amazon rainforest using two photographs purportedly taken a decade apart. But the first image was shot years later than labeled, while the photo said to be more recent was taken 15 years
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein And Other Famous White Men Accused Of Sex Crimes Did NOT ‘Walk’ Free From Jail While Bill Cosby And R. Kelly, Both Black, Were Locked Up
Did Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and other famous white men accused of sex crimes "walk" free from jail while Bill Cosby and R. Kelly were locked up? No, this is missing context. A meme from 2019 has gone viral in 2021, claiming Cosb
Liste→ Texas pastor falsely accused of failing to provide shelter from cold
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim Texas pastor Joel Osteen has not opened his massive Lakewood Church to those in need of shelter, despite a big freeze paralyzing the state. This is false; both the church and the city of Houston have s
Top Fact Checks→ Frozen wind turbines caused the Texas blackout.
The electricity failure in the state was mainly caused by freezing natural gas pipelines and the wind turbine shutdowns accounted for a fraction of it
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Misleading to compare the safety of COVID-19 and flu vaccines based solely on VAERS reports; VAERS reports alone cannot demonstrate that a vaccine caused an adverse event
REVIEW With the worldwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, claims that the vaccines caused severe adverse events or deaths spread on social media. A meme published on 15 February 2021 claimed that a person is 300 to 900 times “more likely to die” a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show NFL Stadiums That Are ‘Seeing Eyes’ Used In A ‘Satanic Ritual’
Do these photos show NFL stadiums that are allegedly "all seeing eyes" used for a "satanic ritual"? No, that's not true: The photos shown include those of a stadium located outside the United States -- therefore not NFL -- as well as one
Snopes→ Biden Order Reestablishes Faith-Focused White House Office
President Joe Biden signed an executive order relaunching a White House office aimed at fostering cooperation between the federal government and faith-based and secular community organizations.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Informal COVID-19 Vaccine Reaction Reports is NOT Evidence Deaths Were Caused By Vaccines
Does this list of reports from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) prove COVID-19 vaccines are causing sudden deaths in a surprising number of young and middle-aged people? No, that's not true: The individual cases
Full Fact - All content→ Covid vaccine hasn’t caused increase in care home deaths
A Facebook post claims that deaths in care homes are up 81% since the Covid-19 vaccination rollout. It’s correct that care home deaths are up since the vaccination rollout started, but it is wrong to suggest that these are deaths caused by the va
Top Fact Checks→ Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to work for George Soros.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and George Soros have been falsely linked several times.
Top Fact Checks→ Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 500,000 Americans a year used to go bankrupt due to hefty medical bills.
The figure of 500,000 includes those going bankrupt "somewhat" because of their medical bills or illness.
Liste→ A new variant of the coronavirus caused South Africa’s second Covid-19 wave, not face masks
A Facebook post claims that the second wave of Covid-19 in South Africa was caused by people wearing masks rather than the coronavirus pathogen itself. The post relies on a video that purports to simulate a carbon dioxide test, but experts dismissed th
Snopes→ Did Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Say ‘Jewish Lasers’ Caused California Wildfires?
The Republican representative from Georgia has endorsed QAnon conspiracy theories, among others.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NO Corroborating Reports Of Indiana Woman’s Claim That Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Her Convulsions
Does the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine cause full-body convulsions? No, there is no evidence proving that convulsions are a potential side effect of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to a spokesperson from the U.S. Food and Drug Administ
Snopes→ Was the ‘Patriot Party’ Name Used Before Trump Supporters Adopted It?
We dug through numerous newspaper archives for a sampling of political groups that organized under the name.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence That The Official Black Lives Matter Twitter Account Tweeted ‘The Democratic Party Used Us’
Did @Blklivesmatter, the official Twitter account of the Black Lives Matter organization, tweet that they were "used" by the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: Lead Stories image analysis indicates it is a skillful fake tweet. There i
Snopes→ Amid Cancellation Talk, Tokyo Olympics ‘Focused on Hosting’
Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now the event appears threatened again.
