Is it true that nobody has actually died from COVID-19 across Europe, and that officials there have identified no antibodies specific to the disease? Also, is it true that there is no pandemic, but merely an "infection"? No, none of this is tr
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ghislaine Maxwell Was Arrested by the FBI, Can We Talk About How Similar She Looks to Madeleine McCann’s Female Abductor Sketch’?
On July 3 2020, just after British socialite Ghislane Maxwell was arrested, the Facebook page “NightMerica Podcast” shared the following post, comparing her photograph with a purported sketch of “Madeleine McCann’s female abdu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Vick Did NOT Serve More Time In Jail For Killing A Dog Than All Cops Who Have Killed The Last 493 Unarmed Black Men
Did Michael Vick serve more prison time for animal abuse than all the police, combined, who killed the last 493 unarmed Black men? No, that is not true: The former NFL quarterback served 18 months in Leavenworth penitentiary. And the time serv
Snopes→ Doggy Deliveries Help Colombians Shop During Pandemic
A Labrador helps deliver goods to customers as Colombia's COVID-19 cases continue to climb.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Carsyn Davis Die After Attending a ‘COVID Party’?
In early July 2020, news of the death of Florida teenager Carsyn Leigh Davis began spreading on social media — alongside rumors the girl, who was purportedly medically fragile, was intentionally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by her mother: A parent se
Truth or Fiction?→ Are ‘BLM Convoys’ Threatening to ‘Occupy Atlanta’?
Conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi reached out for attention from United States President Donald Trump on July 7 2020, all the while regurgitating a long-debunked right-wing internet boogeyman to smear the Black Lives Matter movement. Corsi took to his
Full Fact→ Leicester going back into lockdown has nothing to do with 5G
A post on Facebook has suggested that Covid-19 symptoms and 5G are related, and the evidence it gives for that is that Leicester has gone back into lockdown soon after 5G was rolled out there. But that’s not true. Aside from the fact that 5G has
Snopes→ Doctors Say Experimental Treatment May Have Rid Man of HIV
If the Brazil man's case is confirmed, it would be the first time HIV has been eliminated in an adult without a bone marrow or stem cell transplant.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim on Coronavirus Harm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that through May 30, 14% of confirmed coronavirus cases led to hospitalizations — including 2% in intensive care units. But President Donald Trump falsely claimed “99%” of cases
Snopes→ Hospitals Approaching Capacity as Miami Closes Restaurants
Confirmed cases are on the rise in 41 out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia, and the percentage of tests coming back positive for the virus is increasing in 39 states.
Climate Feedback→ Article by Michael Shellenberger mixes accurate and inaccurate claims in support of a misleading and overly simplistic argumentation about climate change
SUMMARY The article by Michael Shellenberger was published in various media outlets, including Forbes, Zero Hedge, Breitbart, PJ Media, The Daily Wire, The Australian, and Quillette. The article has been shared more than 200,000 times on social medi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Prove ‘Everyone Could Test Positive’ for Coronavirus And ‘Hardly Anybody’ Has Died From COVID-19
Is it true that "everyone could test positive" for the novel coronavirus that has ravaged the United States and world? And is it true that hardly anyone has died of the disease COVID-19 caused by the virus? No, neither is true. If you just loo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOJ Did NOT Report Ghislaine Maxwell Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Jail
Did the Department of Justice report that Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell tested positive for COVID-19 in a New Hampshire jail? No, it did not: The claim that Maxwell, who was arrested by the FBI in Bedford, New Hampshire, on July
Health Feedback→ Videos use gas sensors to misleadingly claim that wearing a face mask causes oxygen deficiency
REVIEW Different videos have been circulating on Facebook showing people wearing face masks measuring oxygen levels using a gas sensor and claiming that the measurements show that masks create an oxygen-deficient environment, based on the definition
AllSides→ Trump Falsely Says COVID-19 Surge ‘Only’ Due to Testing, Misleads on Deaths
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/trump-falsely-says-covid-19-surge-only-due-to-testing-misleads-on-deaths/
Health Feedback→ Internet memes based on hearsay claim that hospital laboratories falsify COVID-19 tests to inflate numbers without evidence
REVIEW This Facebook meme posted on 27 June 2020, claims that a San Francisco hospital lab intentionally falsified COVID-19 tests to inflate the number of positive results. Robert Tayman tweeted on 29 June a viral version of this claim and afterward
Snopes→ ‘People Aren’t Stupid’: Pence’s Virus Spin Tests Credibility
As coronavirus cases spike across large parts of the country despite months of lockdown, Pence has been trying to convince the American public that things are going very well, even though they’re not.
Snopes→ July Fourth Weekend Will Test Americans’ Discipline
With confirmed cases climbing in 40 states, governors have ordered the wearing of masks in public, and families were urged to celebrate their independence at home.
Snopes→ Texas Governor Issues Mask Order to Fight Coronavirus
The order requires “all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases, with few exceptions,” the governor’s office said.
