REVIEW On 10 June 2022, pop singer Justin Bieber published an Instagram video announcing that he had been diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called Ramsay Hunt syndrome. In the video, Bieber explained that the condition was caused by “th
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justin Bieber Did NOT Say That COVID-19 Vaccine Ruined His Life
Did singer Justin Bieber say that the COVID-19 vaccine ruined his life? No, that's not true: A Daily Mail article that describes Bieber's bout with facial paralysis due to Ramsay Hunt syndrome doesn't mention any of Bieber's thoughts on C
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence shows that mask-wearing is effective at limiting community transmission; claims that face masks increase mortality are based on flawed correlation studies
REVIEW Mask mandates in public spaces have been a common feature in most countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, as countries sought to limit the spread of the virus. But the proliferation of mask mandates was equally met with growing resistance pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Students Did NOT ‘Serve Lawsuit’ At Virginia School Board Meeting On February 8, 2022
Does a video show students serving a lawsuit at a Virginia school board meeting? No, that's not true: Although students did present a so-called "affidavit" disputing the Loudoun County Public Schools mask mandate to the Loudoun County Sch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT Causing ‘Young And Fit Women Under 40’ To Die From Blood Clots
Are "young and fit women under 40" dying from blood clots that are caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The screengrab of the article posted is missing the context -- that the article was about a study in Scotland that end
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Vaccine Data Given To FDA Does NOT Show Up To 97% Of Vaccinated Pregnant Women Lost Their Babies
Does data given to the Food and Drug Administration before Pfizer COVID-19 shots were officially approved show up to 97 percent of vaccinated pregnant women lost their babies? No, that's not true: The Pfizer document that was released as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Institutes Of Health Study Does NOT Find Long COVID Isn’t Real
Does a new National Institutes of Health study find that long COVID isn't real? No, that's not true: Nowhere in the study do the authors say long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 infection (PASC), is fake. Lead stud
Poynter→ A video of Pfizer’s CEO was deceptively edited to make a false claim about population reduction
An alarming video provides supposed proof that Pfizer’s leaders are plotting a massive reduction in the world’s population — except that it doesn’t. The video, viewed tens of thousands of […] The post A video of Pfizer’s CEO was dec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Did NOT Say By 2023 ‘We Will Reduce’ The Number Of People By 50%
Did Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla say by 2023 that "we will reduce" the number of people in the world by 50%? No, that's not true: This is a doctored video and Bourla did not say that. The phrase clipped out of this video -- about reducing the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song
Did a rapper named Dr. Creep predict the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19, in a song he created titled "Pandemic"? No, that's not true: The musician outright refuted this claim in a Facebook post near the beginning of the
Health Feedback→ Following COVID-19 vaccination, the spike protein is produced in small quantities in the body without causing harm and is cleared naturally within days
REVIEW The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to human cells and allows the virus to enter. The COVID-19 vaccines were developed to target the spike protein in order to induce immunity against SARS-CoV-2. The most common vaccin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Data DOES Show British Children Up To 303 Times More Likely To Die From COVID After Vaccination Than Unvaccinated Kids — But Sickest Got Shots First
Does data from England show children are up to 303 times more likely to die from COVID-19 following vaccination than unvaccinated children? Yes, that's true, but raw numbers don't tell the full story. "The numbers appear correct, but ...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Monkeypox, Shingles
Do COVID-19 vaccines cause monkeypox and shingles? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that either disease is caused by the shot for COVID. Both monkeypox and shingles are caused by specific viruses, neither of which are included in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Publish Data That ‘Suggests’ People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Get Sicker, Develop Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease
Did the Canadian government publish data suggesting those triple-vaccinated against COVID-19 develop vaccine-associated enhanced disease (VAED) or antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and have higher COVID case rates than others? No, that
Health Feedback→ Event 201 isn’t evidence that authorities knew or planned the COVID-19 pandemic
REVIEW Health Feedback and other outlets debunked the recurring claim that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned or expected on multiple occasions. Still, this didn’t stop Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent opponent of vaccination who has been banned
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News And Candace Owens Did NOT Tweet About ‘Ivermectin’s Hidden Cost’ — Screenshot Is Fake
Did conservative commentator Candace Owens quote a tweet made by Fox News about ivermectin's hidden cost -- that many are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence? No, that's not true: Both of the tweets shown in the screenshot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine WAS Available When Biden Took Office
When President Joe Biden took office, was there no COVID-19 vaccine available? No, that's not true: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine both received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use autho
Health Feedback→ The benefits of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and other complications outweigh the risk of myocarditis, which is higher after COVID-19 itself
REVIEW On 10 May 2022, comedian Theo Von posted on Facebook a four-minute video clip of an interview between him and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The clip was an excerpt of a 45-minute interview for Von’s podcast This Past Weekend, which was first publis
Snopes→ FDA Clears COVID Booster Shot for Healthy Kids Ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Find Pesticides In Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
Did the U.S. military find pesticides in Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials? No, that's not true: Not only are there no pesticides on the ingredients list for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, but the Department of Defense press office issued a sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The World Health Organization Will NOT Have Authority To Lock Down All of America
