A picture has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines are sold on Shopee, a popular e-shopping platform, in Malaysia. The claim is false; Shopee says the photo is “fake” and Covid-19
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Medbeds’ Exist Or That They’ll Be Available Soon
Do "medbeds" exist? Will they be available soon? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence such devices are real. The claim is situated within the broader QAnon conspiracy theory that believes the world is controlled by
Health Feedback→ No aborted fetal tissue or cells in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
REVIEW On 27 February 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a third COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The vaccine was developed by Janssen, a pharmaceutical company from the Johnson & Johnson group, and has two advantages over the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Coffee with Cotton Candy’ Facebook Post
A March 9 2021 Facebook meme purportedly shows a fanciful coffee with a cotton candy cloud perched above it — arranged so that the heat from the hot drink created cotton candy “rain”: Words on the image read: This coffee is served wit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Did NOT Cause the Price of Gasoline to Increase
Did President Biden cause the early 2021 increase in the price of gasoline? No, that's not true: petroleum industry analysts agree that prices nearly doubled in less than a year for several reasons not under the control of any president:
Full Fact→ The infectious diseases in an ONS graph are not the ones you might expect
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a graph on 15 March 2021, which claimed to show deaths due to “infectious and parasitic diseases” in England and Wales from 1901 to 2020, along with the deaths due to Covid-19 in 2020. 
Snopes→ IRS Will Delay Tax Filing Due Date Until May 17
Americans will be getting extra time to prepare their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service says it’s delaying the traditional tax filing deadline from April 15 until May 17.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mass Vaccination Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic Does NOT Create An ‘Irrepressible Monster’
Does mass vaccination amid the COVID-19 pandemic create an "irrepressible monster" of disease? No, that's not true: Vaccines represent one of our best hopes of stopping the spread of the virus and its variants, according to medical expert
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Joe Biden Talking To Press on W.H. Lawn Does NOT Reveal A ‘Green Screen Fail’
Does this video show a "green screen fail" that proves Joe Biden was deceptively edited into video of a quick exchange with reporters at the White House? No, that's not true. The 46th president was live and in person at the presidential h
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Misrepresents FDA Document About Monitoring Vaccine Safety
Quick Take A Food and Drug Administration presentation on monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines listed possible adverse events the agency might track. But an Instagram post misrepresents the document, falsely claiming it shows the vaccines are kno
AFP Fact Check→ Boxing great Hagler’s death not linked to Covid-19 vaccine
Social media posts claim middleweight boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s death was linked to a Covid-19 vaccination. But Hagler’s wife denied vaccine involvement, his official website says he died of natural causes, and the state medical exami
FactCheck.org→ Hagler’s Widow Refutes Rumors About How He Died
Quick Take Hall of Fame boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler “died on March 13 of natural causes,” according to a statement posted on his official website. In a Facebook post, his widow, Kay Hagler, wrote that his death was not the result
Full Fact→ 17 countries haven’t ‘banned’ the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
The data in this piece is correct as of the time of writing, on 17 March 2021. A post on Facebook has claimed that 17 countries have “banned” the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and the UK hasn’t. The post previously claimed that 12 count
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel’s Vaccination Data Do NOT Reveal A ‘Frightening’ Death Rate
Does Israel's vaccination data reveal a "frightening" death rate for elderly patients injected with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: This "new holocaust" conspiracy theory is contradicted by peer-reviewed medical studies and
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading social media posts circulate claiming a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Jakarta is open to all
A claim circulating on Facebook says that a Covid-19 vaccination centre in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta is open to everyone with an Indonesian ID card. The claim is false: the programme is only open for the elderly and employees of state-run c
Truth or Fiction?→ PragerU ‘Racism = Bad’ Graphic
On March 13 2021, the Facebook page Comrade Britney shared the following Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) tweet from one day prior, depicting a purported PragerU graphic describing “leftist logic” as “racism = bad”: HmmR
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’
Are COVID-19 vaccines "weapons of mass destruction"? No, that's not true: There's no public evidence the vaccines put the future of mankind at risk. To the contrary, medical authorities widely agree the vaccines represent one of our best
Snopes→ Is Chinese Furniture Maker Selling a Trump Buddha Statue?
The description of the alleged product says, "Make your company great again!"
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Banks Collected More than $30 BILLION in Overdraft Fees in 2020’
On March 11 2021, the Facebook page “Memes to Radicalize Your Friends” shared an undated screenshot of a tweet by @katmauvearts, which contained the claim that banks collected had collected a total of $30 billion in overdraft fees from Amer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tiny Mummified Remains From Atacama Desert Are NOT Alien Mystery — She Was A Human Baby Girl
Are mysterious remains discovered in the Atacama Desert in Chile proof of a tiny alien life form? No, that's not true: In 2003, a 6-inch-long mummified body was found in La Noria, an abandoned mining town in the Atacama Desert. Scientists
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kids Do NOT Have To Have The Same Father To Receive The $1,400 Stimulus Check
Do kids have to have the same father to receive the $1,400 stimulus check? No, that's not true: Nothing in the 628-page legislation, known as the American Rescue Plan, specifies that. Some users on social media apparently took the claim a
Snopes→ Michelle Obama Hooked on Knitting, Thinking About Retirement
The former first lady says that she picked up knitting needles to pass time during the coronavirus pandemic.
