Does a book titled "Understanding Omicron Variant" by an author named Dr. Theresa Bishop have a 2020 copyright date, meaning it was published before the omicron variant was publicly identified? No, that's not true: This Amazon book was se
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Did NOT Prove SARS-CoV-2 Is A Bioweapon Nor That DARPA Funded Virus Gain-Of-Function Project
Did this videotape of a speaker at an anti-vaccine conference prove COVID-19 is a bioweapon created by government officials to kill Americans and put the world's people under the dominion of a globalist cabal? No, there's no evidence the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Spike Proteins Do NOT Enter Cell Nuclei, Suppress DNA Repair Or Unleash Cancer, Immunodeficiency, Autoimmune Disorders Or Accelerated Aging
Do COVID-19 vaccine spike proteins enter cell nuclei, suppress DNA repair, unleash cancer, immunodeficiency, autoimmune disorders or accelerated aging? No, that's not true: The claim was based on a preliminary research report from researc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Misleading Statistic Says Vaccinated Make Up Four In Five COVID-19 Deaths In England
Does the claim that the vaccinated account for four in every five COVID-19 deaths in England tell the complete story? No, that's not true: It is misleading because it fails to consider the context of very high vaccine coverage in the popu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vax Causes More Heart Inflammation Cases Than Previously Stated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admit that COVID-19 vaccines cause more instances of carditis, or heart inflammation, than the agency has previously stated? No, that's not true: Such a claim pulls numbers from the
Health Feedback→ Ivermectin study in the city of Itajaí contains several methodological weaknesses, resulting in questionable conclusions
REVIEW The drug ivermectin has become a breeding ground for conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ivermectin is a derivative of avermectin, a naturally-occurring compound discovered by William Campbell and Satoshi Omura, which won them the Nobel Pr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Early Warning’ Cartoon With Pandemic Plot Was NOT Prediction From The Past
Does an animated short film from the 1920s or 1930s foretell a planned introduction of "weaponized influenza" in order to control the world? No, that's not true: This film is a modern creation done in the style of, and in some portions co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Dead Or Collapsed Athletes Not Clearly Linked To Vaccine
Does a list of athletes from around the world who have died or collapsed help parents of athletic children to weigh the risks and benefits of their child receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: While this list does enumerate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That 45,000 People Died From COVID-19 Vaccine
Have 45,000 people died as a result of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? No, there's no evidence of that: The number is a guesstimate from an anonymous "whistleblower" who relied on data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAER
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Pose 7 Times Higher Death Risk Than COVID For People In 20s
Do vaccines pose a seven times higher risk of death than COVID for people in their 20s? No, that's not true: The authors of a Japanese medical bulletin provide no clear evidence of deaths due to the vaccine to establish a ratio with death
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Police Did NOT Arrest Man Dressed As Santa For No Mask — He Refused To Show ID While Protesting At A Christmas Market
Did German police arrest a man in a Santa Claus costume at a Christmas market in the city of Stralsund because he was not wearing a mask? No, that's not true: Local police told Lead Stories the man was not hired to appear as Santa Claus a
Poynter→ An anti-vaccine website is misusing VAERS data to spread fears about vaccine’s impact on fetal health
An article from an anti-vaccine website claims that thousands of fetuses died after their mothers were administered the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. “2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots […] The post An anti-vaccine websit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Most Of 158,000 ‘Adverse Events’ In Pfizer Data Common Side Effects, Not Deadly
Do records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subpoenaed by an attorney show over 158,000 adverse "events" in the first 2½ months of COVID-19 shot trials? Yes, but that number is misleading. While "158,000 adverse events" were n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Arrive in Tornado-Stricken Kentucky With COVID-19 Vaccinations Instead Of Blankets, Food
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arrive in Kentucky after the December 10, 2021, tornadoes, and start giving COVID-19 vaccinations to the storm victims instead of blankets or food? No, that's not true: FEMA's director of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT ‘Admit’ That COVID-19 Vaccines May Make People Worse
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci admit that COVID-19 vaccines may make people worse? No, that's not true: His comments were taken out of context. He spoke in March 2020, when the vaccines were still in development. The nation's top infectious diseas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Testing Definition Was NOT Changed To Find Millions Of New Omicron Cases
Was the definition of what constitutes a positive COVID-19 test changed to include the omicron variant? No, that's not true: The variant (SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.529) was first reported to the World Health Organization from South Africa on Nove
Health Feedback→ Clip of Anthony Fauci discussing potential vaccine safety concerns is from March 2020; current scientific evidence shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of infection and serious illness
REVIEW A 19 March 2020 Facebook Live conversation between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Anthony Fauci, the director for the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, was recently used to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 v
Poynter→ Fauci did not say he wants Americans to get 4 COVID-19 vaccine doses each year
Amid conversations and speculation about how many COVID-19 vaccine shots may ultimately be necessary to ward off the virus and its variants, some people are sharing a headline about Dr. […] The post Fauci did not say he wants Americans to get 4 C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hospitalizations, Mortality Were NOT Cut In Half After Brazilian City Offered Ivermectin; City Officials Rebut Study
Did a Brazilian city cut hospitalizations and mortality in half after offering everyone ivermectin before COVID-19 vaccinations were available? No, that's not true: City officials in Itajai, Brazil, rebut the draft study, saying less than
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Game ‘Omikron: The Nomad Soul’ Was NOT Created By Bill Gates
Was a video game named "Omikron: The Nomad Soul" created by Bill Gates, and does it have any ties to the emergence of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: Although the game was originally made to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 DID Kill Only 68 Children In 2020, But Chart Omits Context: Infected Children Host And Spread The Virus
Did 67 children ages 5-14 die from COVID-19 in 2020? Yes (68, to be precise), but this chart comparing that to the much higher death tolls from traffic accidents, fires and other causes obscures the risk posed by children's infections, wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stillbirths Are NOT Rampant Among Fully Vaccinated Mothers
Are stillbirths rampant among fully vaccinated mothers? No, that's not true. The claim that there is a spike in stillbirths among mothers who had received a full COVID-19 vaccine is not supported by any evidence. It was made by a doctor i
Poynter→ Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the US government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine
In an episode of Glenn Beck’s Blaze TV program that has been clipped and widely shared on Facebook and TikTok, Beck holds up a stack of papers for the camera. “This is […] The post Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the US governme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan’s Myocarditis Warnings NOT In Contrast To Worldwide COVID-19 Vaccines Warnings
Did Japanese health ministry panels of experts add myocarditis to warning labels for COVID-19 vaccines? Yes, that's true, but they are not in "stark contrast" to the rest of the world. The addition of warnings about myocarditis (inflammat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UNICEF, NHS, Others Did NOT Endorse Flyer With False Mask Information
Did UNICEF and several agencies and organizations based in the United Kingdom endorse a graphic that includes misinformation about masks? No, that's not true: Six of the eight agencies and organizations included in the graphic told Lead S
Poynter→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the COVID-19 vaccine is the ‘deadliest vaccine ever made.’ That’s not true.