Will the World Health Organization (WHO) have the authority to lock down all of America? No, that's not true: The claim, made by former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, spins proposed changes to WHO rules into something much greater than they
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Official Study’ Is NOT Official, Does NOT Conclude That Masks Caused More COVID
Did an official study conclude that masks caused more COVID-19? No, that's not true: This is not an official study by a government or medical organization. It is a study written by an individual, Beny Spira, an associate professor of micr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer CEO, Pfizer VP Have NOT Been Arrested
Did the CEO of Pfizer get arrested? Was the vice president of Pfizer detained by federal agents recently? No, neither of these claims are true: A spokesperson from Pfizer told Lead Stories that these claims are false. Vancouver Times, whi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Show COVID Vaccine Claim Of 95% Efficacy Is ‘Completely False,’ Do NOT Show Harm To Fetuses
Do Pfizer documents prove the COVID-19 vaccine claim of 95% efficacy is "completely false"? No, that's not true. It's also not true that the vaccine hurts fetuses: While the 95% efficacy claim cited in memes on social media is a small exa
Health Feedback→ Multiple studies show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause pregnancy or fertility problems, despite widespread claims on social media
REVIEW On 27 April 2022, The Epoch Times published an article in which gynecologist James Thorp and former Pfizer scientific advisor Michael Yeadon associated COVID-19 vaccines with poorer pregnancy outcomes and fertility problems. The article recei
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Screenshot Of Ship-Tracking Map Does NOT Prove All Ships Shown Along Chinese Coast Are ‘Waiting To Dock’
Does a screenshot of a ship-tracking map prove that all the ships shown along the Chinese coast were "waiting to dock" because of China's COVID-19 strategy? No, that's not true: The screenshot provided no context for the claim, and it sho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of ‘Increased Emergency Cardiovascular Events’ In Israel’s Under-40s With Vaccine Rollout, 3rd COVID Wave
Did Israel's under-40 population experience an increase in "emergency cardiovascular events" during the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the third wave of the virus? No, there's no evidence to support that. While data show an increase in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Study Does NOT Find COVID-19 Vaccination Increases Risk Of Autoimmune Disease Myocarditis By 13,200%
Did a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study find COVID-19 vaccination increases the risk of suffering autoimmune disease myocarditis by 13,200%? No, that's not true: The study never mentions autoimmune myocarditis, which
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Destroy Moderna Vaccine Warehouse
Did the U.S. military destroy a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine warehouse? No, that's not true: The claim was made on the website Real Raw News, which has a history of publishing completely made-up and false stories. "There is no truth here," a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Ingredients NOT Toxic To People In Amounts In Shots — They’re Approved By FDA
Are the ingredients put in vaccines toxic to people? No, that's not true: Before a vaccine is licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommended for use by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it's tested a
Poynter→ A guide to the many omicron subvariants and what to know about them
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can be forgiven if they’ve lost track of the latest variants circulating nationally and around the world. We’ve heard of the alpha, beta, […] The post A guide to the many omicron subvariants
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prince Charles Was NOT ‘Rush Towards Hospital,’ Camilla HAS Improved Since COVID Infection
Was Great Britain's Prince Charles "rush towards hospital" and was his wife, Camilla, not showing any "signs of improvement at all" following her COVID-19 infection? No, that's not true: The royal heir to the throne had not been rushed to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Agency Does NOT Confirm ‘Just 5,115 People’ Have Died Of COVID-19 In England Since Beginning Of Pandemic
Did England's National Health Service confirm that only 5,155 people have died of COVID-19 in England since the beginning of the pandemic? No, that's not true: As of April 28, 2022, the death toll for the pandemic was more than 161,000, a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Keto Diet Does NOT Alleviate ‘The Issue’ With The Spike Protein In COVID-19 Vaccine — There Is No Issue
Does a keto diet alleviate "the issue" with the spike protein in the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The spike protein in the COVID shot is not something to avoid. It's a desirable thing. An infectious disease expert from the Unive
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Suppress Innate Immunity, Increase Risk To Infectious Diseases, Cancer
Do COVID-19 vaccines suppress innate immunity and increase the risk of infectious disease and cancer? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that COVID (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA vaccines are causing these maladies. The data used to make those c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Child Hepatitis Cases NOT Related To J&J Vaccine — It’s NOT Approved For Youths In US Or UK
Are hepatitis cases in children related to the J&J COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The claim that the adenovirus vector in the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is related to youths being diagnosed with hepatitis is not possi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Vaccines Are Killing People Of Color At Twice The Rate Of White People,’ As HHS Head Said On April 14, 2022
Are COVID-19 vaccines "killing people of color at twice the rate of white people," as Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on April 14, 2022? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the vaccines are killing people in g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Defense Department Did NOT Award Contract For ‘COVID-19 Research’ In Ukraine 3 Months Before Virus Was Known
Did the U.S. Department Of Defense award a contract for "COVID-19 Research" in Ukraine three months before the virus was known to exist? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense (DOD) contract that was originally awarded on November
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2009 TV Show NOT Proof COVID-19 Was Planned — It’s Just An Older Conspiracy Theory
Does a 2009 television show prove the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence presented in the nearly three-minute clip from the "Secret Societies" episode of the truTV show "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse V
Poynter→ Radio host Stew Peters’ ‘Watch the Water’ film ridiculously claims COVID-19 is snake venom
A new anti-vaccine documentary ridiculously claims that the coronavirus is not a virus, but a synthetic version of snake venom that evil forces are spreading through remdesivir, the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and […] The post Radio host Stew Peters