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FactCheck.org→ Pfizer Documents Show Vaccine Is Highly Effective, Contrary to Social Media Posts
SciCheck Digest The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed a final efficacy of 91% against symptomatic illness in its phase 3 trial. Social media posts wrongly claim recently released Pfizer documents show the vaccine is “12% effective.” T
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Not Ban Abortion
(Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.)Last week, Politico published a draft of a majority opinion for the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The draft opinion is written by Justice Samuel Alito,
FactCheck.org→ Pediatric Hepatitis Cases May Be Linked to Adenovirus, No Connection to COVID-19 Vaccination
SciCheck Digest A string of unexplained hepatitis cases in children has been reported in the U.S. and in other countries. The cause is not yet known, but the top suspect so far is a strain of adenovirus. Contrary to some social media posts, there is no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Frankincense Treats Cancer — Found To Kill Cancer Cells In Lab But More Research Needed
Does frankincense oil treat cancer? No, there's no evidence to support that: While some lab studies have shown that frankincense oil will cause cell suicide in cancer cells, there is no evidence that it can treat cancer in a human body. A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Google Says It Did NOT Unblur Satellite Images Showing Russian Military Facilities
Did Google remove a blur on publicly available satellite maps that had previously obscured details of Russian military installations or high-security areas? Not according to Google: Claims posted on Twitter saying that the company had unb
Logically→ Shane Warne’s son claimed his father died due to COVID-19 vaccines.
Australian far-right nationalist and convicted criminal Blair Cottrell falsely claimed to be Warne's son. Warne died of natural causes.
Full Fact→ US military deaths didn’t increase by 1,100% last year
A TikTok clip posted to Instagram falsely claims that official data shows the number of deaths among US military personnel rose by 1,100% in the first 10 months in 2021. While the people in the clip, which features US right-wing pastor Rick Wiles
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Video Filmed At Night Does NOT Prove That He is In Poland
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flee Kyiv for a bunker in Poland? Is this evident because he posted a video filmed in front of a greenscreen with a scene of Kyiv added as a background? No, that is not a conclusive argument: Th
FactCheck.org→ Zelensky Remains in Ukraine, Despite False Claims on Social Media
Quick Take Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appeared in several recent videos that show he has remained in the country since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. But a post circulating on Facebook falsely claims he fled and recorded a video using a gre
FactCheck.org→ What We’ve Learned About So-Called ‘Lockdowns’ and the COVID-19 Pandemic
SciCheck Digest Plenty of peer-reviewed studies have found government restrictions early in the pandemic, such as business closures and physical distancing measures, reduced COVID-19 cases and/or mortality, compared with what would have happened withou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Is NOT A Before/After Of Kyiv’s Independence Square Since Russian Invasion
Does a split image of Independence Square in Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv accurately compare the condition of the area before and after Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022, and tried to seize the city? No, that's not true: T
Truth or Fiction?→ Interfax Ukraine: ‘No Need to Declare’ Captured Russian Tanks on Tax Forms
On March 2 2022, at least six posts on Imgur and countless posts on Facebook and Twitter covered a rumor that Ukraine’s tax authorities had issued guidance indicating citizens need not declare captured Russian tanks as taxable income or assets:
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Standing Up During The Night Does NOT Cause Sudden Death
Does this screenshot of a WhatsApp post convey important information to avoid sudden death at night? No, that's not true: This advice -- that sitting up or standing up suddenly in the middle of the night could cause sudden death -- was re
Full Fact→ Potential Covid-19 vaccine which used HIV protein was never rolled out
Content shared on Facebook claims the BBC has said that HIV is used to make the Covid-19 vaccines. This isn’t true, but there is a kernel of truth behind the claim. In June 2021, the BBC released a documentary telling the stories of different res
Snopes→ Unvaccinated Djokovic Could Skip French Open, Wimbledon
The No. 1-ranked tennis player is still smarting about being deported last month from Australia in a drama about his vaccination status.
FactCheck.org→ U.S. COVID-19 Vaccines Follow Conventional Health Standards and Protocols
SciCheck Digest Clinical and real-world studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing serious disease, and there is a long history of vaccine requirements in the U.S. But a list of bogus claims, shared around the world in re
Snopes→ Koala Declared Endangered As Disease, Lost Habitat Take Toll
Koalas were declared officially endangered in eastern Australia as they fall prey to disease, lost habitat and other threats.