COVID-19 ushered in the biggest vaccination campaign in history. And a relentless disinformation campaign about vaccines quickly followed. One of the latest controversial statements about the vaccines came from Robert […] The post Robert F. Kenne
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BioNTech CEO Did NOT Refuse To ‘Take The Jab’
Did the CEO of BioNTech, Dr. Ugur Sahin, refuse to "take the jab"? No, that's not true: The post where this claim was made features an outdated video and makes up a safety concern Sahin did not express in public statements nor even in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prime Minister of New Zealand Did NOT Appear On A Billboard Promoting A ‘Christmas Booster’
Did Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, appear on a billboard that includes the phrase, "No Jab, No Job, no refunds"? No, that's not true: Ardern's media staff told us that the billboard was fake. We also found the original
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 60,000 Scientists Do NOT Call For End To Mass Vaccination
Did 60,000 scientists call for an end to mass vaccination? No, that's not true: In an October 2020 document called "The Great Barrington Declaration," three health experts from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford described their plan as "Focused
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Scientists Did NOT Warn Of Weekly Vaccinations For The Omicron Variant
Did Pfizer scientists warn the public that weekly vaccinations would need to begin to provide protection against the Omicron variant? No, that's not true: This claim is in an article from a website that defines itself as a "financial sati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Police Did NOT Detain Elderly Woman For Not Showing Her Vaccine Passport — She Refused To Show Her ID While Protesting
Did police in Germany detain an elderly woman because she could not present proof of vaccination? No, that's not true: Local police confirmed that an 80-year-old woman was detained in Göppingen, Germany on December 6, 2021, but not for t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vermont COVID Rate NOT Worst In U.S.
Does Vermont, with its nation-leading vaccination rate, also have the highest rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents? No, that's not true: Vermont ranks first in vaccination rates and 49th in rate of COVID cases. The claim has circu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pilot Deaths Are NOT ‘Up 1700% After Vax Mandates’
Are pilot deaths up 1,700% after vax mandates? No, that's not true: The erroneous claim is based on an "In Memoriam" list that was published in the Air Line Pilots Association magazine that shows that more pilots died in 2021 than in 2020
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccine related deaths in Taiwan are higher than those due to the virus.
The reports data doesn't include deaths explicitly due to vaccines. Autopsies confirmed that most people died due to preexisting conditions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Indigenous Elder Being Forced Into Van For Violation of Australia’s COVID-19 Vax Policies
Does a video posted online show an indigenous elder being forced into a van by law enforcement for violating Australia's COVID-19 vaccination policies? No, that's not true: The video shows an individual who was arrested during a gathering
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna Patent Does NOT Uncover ‘Nanocensor’ Contained In Its Vaccines
Does a Moderna patent reveal a nanosensor is contained in its COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: COVID vaccines contain no nanosensors. Patents for the mRNA vaccine and an ingredients list from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Variant of COVID-19 Is NOT ‘cov-AIDS’ And Does Not Contain HIV or AIDS
Does the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 contain HIV or AIDS? No, that's not true: Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of medicine in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, and Benjamin Neuman, a professor of biology and chief virol
Health Feedback→ No, a fence in a shopping mall wasn’t used to segregate vaccinated and unvaccinated people; photo was taken in Romania, not Germany
REVIEW A Facebook post published by the political activist group Young Americans for Liberty claimed that a photo showed a fence being used to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated shoppers in Germany. That post received more than 4,600 engagements f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Merriam-Webster Did NOT Change Definition Of ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ To Include Section About Mandates — It Was Already There
Did Merriam-Webster change the definition of "anti-vaxxer" during the COVID-19 pandemic to include a section about opposing vaccine mandates? No, that's not true: The section discussing opposition to vaccine mandates has been included in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show A German Mall Fencing Off The Unvaccinated — Latvian Mall Fences Outlets By ‘Epidemiological Conditions’
Does a Facebook post show a German shopping mall separating vaccinated shoppers from the unvaccinated ones, using a temporary barrier that looks like a fence? No, that's not true: The mall is not in Germany but Riga, the capital of Latvia