Scam emails purporting to be from the NHS are being sent out, asking for payment in return for a ‘Coronavirus Digital Passport’ to prove that someone has been vaccinated for Covid-19. These emails are not from the NHS, and you do not
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chart Of Death Rates Of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Does NOT Prove Vaccination Solved A Minor Problem
Does this colorful graphic chart, with a footnote that the data was sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fairly represent the impact of vaccines on vaccine-preventable diseases? No, that's not true: By carving off
Top Fact Checks→ There was a data breach in the Indian COVID-19 vaccination portal CoWin.
The investigation carried out by the Emergency response team has found that no there was no breach of data from the CoWIN app.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Discontinue COVID Vaccination For Those Under Age 30, Did NOT ‘Acknowledge’ Heart Risks To Young People
Must public health agencies discontinue COVID-19 vaccinations for people under age 30 because federal authorities "acknowledge" heart risks to young people? No, that's not true. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Qantas CEO Was NOT Hit In The Face With A Pie For Attempting to Force Vaccinations
Did Qantas Airlines CEO Alan Joyce get a pie smashed into his face for trying to force COVID-19 vaccinations onto potential passengers? No, that's not true: This video was published four years before the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, a
Snopes→ US Increasingly Unlikely to Meet Biden’s July 4 Vaccination Goal
The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest.
Top Fact Checks→ Weyan village is the first in India to record 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination.
Every person above 18 in Weyan hamlet received the first vaccine dose, making it the first Indian village to record 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Byram Bridle’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines are toxic fails to account for key differences between the spike protein produced during infection and vaccination, misrepresents studies
REVIEW In late May 2021, the claim that COVID-19 vaccines could cause blood vessel damage to vaccinated people went viral on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter. Many posts and articles (see examples here, and
Snopes→ Is West Virginia Giving Away Free Guns to Those Who Get COVID Vaccinations?
Vaccine-related freebies get more and more creative.
Snopes→ New Mexico Offers Largest Single Vaccination Prize in US
New Mexico bet big that cash can persuade people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, offering the largest single cash prize among the growing number of states staging lotteries to promote inoculations.
Full Fact - All content→ Matt Hancock wrong about number of Bolton vaccinations
The people of Bolton have again risen to this challenge. The number of vaccinations happening in Bolton right now is phenomenal. Tens of thousands every single day. Matt Hancock, 27 May 2021. Health secretary Matt Hancock claimed in the House of Commo
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Should I get a COVID-19 vaccination? Here are some answers to common questions about vaccines.
Lots of people still have questions about the COVID-19 vaccines. What’s in them? Who developed them? Do they have legal liability? Are they effective? These are some of the questions we came across in a recent Instagram post that lists things ̶
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ No, HIPAA doesn’t prohibit businesses from asking about your vaccination status
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/21/viral-image/no-hipaa-doesnt-prohibit-businesses-asking-about-y/
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Insurance Companies Provide Coverage After COVID-19 Vaccination
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/scicheck-insurance-companies-provide-coverage-after-covid-19-vaccination/
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
FactCheck.org→ Insurance Companies Provide Coverage After COVID-19 Vaccination
SciCheck Digest Insurance companies do not deny claims when someone dies after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the American Council of Life Insurers. But a viral social media post has falsely claimed that beneficiaries of a person who dies a
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Testimony of Federal Health Officials on Employee Vaccinations
SciCheck Digest Federal health officials testified at a Senate committee hearing that about 60% of their employees have been vaccinated against COVID-19 so far. But viral online posts have distorted their comments to misleadingly claim that half of the
Snopes→ Did Eric Clapton Say He Feared Never Playing Guitar Again After COVID-19 Vaccination?
The 76-year-old musician reportedly wrote that he should have “never gone near the needle.”
