Did the head of the EU Commission call for throwing out the Nuremberg Code? No, that's not true: Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission (EC), said at a December 1, 2021, news conference that it is time to consider
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Austrian Protests Against ‘Health Dictatorship’ Are NOT Accurately Represented With Captions And Photos In Online Posts
Does this collection of images and this caption accurately portray protests against Austrian COVID-19 mandates between November and December of 2021, in the capital of Vienna? No, that's not true: Online reverse image searches reveal that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: River City California Dogs Do NOT Need To Wear Masks — Joke Post From Satire Page
Did the mayor of River City, California, make a proclamation that all dogs must wear face masks to protect them from getting sick or else their owners will be cited by police and fined? No, that's not true: The River City, California, Pol
Poynter→ Is it time to change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ to include boosters?
As more indoor venues require proof of vaccination for entrance and with winter — as well as omicron, a new COVID-19 variant — looming, scientists and public health officials are debating […] The post Is it time to change the definition of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Under-Report Deaths In Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine — Numbers Change As New Data Accumulate
Did Pfizer under-report the number of deaths in the 40,000-person clinical trial of the company's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The claim ignores the fact that, over the course of an ongoing clinical trial for a new vaccine, numb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Travel Restrictions For Unvaccinated Did NOT Make It Impossible For Omicron Variant To Enter Australia
Did travel restrictions for unvaccinated individuals in Australia make it impossible for the omicron variant to enter the country? No, that's not true: Unvaccinated individuals can enter the country by following the guidelines of the stat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Name For Omicron Variant Was NOT Devised To Produce Eye of Providence Symbol
Was the B.1.1.529 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus named "Omicron" so that a glyph in the shape of an eye could be combined with the Greek letter Delta to reveal a secret Illuminati symbol? No, that's not true: Among other reasons, the Gre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In Scotland, Fully Vaccinated ARE Nearly 9 In Every 10 COVID-19 Deaths — But Simple Numbers Can Mislead
Do fully vaccinated people account for nine in every 10 COVID-19 deaths in Scotland? Yes, that's a bit exaggerated yet true: But simple ratio analysis based on that statistic doesn't tell the story fully. The figures are found in the COVI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blood Clots And Heart Issues ARE Caused By Cold Weather And Stress
Is it false to blame blood clots and heart issues on cold weather and stress? No, that's not true: Heart issues can be caused by both cold weather and stress as reputable doctors and heart organizations have stated. The implication in a s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vice President Kamala Harris Did NOT Call Unvaccinated Americans ‘Dirty Trump People’
Did Vice President Kamala Harris call unvaccinated Americans "dirty Trump people" on a phone call with members of the Biden-Harris administration? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Harris ever said this. Such a story, if leak
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New COVID Restrictions in Germany Do NOT Ban People With Disabilities From Society
Poynter→ COVID-19 vaccines are not gene therapy and a Forbes article doesn’t say they are
After an opinion column was published by Forbes, glee emanated from people who believed it to prove an often-disproven claim: that COVID-19 vaccines are actually gene therapy. “Pretty sure I […] The post COVID-19 vaccines are not gene thera
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Razorlike Graphene Nanoparticles That Are Killing Vaccinated Athletes
Are COVID-19 vaccines full of razorlike graphene nanoparticles that are killing athletes and others? No, that's not true: No ingredient lists for the vaccines include graphene and no credible independent lab has produced evidence graphene
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Document Does NOT Say Thousands Were Killed By COVID-19 Shot In First Month
Does a Pfizer document show thousands of people around the world died from the company's COVID-19 vaccine the first month it was available? No, that's not true: The analysis of adverse event (AE) reports prepared by the pharmaceutical com
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fully Vaccinated People Do NOT Make Up 40% Of COVID-19 Deaths In Maryland
Were more than 40% of the people who died from COVID-19 in Maryland "over the last 6 to 8 weeks" fully vaccinated? No, that's not true: When the claim was made on October 18, 2021, the real number of deaths from COVID of fully vaccinated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Forbes Article Did NOT Say COVID-19 Vaccines Directly Modify DNA — Previous Title Of The Article Was Misinterpreted
Did an article published by Forbes support the idea that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines directly modify DNA? Not exactly: Although the headline "Yes, The Vaccine Changes Your DNA. A Tiny Bit. That's A Good Thing," was posted on the website, the t
Health Feedback→ Misleading claims linking the spread of Omicron variant to vaccinated people rely on partial data and are unsubstantiated
REVIEW On 22 November 2021, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa identified a new SARS-CoV-2 variant called B.1.1.529. This variant presented an unusually high number of mutations, including 32 mutations in the spike protein. Some o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Study Does NOT Show That Higher Vaccination Rate Results In Higher Excess Mortality
Does a new study from Germany show that a higher COVID-19 vaccination rate results in higher death rates? No, that's not true: A German politician had presented a paper in a state parliamentary debate on November 17, 2021, that allegedly
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Astroworld Deaths NOT Caused By ‘Graphene Oxide’ In COVID-19 Vaccines That Caused ‘Razor Blades’ Blood
Were the Astroworld Travis Scott concert deaths caused by "a crowd with razor blades in their blood" and graphene oxide? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence supporting the claim that there is graphene oxide in any of the CO
Health Feedback→ Inaccurate clickbait headline in Forbes article used to promote the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines change our DNA
REVIEW On 29 November 2021, Forbes published an article written by Steven Salzburg, a professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, bearing the headline “Yes, The Vaccine Changes Your DNA. A Tiny Bit. That’s A Good Thing”. T
Poynter→ Many news outlets, not just Reuters, reported on the mild symptoms of omicron infections in South Africa
Amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant, a claim is being shared on social media that news outlets are failing to report that, in fact, a doctor who discovered […] The post Many news outlets, not just Reuters, reported on the mild sy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Symptoms Of The Omicron Variant Used To Cover Up Effects of COVID Vaccines
Are symptoms of the omicron variant being used to cover up effects of COVID-19 vaccines? No, there is no evidence that there is a cover-up of COVID vaccine adverse effects via symptoms of the new omicron variant. An article making that cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Endorse Ivermectin As COVID-19 Treatment — Cases Plummeted For Another Reason
Did Japan endorse the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, sending cases plummeting in late August 2021? No, that's not true: While Haruo Ozaki, the chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association, said at an August 13, 2021, press co
Health Feedback→ Pathogens can evolve to be more virulent over time, contrary to nutritionist’s claim
REVIEW On 28 November 2021, nutritionist Mike Mutzel claimed in a Facebook post that “pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time”, citing “the law of declining virulence”. This claim was also made by others in the past, as
Poynter→ The omicron variant’s name comes from the Greek alphabet and is not evidence of a COVID-19 hoax
On Nov. 26, the World Health Organization classified a new coronavirus variant as a variant of concern. It’s called omicron, following a decision that the WHO announced in May to […] The post The omicron variant’s name comes from the Greek al
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates NOT Charged With Murder In India For COVID-19 Vaccine Death — It’s A Lawsuit Filed By A Private Citizen
Is Bill Gates charged with murder in India's High Court for an alleged COVID-19-vaccine-caused death? No, that's not true: A $134 million lawsuit has been filed against Gates and others in India but it was done so by a private citizen who
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Clinic Director Did NOT Release A Video Before He Killed Himself — Video Shows Another Man
Did the head of a German hospital who killed himself release a video before his death, calling COVID vaccines a genocide and saying he could no longer live with the lies? No, that's not true. Instead of showing Dr. Thomas Jendges, the now
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Confirmation Of Rumors About Death Of German Chemist Dr. Andreas Noack
Was a German video blogger and chemist murdered for exposing the truth about graphene oxide in vaccines? There is little information available on Dr. Andreas Noack's death other than two videos his life partner posted to Telegram. Stateme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Unmask Fauci Plot — Public Health Officials Are Paid To Predict Outbreaks, Develop New Technology
Does this video unmask new-in-November-2021 evidence that Dr. Anthony Fauci helped mastermind the COVID-19 pandemic to bring humankind under government control? No, that's not true: The October, 2019 C-SPAN video has been the subject of c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gibraltar NOT Planning 2021 Holiday Lockdown Despite High COVID-19 Vax Rate — Government Events Canceled
Is Gibraltar, a British overseas territory, undergoing a lockdown during the 2021 holiday season despite having a 100% COVID-19 vaccination rate? Not exactly: Although Gibraltar -- which has vaccinated most of its adult population and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Is NOT A Verified Accurate Account Of 108 Deaths Of FIFA Players And Coaches In Six Months Of 2021
Did 108 FIFA-registered players and coaches die in six months of 2021, as stated in a viral tweet? No, this claim is unsubstantiated. The number cited in the post, 108, seems to have originated from a source making a different claim that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Lancet Did NOT Say ‘Stigmatising The Unvaccinated Is Unjustified’ — It’s An Opinion Letter From A Reader
Did one of the world's leading medical journals declare that stigmatizing the unvaccinated is "unjustified" and that government public health officials are bullying by "suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In UK, Fully Vaccinated ARE 4 In Every 5 COVID-19 Deaths — But Simple Ratio Can Mislead If Other Variables Ignored
Do fully vaccinated people account for four in every five recent COVID-19 deaths in the UK? Yes, that's true: But simple ratio analysis based on that statistic doesn't tell the story fully. The figures are found in the COVID-19 vaccine su
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Photo Does NOT Show Anti-Vax Protest In Austria — It’s 30-Year-Old Picture Of Political Protest In The Soviet Union
Does a viral photo featuring a large mass of people gathered in a city square show an anti-COVID-19 vaccination protest in Austria? No, that's not true: The image, taken in 1991, actually shows Russians gathered to protest the leadership
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aboriginal Population Is NOT Being Forcibly Vaccinated Against COVID-19 In Australia’s Northern Territory
Is the Aboriginal population in Australia's Northern Territory being forcibly vaccinated against COVID-19? No, that's not true: Experts told Lead Stories that COVID-19 vaccination in Aboriginal populations is not compulsory. The claim app
Poynter→ Anthony Fauci did not ‘admit’ that COVID-19 vaccines aren’t working
On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to all adults. The plan to offer a third dose of the […] The post Anthony Fauci did not ‘adm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Ingredients Are NOT Kept From Doctors, While Chefs Know All Cupcake Contents As Allergy Precaution
Is it true that vaccine ingredients are kept from doctors, while chefs must know cupcake contents in order to protect diners from allergic reactions? No, that's not true: Doctors, pharmacists and anyone with access to the internet can loo
Health Feedback→ Natural News, others jump to conclusions unsupported by the study they cite to claim COVID-19 vaccines destroy the immune system and cause cancer
REVIEW On 5 November 2021, Natural News published a post in which they claimed a recent scientific study showed that the spike protein in the COVID-19 vaccines accumulated in the nucleus of cells and destroyed “DNA repair pathways, paving the wa
Health Feedback→ Claim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”
REVIEW On 1 November 2021, political economist Toby Rogers published an article on Substack claiming that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine would kill more children than it would save. Rogers arrived at this claim based on his calculation of a me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Vernon Coleman Gives NO Medical Proof The COVID-19 Jab Is Murder, Relies On Discredited Research Report
Does Dr. Vernon Coleman share medical proof that the COVID-19 jab is murder? No, that's not true: A headline makes the claim he has medical proof the COVID vaccine is "murder," but Coleman never uses the word murder in his video about the