REVIEW In January 2025, a claim began circulating online that Pfizer had “disclosed” human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections as a side effect of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes sympt
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The Dispatch→ No, China Has Not Declared a State of Emergency Over Respiratory Viruses
Increasing cases are in line with seasonal trends.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: China Did NOT Declare State Of Emergency Over ‘Surge Of Multiple Viruses’, As Of January 3, 2025
Did China declare a state of emergency over a spike in multiple respiratory infections as of January 3, 2025? No, that's not true: As of January 3, 2025, China's official sources made no such announcement. A spokesperson for the World Hea
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez didn't threaten to unleash viruses after Trump takes office
"Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HIV Researcher Who Died In Malaysia Airlines Crash Was NOT Planning To Declare Virus A ‘Man-Made Disease’
Was a prominent HIV researcher who died in the 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 planning to declare the virus a "man-made disease"? No, that's not true: Dr. Joep Lange's work in the field of HIV/AIDS focused largely on developing
Full Fact→ Viral list of ‘patents on viruses’ fact checked
An image shared on social media with claims it shows a list of patent numbers for viruses such as H1N1 flu, Zika virus and SARS is not quite what it seems.
Full Fact→ Viruses are real and you can ‘catch’ them
Despite claims to the contrary, viruses are real and have been sequenced many times.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video doesn’t show mosquitoes released from helicopter in Massachusetts amid virus scare
Video shows helicopter “dropping millions” of mosquitoes in Massachusetts towns hit by eastern equine encephalitis virus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Monkeypox Virus NOT Known To Spread Through Airborne Transmission
Is the monkeypox virus known to spread through airborne transmission, as suggested by a post on Instagram Threads? No, that's not true: Global health agencies agree that the primary way the virus is spread is through close or direct conta
Health Feedback→ Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 1 August 2024 shared a screenshot of a tweet asking “Why are there patents on viruses?” The screenshot listed AIDS, H1N1, Ebola, swine flu, Zika, SARS, and coronavirus as evidence of viruses being patented. It al
Health Feedback→ No research shows that COVID-19 vaccines promote cancer in people; study cited as evidence tested the spike protein from the virus in laboratory cells
REVIEW On 1 July 2024, the group America’s Frontline Doctors posted a Facebook reel claiming “SPIKE PROTEINS FROM COVID SHOTS COULD PROMOTE CANCER GROWTH”. The reel was viewed more than 400,000 times. America’s Frontline Doctors became widel
Full Fact→ A deadly virus is not sweeping through Spain
There is no good evidence that an “Ebola-like” virus is surging across Europe.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Record Keanu Reeves Rejected $1.7 Billion ‘Woke’ Movie Offer And Said ‘Woke Mind Virus Should Be Destroyed’
Did Keanu Reeves reject a $1.7 billion "woke" movie offer after saying "woke mind virus should be destroyed," as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The claim was first published on a self-described satire website, and an an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Parasites, Metals And Viruses’ Do NOT Cause All Diseases, Illnesses, As Post Claims
Do "parasites, metals and viruses" cause all "diseases and illnesses," as a post on TikTok claimed? No, that's not true: An infectious disease expert told Lead Stories that the "causes of human diseases are extraordinarily varied." Beside
Health Feedback→ Childhood vaccine ingredients are safe in the amount present in vaccines; cells, animal products, and viruses aren’t part of these ingredients
REVIEW Vaccination helps people live longer and healthier by protecting them against life-threatening diseases that were widespread not long ago. According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), immunization against preventable disease
Health Feedback→ Instagram reel promotes the baseless claim that viruses don’t exist, ignoring more than a century of science about infectious diseases
REVIEW An Instagram reel posted in February 2024 claimed that several viral diseases aren’t actually caused by viruses and that viruses don’t exist. Specifically, it claimed that herpes is caused by lack of collagen, flu is caused by salt imbala
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Immunologist Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vaccines Would ‘Sterilise’ Humans — He Used Medical Term For Virus Eradication
Did an immunologist accidentally admit that COVID-19 vaccines were intended to sterilize humans, as a video on Instagram implied? No, that's not true: Though the post included genuine footage, it lacked context that makes clear what was m
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Mouse Study of Pangolin Virus
SciCheck Digest A study showed a type of lab mouse is highly susceptible to a coronavirus derived from pangolins, a scaly, cat-sized mammal. This doesn’t mean the virus is dangerous to humans. The virus is related to the one that causes COVID-19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Marburg Virus — It’s Not On Ingredients List, Post Gives No Proof
Do COVID-19 vaccines contain the Marburg virus, a severe and often fatal illness in humans? No, that's not true: Each vaccine has its unique formulation, but none include the Marburg virus. The disease is rare, usually found in Africa aft
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the COVID-19 vaccine does not contain a Marburg virus that can be activated by 5G technology
The Marburg virus has been implanted into people who were vaccinated and has nanotechnology that can be activated through 5G technology.