Liste→ False posts misrepresent video of Israeli PM Netanyahu talking about his Covid-19 vaccination
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands times in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok posts that claim it shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu purportedly threatening to kill Muslims with vaccines. The claim is false: the
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden boasts about equitable senior vaccination rate by race without data to back it up
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/biden-boasts-about-equitable-senior-vaccination-rate-by-race-without-data-to-back-it-up/
FactCheck.org→ Post Misleads on Japan’s Policy for Donating Blood After COVID-19 Vaccination
SciCheck Digest Japan only recently adopted guidelines for accepting blood donations from those who have received COVID-19 vaccines. The guidelines are intended to give donors time to get over any side effects from the vaccine. Without providing that c
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Biden boasts about equitable senior vaccination rate by race without data to back it up
During May 3 remarks on the American Families Plan, President Joe Biden boasted that there was not much disparity in the COVID-19 vaccination rates for white Americans and Americans of color who are at least 65. “And what’s happening now is all
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Discourage Mask-Wearing Or COVID-19 Vaccinations
Did Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," express anti-mask and anti-COVID-19 vaccine opinions during a segment of his show? No, that's not true: Noah was expressing his discontent with changes in the message from the Ce
Liste→ The video shows a failed Covid-19 vaccination attempt in Ecuador, not India
A video has been viewed hundreds of times in Twitter, Facebook and Weibo posts that claim it shows a failed vaccination attempt in India as Covid-19 cases surged in the country. But the claim is misleading: the video actually shows a vaccination error
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Deaths are attributed to COVID-19 according to clinical symptoms and diagnostic; deaths occurring following vaccination are systematically reported and investigated
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign led to the rollout of an important epidemiological and clinical surveillance. As of 7 May 2021, almost 600,000 persons died from COVID-19 in the U.S. and almost 100 m
Snopes→ California Man Accused of Selling Fake Vaccination Cards
The owner of a Northern California bar was arrested on suspicion of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to several undercover state agents for $20 each.
Liste→ Video of vaccination error in Mexico shared in misleading posts about Covid-19 surge in India
A video that appears to show a failed vaccination attempt has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and Weibo. The clip was shared alongside a claim that it was filmed in India as Covid-19 cases surged. But the video has been shar
Liste→ False posts claim a woman’s menstrual cycle affects efficacy of Covid-19 vaccination
Facebook posts circulating online in India claim women should avoid receiving the Covid-19 vaccine on specific dates during their menstrual cycle. The claim is false, health experts said. Vaccine manufacturers in India have not warned that a woman's
Full Fact - All content→ The risk of vaccination does not rise when Covid-19 becomes scarcer
Appearing at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) press conference on 7 April, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam spoke about vaccine safety. He said: “In a scenario of low exposure... you can see th
Snopes→ Did Dr. Rajendra Kapila Die From COVID-19 After Vaccination?
The infectious disease expert was reportedly taking care of his father-in-law in India at the time.
Liste→ Misleading videos alleging Belgian politician faked Covid-19 jab in fact show vaccination practice run
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook alongside a claim it shows a Belgian politician faking his Covid-19 vaccination. The claim is misleading: the video shows a trial run for coronavirus vaccinations in
Top Fact Checks→ All vaccination centers in Mumbai will be closed for three days till May 2.
The vaccination drive was called off from April 30 to May 2 in Mumbai, but on May 1, it received a limited supply to inoculate the 18-44 age group.
Liste→ US doctor makes false claims about risk of Covid-19 vaccination
An American physician and anti-vaccination advocate claims in a video viewed more than 169,000 times that widely used Covid-19 vaccines have not been properly tested and pose long-term health risks. But experts say her claims are inaccurate, the techno
Snopes→ US Health Panel Urges Restarting J&J COVID-19 Vaccinations
A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.
Snopes→ Wisconsin Sen. Johnson Questions Need for Vaccinations
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, questioned the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, saying in a radio interview “what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?
Top Fact Checks→ COVID-19 vaccination at a large scale could produce more deadly variants.
There is no conclusive evidince that the COVID-19 vaccination drive will lead to deadlier mutations of the virus.
Liste→ The US Supreme Court did not rule against mandatory vaccination
A post shared on Facebook in South Africa claims that the US Supreme Court “overturned” mandatory vaccination following a lawsuit filed by attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This is false; the precedent for mandatory vaccination dates back to a Suprem
Liste→ Covid-19 shots not found to have caused deaths that followed vaccinations
Social media posts claim there have been 3,005 “Covid vaccine deaths” since December 1, 2020. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it has received that many reports of deaths among people who took a Covid-19 vaccine, but fou
Snopes→ Did a 2-Year-Old in Virginia Die After Getting COVID-19 Vaccination?
The claim is based solely on a dubious report from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, a database that anyone can submit reports to that is frequently abused by anti-vaccine activists.