Liste→ Video shows sinking of disused airplane for diving tourism in Turkey in 2019, not lifting of Sriwijaya Air plane wreckage
A video has been viewed millions of times on TikTok and YouTube in posts which claim it shows the wreckage of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea in January 2021. The claim is false: the video actually shows a decommissioned plane that w
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ VAERS reports alone don’t demonstrate that the COVID-19 vaccines caused adverse events; evidence does not indicate vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
REVIEW An article published in mid-January 2021 by Children’s Health Defense, an organization which opposes vaccines, claimed that thousands of adverse events related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including deaths, were reported in December 2020. The o
Liste→ Footage of movie props and flu shot clips used to falsely claim world leaders’ Covid-19 vaccines were ‘staged’
A video has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts that claim it shows a man explaining how retractable syringes are used to stage the Covid-19 vaccinations of world leaders. The claim is false: the footage of a retra
Top Fact Checks→ The Head of the Marine Corps refused Nancy Pelosi’s request to protect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Gen. David H. Berger along with other Joint Chiefs, in a memo, reaffirmed their duty to protect and defend the constitution ahead of the inauguration.
Liste→ South African newspaper clarifies it used photo of British woman receiving Covid-19 vaccine in satirical article
Screenshots of two news reports have been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts that claim they show a woman receiving a Covid-19 vaccine in the UK and South Africa. The posts suggest the image has been staged by the media to mislead the pu
Top Fact Checks→ Italian military satellite was used to switch votes from Trump to Biden.
The federal officials have rejected the claim that voting systems were breached during the 2020 election.
Liste→ Social media posts wrongly claim Dominion voting software was used in 2020 New Zealand election
Multiple Facebook posts claim US-based company Dominion Voting Systems, which has been the centre of conspiracy theories and false claims of voter fraud in the United States, was used in New Zealand’s 2020 election. The posts question whether Prime
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Laptop Stolen From House Speaker’s Office Conference Room, Was ‘Only Used For Presentations’
Was a laptop stolen from Nancy Pelosi's office when the Capitol was stormed? Yes, but without context, that fact is being used to support conspiracy theories about Pelosi's motivation for seeking the removal of President Donald Trump in t
Snopes→ Man Accused of Stealing Pelosi’s Lectern Charged in Invasion
A Florida man allegedly photographed grinning as he carried away House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern is among the latest people charged in the mayhem at the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead.
Snopes→ Woman Who Accused Black Teen of Stealing Phone is Arrested
The arrest followed days of intense media coverage of the fracas at the hotel and demands by the teen's family and activists that she face criminal charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tear Gas WAS Used Against Mob At The U.S. Capitol
Did police withhold tear gas when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: There has been criticism of the police response to the rioters and the chief of Capitol police resigned in the a
Top Fact Checks→ Pork extract is used to develop the COVID-19 vaccine.
Major COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have published their ingredients in vaccine production, and none of them mention the use of pig fat in them.
Full Fact - All content→ A satirical caption in a South African newspaper under a picture of a British woman getting the vaccine has caused confusion
A post on Facebook claims that the same picture of an elderly woman being vaccinated has been captioned as being both a woman in Manchester called Joan and a woman called Susan in South Africa. The original image was taken on 17 December 2020. It shows
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PCR Tests Do NOT Have An Accuracy of 0% When More Than 35 Cycles Are Used
Do PCR tests have an accuracy of 0% when more than 35 amplification cycles are used? No, that's not true: Multiple infectious disease experts confirm polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘ANTIFA Being Bused Into D.C. In Advance Of MAGA Rally’
Does a video show "ANTIFA being bused into D.C. in advance of a MAGA rally on January 6, 2020"? No, that's not true: A video that claims to show buses of protesters heading into Washington, D.C., for the pro-Trump rally on January 6, 2021
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘ANTIFA Being Bused Into D.C. In Advance Of MAGA Rally’
Does a video show "ANTIFA being bused into D.C. in advance of a MAGA rally on January 6, 2020"? No, that's not true: A video that claims to show buses of protesters heading into Washington, D.C., for the pro-Trump rally on January 6, 2021
Snopes→ Proud Boys Leader Arrested, Accused of Burning Church Banner
Police in the nation’s capital arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Birthmarks NOT Caused By MTHFR Gene Variants, Which Rarely Cause Disease, Are NOT Harmful For Those Receiving Vaccines
Do variants of the MTHFR gene cause disease and increase the likelihood of vaccine reactions? No, that's not true: In rare circumstances, a MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) gene variant causes neural tube defects in newborn bab
Liste→ These photos show damage caused by different earthquakes in Taiwan from 2016 to 2019
Four photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim they show the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Taiwan in December 2020. The claim is false: the images actually show damage caused by three different earth
Liste→ This video shows a triceratops puppet that was used to promote an Indonesian adventure park
A video has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim it shows a "monster" discovered in northern China’s autonomous region Inner Mongolia. The claim is false: the video actually shows a promotion for an outdoor advent