Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) change a COVID-19 risk assessment map ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, 2022, to make it look better for the administration? No, that's not true:
Search Results (7433) for: covid-19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Document Does NOT List Thousands Of Side Effects From COVID Vaccine — It’s Required List Of Potential Side Effects
Does a Pfizer document list thousands of side effects from its COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The nine pages of potential side effects are part of a government-required adverse event (AE) report prepared by the pharmaceutical comp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: High Vaccination Rate Explains Why 9 In 10 English COVID Deaths Are Among Fully Vaccinated — Numbers Are Only Part Of The Full Story
Do fully vaccinated people account for nine in every 10 COVID-19 deaths in England? Yes, it's slightly exaggerated but true: However, simple ratio analysis based on that statistic doesn't fully tell the story. The report that these figure
PolitiFact→ David Willis – NC lawmaker misleads about Union County COVID cases, criticism
There are now zero students, staff or anyone “related to the school system” in Union County” hospitalized with COVID-19, despite harsh criticism of school COVID policy.
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misrepresent U.S.-Ukraine Threat Reduction Program
Quick Take The U.S. Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program has provided technical support to improve and protect Ukraine’s public health laboratories. Social media posts, however, falsely claim the program created ̶
AllSides→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/mar/02/fact-checking-joe-bidens-2022-state-union-address/ Presi
Health Feedback→ Short identical gene sequence in SARS-CoV-2 and a gene sequence patented by Moderna can be found in other organisms; not evidence that virus was engineered
REVIEW Claims that the virus responsible for COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, was engineered in a lab went viral again in February 2022, after a Daily Mail article reported the findings of a study published in the journal Frontiers of Virology on 22 February 2
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union Address
Summary In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, before turning to his accomplishments and agenda for the coming year. Some of his statements didn’t square with the facts. Biden
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Kari Lake’s Speech at CPAC
Moments before Donald Trump took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday night, Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake addressed the audience and delivered one of the most dishonest speeches of the entire eve
Snopes→ New Orleans Hosts Its 1st Full-Dress Mardi Gras Since 2020
People are out to party as New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020 dawns, with a day of back-to-back parades through the city and masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces.
Full Fact→ Collection of heart attack articles includes one fake
A post being shared on Facebook includes a number of screenshots of articles about what can cause heart attacks “in 2022”. One of these is a completely fake news story and one is from over a decade ago. We have checked several examples of m
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s CPAC Speech
Former President Donald Trump’s keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference included several false and misleading claims, some of which we’ve fact-checked before. Here we focus on assertions about foreign policy and energ
AllSides→ More than 100 Protesters Arrested in Ottawa, Despite Claims in Facebook Video
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/more-than-100-protesters-arrested-in-ottawa-despite-claims-in-facebook-video/
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC
(Photograph by Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images.)The agenda for the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference was diverse, with events like “Breaking China’s Power: No more ‘10% for the Big Guy’” to “
FactCheck.org→ More than 100 Protesters Arrested in Ottawa, Despite Claims in Facebook Video
Quick Take More than 100 people were arrested during the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa. But a video on social media falsely claimed protesters were released “in the middle of nowhere” because the arrests were “illegal.” An
Health Feedback→ CDC’s updated developmental milestone checklists don’t mean that standards for children’s development are lowered; they signal a change in the surveillance strategy
REVIEW On 8 February 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its checklist for developmental milestones for children up to five years old. These milestones are specific physical and behavioral skills that infants and
FactCheck.org→ Rick Scott Proposed ‘All Americans’ Should Pay Income Tax, Then Denied That He Did
A multipart policy plan released by Sen. Rick Scott on Feb. 22 says “all Americans” should have to pay “income tax,” while saying that “over half of Americans” currently do not. But in an interview later that day, af
Poynter→ CNN didn’t report that Queen Elizabeth II died
Buckingham Palace announced on Feb. 20 that Queen Elizabeth II had tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing cold-like symptoms that were mild enough that she planned to continue “light […] The post CNN didn’t report that Queen El
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Mexico National Guard Did NOT ‘Terrorize’ Schoolchildren
Did the New Mexico National Guard "terrorize" schoolchildren? No, that's not true: An official representative of the Estancia School District told Lead Stories, "this event never happened." A New Mexico National Guardsman tells Lead Stori
Snopes→ Trudeau Revokes Emergency Powers After Canada Blockades End
Canada's prime minister announced Wednesday he is removing emergency powers police can use after authorities ended the blockades at the borders and the occupation in Ottawa by truckers and others opposed to COVID-19 restrictions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: More People ARE Dying In Their Prime Of Life, But Q3 2019 Comparisons Mislead; Also, COVID Causes Rise
