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Snopes→ Did a Photo Show iPads Used for Virtual End-of-Life Visits Due to COVID-19?
A viral picture of a roomful of tablets alluded to the widespread emotional devastation caused by COVID-19.
Snopes→ Does Meme Accurately Compare US COVID Relief Funds to Other Countries’?
Comparing apples to oranges is ironically a fruitless method of argument.
Health Feedback→ Cases of Bell’s palsy and death observed during Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine clinical trials were within expected background range of general population
REVIEW Following the publication of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, social media posts and articles went viral on Facebook, claiming that the vaccine was responsible for causing adve
Snopes→ Did Russian Official Recommend No Booze for 42 Days After COVID Vaccination?
The "Sputnik V" vaccine at issue here differs from the vaccines nearing approval in the United States.
Snopes→ Did First COVID-19 Vaccine Recipient Suspiciously Appear in News Report Months Earlier?
A right-wing social media activist saw evidence of conspiracy where there was none in photographs of Margaret Keenan from December 2020.
Snopes→ No, mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not ‘Alter Your DNA’
A viral bit of copypasta purporting to have been authored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr makes a series of erroneous claims about the science underlying two promising vaccines.
Snopes→ US Panel Endorses Widespread Use of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
In a 17-4 vote with one abstention, the government advisers concluded that the vaccine appears safe and effective for emergency use in adults and teenagers 16 and older.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates show high efficacy and a safe profile in clinical trials, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This 7 December 2020 video shows a series of 34 clips from individuals from different countries, claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and unnecessary because the COVID-19 pandemic is not real. First published on YouTube, the platform
Snopes→ One-Day US Deaths Top 3,000, More Than D-Day or 9/11
Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever.
Snopes→ Did 4 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Patients Develop Bell’s Palsy?
The FDA wrote: "The observed frequency of reported Bell’s palsy in the vaccine group is consistent with the expected background rate in the general population."
Health Feedback→ There is no risk of infertility from COVID-19 vaccines, as SARS-CoV-2 proteins and placenta proteins are different
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic motivated unprecedented efforts to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease. Towards the end of 2020, several vaccine candidates reached the approval phase. However, the rollout of these
Snopes→ Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Faces Last Hurdle Before US Decision
The Dec. 10 meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel is likely the last step before a U.S. decision to begin shipping millions of doses of the shot, which has shown strong protection against the coronavirus.
Snopes→ Did 4 of the ‘Deadliest Days in American History’ Occur in December 2020?
A widely shared meme placed the deaths caused by COVID-19 in stark historical context.
Snopes→ Were Old Apartment Radiators Designed To Prevent Spread of the 1918 Pandemic?
Surprising vestiges of the 1918 pandemic are suddenly relevant again.
Snopes→ UK Probing if Allergic Reactions Linked to Pfizer Vaccine
The two adverse reactions occurred on the first day of the United Kingdom's mass vaccination drive.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Louie Gohmert’s Tooth Fall Out During a Press Conference?
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert became instant online fodder (again) on December 8 2020, after a news site posted footage showing one of the Texas lawmaker’s teeth falling out as he spoke. The brief clip from The Recount showed his tooth coming lo
Snopes→ Did Florida Police ‘Raid’ the Home of Fired COVID-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones?
Jones was controversially fired from her job with the Florida Department of Health in May 2020.
Snopes→ Does Glaxo Own the ‘Wuhan Lab’?
As a vaccination for COVID-19 starts to roll out, so does the anti-vax misinformation.
Snopes→ US Regulators Post Positive Review of Pfizer Vaccine Data
If the vaccine is ultimately given the green light, the first recipients would be health care workers and nursing home residents according to plans laid out by each state.
Snopes→ ‘Route Out’ of Pandemic: UK Gives 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, got the shot at 6:31 a.m. on what public health officials have dubbed “V-Day.”
Snopes→ Does an Old Photo Show COVID Vax Creator as an Immigrant in Germany?
Ugur Sahin, who led the team that helped find a vaccine breakthrough, definitely has a remarkable personal story.
Snopes→ Was Coronavirus in US as Early as December 2019?
Just because the virus may have been present earlier than previously believed doesn't mean it was widespread at the time.
Snopes→ Trump Lawyer Giuliani in Hospital After Positive Virus Test
“Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” President Donald Trump tweeted.
Snopes→ Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive for COVID
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had tested positive.
Snopes→ Is Netflix Giving Away Free 1-Year Subscriptions Due to COVID-19?
Phishing scams have proliferated on the internet since the start of the pandemic.
Snopes→ Did Biden Say He Would Take the COVID-19 Vaccine in Public on TV?
Biden and three former presidents indicated they would get publicly vaccinated against the coronavirus disease to boost public confidence in a vaccine.
Snopes→ Inauguration Planners Rethink How to Party in Age of Virus
This Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.
Snopes→ Did ‘Head of Pfizer Research’ Say COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Is Female Sterilization’?
Two doctors who raised the specter of vaccines causing sterilization have both spread pandemic misinformation.
Snopes→ Nevada Doctor’s Selfie Used to Claim COVID-19 is a Hoax
A photo of a hospital’s alternative care site in Reno, Nevada, is being misrepresented on social media to fuel the false narrative that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.
Health Feedback→ Dozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
REVIEW Claims that vitamin or mineral supplements, including zinc, selenium, and vitamins C and D can prevent or cure COVID-19 have circulated since the beginning of the pandemic. In late November 2020, numerous social media posts (examples here an
Health Feedback→ Dozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
REVIEW Claims that vitamin or mineral supplements, including zinc, selenium, and vitamins C and D can prevent or cure COVID-19 have circulated since the beginning of the pandemic. In late November 2020, numerous social media posts (examples here an
Health Feedback→ Dozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
REVIEW Claims that vitamin or mineral supplements, including zinc, selenium, and vitamins C and D can prevent or cure COVID-19 have circulated since the beginning of the pandemic. In late November 2020, numerous social media posts (examples here an
Snopes→ Did 1 in 800 North Dakotans Die from COVID-19 by December 2020?
As shocking as that figure was, it wasn't even the country's highest death rate from the virus in late 2020.
Snopes→ Did the CDC Allege Anyone Entering a Hospital is ID’ed as a COVID-19 Case?
Some rumors about hospital practices during the 2020 pandemic proved almost too wild to be true.
Snopes→ Data Shows Americans Couldn’t Resist Thanksgiving Travel
Airports saw some of their busiest days of the pandemic, though air travel was much lower than last year.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates are rigorously tested for safety during clinical trials, unlike thalidomide; misleading to equate the two
REVIEW The relatively short timeline in which COVID-19 vaccine candidates have reached the advanced stages of clinical trials have led many members of the public to express concerns about their safety. Following the announcement of the U.K.’s appr
Snopes→ Did a Clinical Trial Participant Develop ‘Huge Bleeding Sores’ From a COVID-19 Vaccine?
The claim, which has spread across the anti-vaccine internet zeitgeist without context, stems from a GoFundMe page whose organizer has since walked back her claims.
Snopes→ Facebook to Remove COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Misinformation
The U.S. tech giant is taking action as the first COVID-19 vaccines are set to be rolled out.
Snopes→ Do “Self-Cleaning” Elevator Buttons Really Work?
Without rigorous independent studies, experts say it’s hard to verify claims of “self-cleaning” or “antiviral" surfaces that have popped up during the pandemic.