Full Fact→ We all deserve a better debate on poverty
What's happening to poverty in the UK is one of the big questions facing the country. It is essential for governments and political leaders to make informed decisions about policy responses and for the public to understand the communities they live in.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say The Common Cold Is Counted As A Positive COVID-19 Result
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that the common cold counts as a positive COVID-19 result? No, that's not true: The CDC was talking about antibody tests, not viral tests, when it said that a positive result may mea
FactCheck.org→ Video Presents Flawed Test on Masks, Oxygen Levels
Quick Take A viral video questions the safety of face masks by using a gas detector to purportedly show that masks result in dangerous oxygen levels for the wearer. But experts — and the company that makes the gas detector — say the video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Was Not ‘Caught’ Saying The N-Word In 1985 In A ‘Leaked’ Video
Was Joe Biden caught saying the "n-word" in 1985 in a leaked video? No, that's misleading. A video clip of then-Senator Joe Biden saying the n-word twice is taken out of context. The video was not "leaked," as it is publicly available on C-SPA
FactCheck.org→ Popular Facebook Post Was Not Written by Tennis Star
Quick Take A viral Facebook post whose author expresses frustration with COVID-19, racial and political divisions, and other topics is falsely attributed to tennis star Serena Williams. It was actually written by another Facebook user with the same nam
Truth or Fiction?→ Does ‘Qabalista’ by Selki Girl Trigger ‘Out-of-Body Experiences’?
In late June and early July 2020, a rumor on TikTok’s #witchtok hashtag held that the album Qabalista by Selki Girl “triggered astral projection” or other strange experiences; a video with hundreds of thousands of engagements involve
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Baseless Attacks on Times, Post Reporting on Russia Probe
President Donald Trump has attacked reporting on the Russia investigation by the New York Times and the Washington Post as “fake news,” asserting — along with his press secretary — that the news organizations should return
Snopes→ Court Record Shows St. Louis Couple Pulled Gun Before
The white St. Louis couple who became internationally famous for standing guard with guns outside their mansion during a protest have pulled a gun before in defense of their property, according to an affidavit in an ongoing case.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Covid911 – Insurgency’ Video Pushes Several Falsehoods And Unproven Conspiracy Theories
Is the COVID-19 pandemic a conspiracy manufactured by "Deep State Democrats" and the "mass media" to disrupt, even rig, the upcoming presidential election in a bid to topple Donald Trump? And did the coronavirus provide the perfect cover for t
Full Fact→ How medical staff found themselves at the centre of an information battle during the pandemic
Over the past months, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country, medical staff have found themselves – often unwillingly – at the centre of a parallel information crisis. Throughout the pandemic, there have been numerous posts that at
Full Fact→ We know of no successful convictions of a police officer for the killing of someone in police custody since 1971
“The last time a police officer was successfully prosecuted in the UK concerning the death of somebody in custody was in 1969.” The Guardian, 4 June 2020 We’ve found no evidence that any serving police officer has been successfully
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence San Francisco Hospital Faked Positive COVID-19 Tests
Did a nurse prove that COVID-19 tests were being faked at a San Francisco hospital? No, that's not true: The source of the claim is admittedly at least four times removed from the purported false testing and no credible evidence is offered in
Snopes→ Little Evidence That Protests Spread Coronavirus in US
If the protests had driven an explosion in cases, experts say, the jumps would have started to become apparent within two weeks — but that didn’t happen in many cities with the largest protests.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Teenager Get Pleurisy From Wearing a Face Mask for Work?
On May 31 2020, Facebook user Lena Kovacs shared the following screenshot of a redacted post, in which a person claimed their neeninet-year-old daughter developed pleurisy solely due to her use of a face mask in her job at “a huge grocery store
Full Fact→ The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wasn’t kicked out of India
A viral Facebook post claims that Bill Gates’ polio vaccine permanently disabled 47,000 children in India and the Gates family was “kicked out of India for this”. The post claims this is “100% proven”. It is not.&nbs
Full Fact→ Covid-19 study that links deaths to low vitamin D levels is flawed
“Nearly 99 per cent of Covid-19 patients who are vitamin D deficient die, according to a terrifying study” Mail Online, 17 June 2020 “The results revealed 98.9 percent of infected patients who suffer with a vitamin D deficiency lost
Full Fact→ Viral illustration shows one type of Covid-19 sampling method
We’ve seen a number of posts on Facebook and Twitter claiming to show an illustration of how a sample for a Covid-19 test is taken. This is how far back we have to put the swab to test you for #COVID19. You might want to follow medical recommend
Health Feedback→ Contrary to popular claim on social media, RNA vaccines do not alter our DNA
SUMMARY A claim that RNA vaccine technology, which is being used to develop a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, will “permanently alter your DNA” was published in an article by Waking Times in May 2020, forming the basis for many viral posts on social
Full Fact→ What do we know about Covid-19 inequalities among people from minority ethnic groups?
In the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic in the UK, and in the absence of data splitting out Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity, reports of health workers from minority ethnicities dying of Covid-19 was the first clue that some groups of people might
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misrepresents Florida Surgeon General’s Position on Face Masks
Quick Take Amid a surge in Florida’s COVID-19 cases, a Facebook meme dated June 24 falsely claims the state’s surgeon general recommended that people stop wearing face masks. The surgeon general actually issued an advisory two days earlier
Full Fact→ The UK has had one of Europe’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks
A Facebook post compares the UK’s total population and what appears to be its Covid-19 death toll with a selection of other European countries. The combined population for the other countries is wrong, but its general point—that the U