Full Fact→ A German court did not rule that the measles virus doesn’t exist
A famous case in the 2010s concerned whether proof had been provided in ‘a single publication’, not whether measles itself existed.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ebola vaccines can’t shed deadly virus
“US hospitals caught injecting experimental Ebola vaccine that sheds!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Zombie Deer Virus’ Did NOT Spread After Mark Zuckerberg’s Foundation Vaccinated Deer
Did the "zombie deer virus," officially known as chronic wasting disease, spread after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's foundation vaccinated deer across the country? No, that's not true: The foundation, better known as the Chan Zuckerberg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Did NOT Kill 17 Million People — Coronavirus Was Killer
Did COVID-19 vaccines kill 17 million people around the world during the pandemic? No, that's not true: Infectious disease experts told Lead Stories that the surge in deaths correlates with surges in coronavirus infections, not vaccinatio
The Dispatch→ Are the Levels of the COVID Virus in Our Wastewater ‘Alarming’?
Claims to that effect appear to rely on actual CDC data, but are misleading.
Health Feedback→ Public information film on coronavirus allegedly from the 1970s is a parody published in 2020
REVIEW A three-minute video titled “Coronavirus – 1970s Public Information Film” offering recommendations to prevent coronavirus infections went viral at the end of 2023. The video circulated on social media platforms including X (formerly
Health Feedback→ 2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
REVIEW In June 2023, Fox News anchor Jesse Watters took over the primetime slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson. During his tenure at Fox News, Carlson repeatedly made inaccurate claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Watters appears to fo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Survey’ Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccine Killed 3.5X More Americans Than COVID Virus
Did a "survey" find that COVID-19 vaccines "killed 3.5X more Americans than COVID virus"? No, that's not true: A medical professional who treats patients of long COVID told Lead Stories that the so-called survey "lacked scientific rigor"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence CNN And BBC Reported That An Image Called ‘Mexico Did It’ Spreads Virus On Phones
Does an image called "Mexico did it," referring to a supposed COVID-19 cure in Mexico, actually spread a virus within five seconds when opened on a phone and did CNN and the BBC report about this? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could f
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Alabama cases of EEE virus aren’t linked to Bill Gates or Oxitec’s modified mosquitoes
CLAIM: Recently reported cases of Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus in Alabama were caused by a genetically modified mosquito project tied to Bill Gates.
Logically→ No, vaccinated people are not more vulnerable to BA.2.86 coronavirus variant
AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online
https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Don’t be an ‘idiot’: ID-10T is not the name of a new global virus
“New global virus called ID-10T is spreading quickly.”
Logically→ No, vaccinating chickens against the IB virus is not a plan to mass vaccinate humans
Logically→ No, vaccinating chickens against the IB virus is not a plan to mass vaccinate humans
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain ‘monkey virus DNA’
“Monkey virus DNA found in COVID-19 shots”
AllSides→ Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/video-distorts-early-coronavirus-research-to-promote-baseless-bioweapon-conspiracy-theory/
FactCheck.org→ Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory
SciCheck Digest Human coronaviruses first identified in the 1960s cause common colds. But a viral video misrepresents early research on common coronaviruses and cites unrelated patents to falsely suggest U.S. scientists created the viruses that cau
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 is caused by a virus, not snake venom; no snake venom in COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to claim by chiropractor Bryan Ardis
REVIEW Among some of the wildest claims about the origins of COVID-19 can be traced back to chiropractor Bryan Ardis, who in an April 2022 pseudodocumentary titled “Watch The Water”, falsely claimed that COVID-19 wasn’t caused by a virus, but
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Uptick in cases of myocarditis in newborns in Wales linked to enterovirus, not COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines administered during pregnancy drove an increase in cases of myocarditis in babies.