Did the death rate of working-age Americans rise 40 percent from the summer of 2019 to the summer of 2021? Yes, there has been a sharp rise. Is the COVID-19 pandemic not the cause? There is no basis to blame it on anything other than the
FactCheck.org→ Queen Elizabeth II Carries On with Official Duties, Contrary to Unsubstantiated Report of Her Death
Quick Take Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace announced on Feb. 20. But posts on social media spread unsubstantiated claims that the 95-year-old had died. The palace said the queen was experiencing “mild cold-
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fact-checking more misinformation about Luc Montagnier after his death
Luc Montagnier's death is linked to his "exposing" that there's HIV in the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hollywood Unlocked Scoop Reporting Queen’s Death Is NOT Verified Or Plausible
Did Queen Elizabeth pass away as reported by Hollywood Unlocked? No, that's not true: This is a baseless claim from one American entertainment blog that was published two days after Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II had
Full Fact→ Estimating vaccine effectiveness by comparing case rates is seriously flawed
A Facebook post claims that “raw data from a recent Vaccine Surveillance report from the UKHSA shows a sharp drop in vaccine effectiveness against infection in most age groups.” It doesn’t. There are various reasons why this data shou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health Scotland Did NOT Stop Publishing Weekly COVID Data Because ‘Fully Vaccinated Are Developing AIDS’
Did Public Health Scotland (PHS) stop publishing weekly COVID-19 data to hide that fully vaccinated people are developing AIDS? No, that's not true: The agency said it's because of an "increasing risk of misinterpretation." COVID skeptics
Truth or Fiction?→ Normandale Park Mass Shooting
After a February 19 2022 shooting in Portland’s Normandale Park, disinformation spread rapidly on social media — including claims that the alleged shooter was an “armed homeowner” facing off against “armed protesters.̶
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Do the COVID Vaccines Contain HIV?
(Photograph by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images.)Several Facebook posts claim that the COVID-19 vaccine contains HIV. One post claims that “the vaccine has HIV as an ingredient.” Another Facebook post reads: “When 70% of Americans f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: News Report Accidentally Used Wrong Clip Featuring Incorrect Medication — Queen Is NOT Being Treated With Ivermectin
Did a news report accidentally reveal that doctors are giving a "banned" COVID-19 treatment to Queen Elizabeth? No, that's not true: Due to an editing error, the Australian program "A Current Affair" featured a clip showing a bottle of St
Full Fact→ News clip doesn’t prove Queen is being treated with ivermectin
A number of posts on Facebook claim that Queen Elizabeth II is being treated for Covid-19 with ivermectin, based on an error in a news report released by an Australian news broadcaster. A video, which features a doctor describing treatment option
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Freedom Convoy’ Ran on Regurgitated Disinformation Narratives
There was nothing original about the “convoy” that disrupted the Canadian capitol of Ottawa in early 2022. The occupation dovetailed almost entirely with other right-wing demonstrations, starting with the use of Facebook as both an organiza
PolitiFact→ Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts
Eleven charts show the impact and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years in.
Full Fact→ Tackle government and internet company ‘censorship-by-proxy’ in Online Safety Bill
Our new report, out today, warns of government ‘censorship-by-proxy’ tactics through internet companies during the pandemic. Government press releases, ministerial comments, and media briefings show regular collaboration with internet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Not To Blame For Blood Clot Risk
Are COVID-19 vaccines to blame for "urgent warnings" about blood clots from Pfizer and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? No, that's not true: Both the CDC and Pfizer have promoted such campaigns since 2015. Blood clots
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Did NOT Arrest Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Did the U.S. Marine Corps arrest Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after a three-month investigation that found she received money for being in favor of masking, vaccination mandates and fabricating statements to increase the fear of
Full Fact→ Test and Trace money wasn’t just spent on an app
A video posted on Facebook by an account with almost 180,000 followers claims that NHS Test and Trace was set up with a budget of £22 billion, and was then allocated an additional £15 billion, spending a total of £37 billion. Then it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine-Related Myocarditis Is NOT Harsher Than COVID Infection-Related Myocarditis
Does this article provide a correct comparison between the severity of myocarditis cases caused by COVID vaccines and those resulting from COVID-19 illness? No, that's not true: It gets the comparison backward. Myocarditis experts say cas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Anthony Fauci NOT Charged With Murder By A ‘Grand Jury’ About Alleged COVID Crimes
Did a grand jury charge Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, with murder? No, that's not true: No legally recognized grand jury has been convened to indict Fauci on any charges. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Does NOT Discriminate Against Phoneless With Proof-Of-Vaccination QR Code System
Does Canada discriminate against the phoneless by requiring proof of vaccinations with a printed QR code? No, that's not true: Paper copies of the proof of vaccination QR code are acceptable; they do not have to be on a phone to show proo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Did NOT Cause Fainting Spell For German TV Reporter Clara Pfeffer
Was the on-air spell suffered by German reporter Clara Pfeffer caused by the COVID-19 vaccine, as some social media posts suggest? No, that's not true: Pfeffer became disoriented during a live broadcast of the RTL News morning show, "ntv-