Full Fact→ Clearing up the NHS pay debate
“Last year, Tory MPs promised, budgeted and voted into law a 2.1% pay rise for NHS staff.” Jonathan Ashworth MP, 7 March 2021. “[Keir Starmer] voted against the document in question [which pledged a 2.1% pay rise for NHS staff].&rdq
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows South Korea’s governor taking part in a Covid-19 vaccination simulation exercise
A photo has been shared on multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and Naver blog alongside a claim that Kim Kyoung-soo, the governor of South Korea’s South Gyeongsang province, received a Covid-19 vaccine shot on his jacket. The claim is misleading: t
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Video Pushes Known Vaccine Misrepresentations
Quick Take A video stoking fears of the COVID-19 vaccines in the Black community is being promoted online. But the film repeats misrepresentations about vaccines, generally, and exploits historical cases of unethical medical conduct to suggest without
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Proves No Conspiracies — Trump Is NOT ‘Real President,’ Biden DOES Fly On Air Force One, Hydroxychloroquine Does NOT ‘Fix’ COVID-19
Is Donald Trump the "real" president, does Joe Biden not fly on Air Force One, does hydroxychloroquine "fix" COVID-19 and do masks not stop the spread of coronavirus? No, that's not true: Biden won the election and became President of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Does NOT Give House Members A $25 Million Bonus
Did the COVID-19 stimulus bill give members of the U.S. House of Representatives a $25 million bonus? No, that's not true: The $1.9 trillion bill, known as the American Rescue Plan, does not give bonuses or raises to House members. The cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PepsiCo Did NOT Give $100 Million To Black Lives Matter
Did PepsiCo give $100 million to BLM? No, that's not true: False rumors that circulated in summer 2020 and were debunked at that time resurfaced in March 2021. In summer 2020 several large corporations pledged large sums of money to racia
Full Fact→ Has the NHS had its budget reduced by £30 billion?
“The Chancellor buried a £30 billion cut to day to day spending in the Department of Health and Social Care” The Labour Party, 4 March 2021. The Labour Party says that the government’s recent budget contained “a £30
Full Fact→ NHS Test and Trace has not spent £37bn so far
A screenshot from Twitter, on the costs of NHS Test and Trace, has been widely shared on Facebook. But the calculations in the post use inaccurate figures. The post says: “Something doesn't add up. There have been 93M tests to date. £37Bn e
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Barrasso’s Claims About Stimulus Check Recipients
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming defended his vote against the American Rescue Plan Act, in part, by claiming that the legislation would provide $1,400 stimulus checks to prisoners and “illegal immigrants” who shouldn’t receive them. But, l
Snopes→ Report: Cuomo Groped Female Aide in Governor’s Residence
An aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he groped her in the governor’s residence, in the most serious allegation made yet by a series of women against the embattled Democrat.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Navy SEALs Did NOT Arrest Hillary Clinton
Did U.S. Navy SEALs arrest Hillary Clinton? No, that's not true: Clinton was not arrested under a secret order former President Donald Trump gave to the Navy. "The story is fabricated and not factual," Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, assistant ch
FactCheck.org→ Capitol Protesters Were Armed With Variety of Weapons
Quick Take Conservative social media posts misleadingly claim the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was not an “armed” insurrection, citing FBI testimony that no guns were seized from suspects that day. But 23 people have been charged wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Crow Is NOT The Only Bird That Dares To Peck An Eagle
Is the crow the only bird who dares to peck an eagle, and does the eagle rid itself of a pesky crow by flying to an altitude lacking in oxygen? No, that's not true: Many bird species, including crows, engage in mobbing behavior against bi
Full Fact→ What happens when pupils test positive for Covid-19?
“The really important thing here is to make sure we can keep schools open and minimise the risk of having Covid in the classrooms, and that is why if people have had the test that shows that they have got Covid through the lateral flow test, we
Full Fact→ Misleading claims about Serco’s role in Test and Trace resurface
“...if £37 billion can be found to pay Serco for a failed track and trace system, the money must be available to pay NHS staff properly.” Jeremy Corbyn MP, 8 March 2021. Since its launch in May 2020, the NHS Test and Trace scheme has
Full Fact→ Side effects from the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines are about the same
An article on the Express website gives a very unclear account of the most common side effects from the two Covid-19 vaccines currently being used in the UK. In the process, the article wrongly implies that side effects with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vacc
Truth or Fiction?→ Has Disney Canceled ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Peter Pan,’ and ‘The Aristocats?’
On March 9 2021, disinformation purveyor Sean Hannity tweeted at least twice to complain Disney had “canceled” the childrens’ films Dumbo, Peter Pan, and The Aristocats: THE PURGE! Disney Pulls Dumbo, Peter Pan, The Aristocats, Swi
The Dispatch→ Is the Effort to Recall Gavin Newsom About ‘Telling People to Wear Masks’?
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