Full Fact→ Income tax, fuel tax and inheritance tax all existed 100 years ago
A post on Facebook, shared almost a thousand times, lists dozens of taxes alongside the logo for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), claiming that “not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago”. This is not true. Income tax, which is inclu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Document Does NOT Admit Shots May Cause Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease — Real-World Data Do NOT Support It
Does Pfizer admit in confidential documents that its COVID-19 vaccine may cause vaccine-associated enhanced disease (VAED)? No, that's not true: The document, called 5.3.6 CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS OF
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Liberty To Preach Gospel’ Was NOT Just Granted In Ukraine — Miscaptioned 2017 Photo
Did the president of Ukraine recently make it legal to preach the Gospel and did a crowd of hundreds of thousands gather to celebrate? No, that's not true: This photo shows a Ukrainian Thanksgiving celebration that took place on Khreshcha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eucalyptus Oil Does NOT Cure Hallucinations
Does eucalyptus oil help cure hallucinations or take away symptoms of autism? No, that's not true: Eucalyptus oil does have destressing properties, according to a psychiatry professor, but there are no credible scientific publications pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Support Quantum Entanglement Claims By Anti-Vaccine Activist Sherri Tenpenny
Did Dr. Sherri Tenpenny make a case that the COVID-19 pandemic, treatments and mitigation efforts are a global government plot to kill people -- a "democide" -- or a plot to transform people into genetically modified "transhumans" who are
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Repeat Inaccurate Reporting on Ivermectin and Omicron
SciCheck Digest A Japanese company found that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin showed an “antiviral effect” against the omicron variant in a lab setting. Reuters has corrected a story in which it “misstated” that the drug was e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ivermectin Is NOT Proven ‘Effective’ Against Omicron Variant In Phase 3 Clinical Trials — Reuters ‘Misstated’ Drug Company News Release
Is ivermectin "effective" against the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Phase 3 clinical trials? No, that hasn't been proven: The incorrect information comes from a January 31, 2022, Reuters story that was later updated by the news organizat
FactCheck.org→ Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests
SciCheck Digest Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it’s t
FactCheck.org→ Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests
SciCheck Digest Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it’s t
Health Feedback→ The COVID-19 vaccines protect people from severe COVID-19 and don’t weaken the immune system
REVIEW An article published by the website The Exposé on 22 January 2022 made a number of claims, one of which was that the COVID-19 vaccines lead to a weakened immune system. However, as we will explain below, this is based on misleading and misin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Dangerous And Ineffective’ And Do NOT ‘Need To Be Withdrawn From The Market’
Are COVID-19 vaccines "dangerous and ineffective" and do they "need to be withdrawn from the market"? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the vaccines are "safe and effective." More than 535 million do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New South Wales Health Chief Did NOT Write Tweet Dismissing Vax Rollout Child Deaths — And No Children Have Died
Did Dr. Kerry Chant, the New South Wales, Australia, chief health officer, post a tweet that dismissed the deaths of three children while celebrating a "better than expected" result of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for children? No, that's
Poynter→ Novak Djokovic isn’t the first athlete to be banned from sporting events for being unvaccinated
After an 11-day ordeal, tennis star Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia after he lost his final bid to stay in the country and play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated […] The post Novak Djokovic isn’t the first athlete t
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers
Summary A year ago, Joseph R. Biden took office as the 46th president of the United States — inheriting an economy weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with effective vaccines to finally deal with it. To mark Biden’s first year in office, we ta
Health Feedback→ No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain bacteria and HIV; the vaccines enhance the body’s ability to respond to pathogens, not reduce it
REVIEW A video published on Facebook, showing a woman wearing a mask who claimed to be a “natural doctor”, alleged that the COVID-19 vaccines decreases our ability to produce white blood cells, and that the vaccine contains “81 strands of fore
Full Fact→ Express overstates Brexit trade deal value, again
“Since Brexit, Britain has been able to strike new free trade deals with 70 countries worth over £760billion, according to the Government.” Daily Express, 16 January 2022. The Express has repeated a misleading claim about Britain&rsq
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on At-Home Rapid Tests
The demand for at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests — sparked by the fast-spreading omicron variant in December — has continued in 2022. With that demand have come questions about the tests’ efficacy, how to use them and where to get them. W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aboriginal Interpreter Is NOT Translating Mark McGowan’s English To English In Video — She Is Speaking Kriol
In a video made to encourage COVID-19 vaccines in aboriginal communities, did Mark McGowan, the premier of Western Australia, make a patronizing and insensitive blunder by having an Indigenous interpreter stand beside him and simply repea
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real video of Nadal and Federer laughing at Djokovic
Video shows Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer laughing at Novak Djokovic after he was stuck in an Australian airport.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientists Do NOT Prove 93% Of People Who Died After COVID Vaccination Were Killed By Vaccine
Did scientists prove that 93% of the people who died after being vaccinated for COVID-19 were killed by the vaccine? No, that's not true: The non-peer-reviewed paper by two scientists, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi and Dr. Arne Burkhardt, provides