SciCheck Digest The number of U.S. plane accidents has been about the same this year as it was last year. But posts on social media falsely claim that there has been a significant increase due to pilot reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines. The Federal Av
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Full Fact→ There are no parasites in the Covid-19 vaccines
A number of Facebook posts showing black and white images of what look like living organisms claim that vaccines contain “polypodium hydriform parasites”, with some claiming that “graphene oxide in the jab helps [the parasites] grow f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Student Loans Do NOT Cost Government Over $60B More Than Those Loans Bring In During The Year
Do U.S. student loans cost the government over $60 billion more to service than those loans bring in during the year? No, that's not true: According to experts, the cost of servicing student loans is a much smaller figure than $60 billion
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Story About Cyclist Bethany Sanders Impaled By Bike Seat Is NOT True — And Photos Are Puck Moonen, Not Sanders
Were the organs of a professional cyclist named Bethany Sanders crushed by her bike seat? No, that's not true: The website that published the article where this claim is made, Ringsssss, is self-described as a "fabricated satirical newspa
Health Feedback→ The COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against hospitalization and death; number of vaccinated people in hospital does not indicate evidence against this
REVIEW Almost 80% of people aged 12 and over in the U.K. have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The level of protection provided by the vaccines means that the number of COVID-19 deaths is about 10% of the level seen in the previous wave (120 de
Logically→ Fourteen thousand people have died due to COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S.
This specific figure could not be found. The VAERS system does not specify a cause of death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Heritage Area Designation Does NOT Impose NHA Control Over Private Land — It’s A Tourism Map Device
Do private landowners lose control of their property when tourism promoters and/or history buffs get a region of their state designated a National Heritage Area? No, that's not true: There is no evidence National Heritage Areas empower fe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Alec Baldwin Wearing A ‘Guns Don’t Kill People’ T-Shirt Is NOT Real — It Has Been Altered
Is a photo of actor Alec Baldwin wearing a T-shirt that reads, "Guns Don't Kill People Alec Baldwin Kills People," real? No, that's not true: This photo has been digitally altered. The text on the T-shirt was taken from the merchandise we
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Spin NIH Letter About Coronavirus Gain-of-Function Research
Republicans say a letter from a National Institutes of Health official is an admission that the agency funded so-called gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in China, with some falsely linking the work to the pandemic coronavirus. But the res
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Such ‘Aluminum Parasite’ As Franc Zalewski Claims Are In COVID Vaccines, Nor Are There Nanotech ‘Organisms’
Are there aluminum parasites in COVID vaccines and self-assembling nanorobots or superconductors? No, that's not true: The consensus of professional peer-reviewed biology operates on the premise that life on Earth is carbon-based, not alu
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘June 1954 – Jack Albertson Lamented the Loss of Blackface and Felt Minority Groups Were Making Life Rough for the Comedian’
On October 23 2021, Twitter user @ClassicShowbiz shared a purported archival clipping, which showed a newspaper excerpt dated 1954 newspaper excerpt quoting “ex-burlesque comic” Jack Albertson on Americans having “lost” their co
FactCheck.org→ FEMA Staff and Contracted Medical Workers Are Required to Follow Vaccine Mandate
SciCheck Digest The Federal Emergency Management Agency is deploying contracted medical workers to understaffed hospitals, where they are required to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. But social media posts falsely claim that “doctors and nu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alec Baldwin Was NOT Fired From SNL Following His involvement In An Accidental Shooting
Was actor Alec Baldwin fired from "Saturday Night Live" following his involvement in an accidental shooting on the set of the Western film "Rust"? No, that's not true: The claim originated on a satire website. Plus, Baldwin was never a re
Full Fact→ Fake photo of William Shatner does not prove he didn’t go into space
A Facebook post claims a photo of Star Trek actor William Shatner in uniform for the launch of the Blue Origin space mission is a fake, and says this shows the launch itself was “obviously faked” too. Earlier this month Mr Shatner, wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Have 89% Reported Turnout In 2020 Election
Did Wisconsin have 89% reported turnout in the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Wisconsin allows same-day voter registration. The claim used incorrect math to calculate the percentage based on the number of registered voters at the beg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Alec Baldwin Joked That He Would Shoot Crew Members On The Set Of ‘Rust’ — It’s A Fake Quote
Did a report about the accidental shooting of two crew members by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of "Rust," a western film, include a section about Baldwin saying "How about I just fuckin' shoot the both of ya?" No, that's not true: an exc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That U.S. Army ‘Delta Force’ Raided An Adrenochrome Warehouse On October 18, 2021
Did the U.S. Army Delta Force raid a storage facility on October 18, 2021? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a raid occurred and the claim was published on a known fake news website. The claim appeared as an article (arc
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
We spotted a few instances in President Joe Biden’s televised town hall when his answers didn’t square with the facts: Biden said that both he and his wife had “been” to the U.S-Mexico border. But the White House press secretary said he wa
Health Feedback→ Claims that a Harvard study showed COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective misrepresent the conclusions from the authors; fail to account for the study’s limitations
REVIEW This video published by The Jimmy Dore Show on 17 October 2021 claimed in its title that a Harvard study showed that COVID-19 surged among most vaccinated communities. The cited study, which was published in the European Journal of Epidemiolo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Say That There Were No Killings At Sandy Hook — Data Were Submitted To FBI Later
Did the FBI say that there were no killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the same year as the mass shooting at the school that resulted in 26 deaths? No, that's not true: Although data from the FBI's Crime in the U.S. 2012 pub
Snopes→ World’s Biggest Triceratops Sells for $7.7 Million in Paris
The enormous skeleton, estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two Great White Sharks Were NOT Spotted In The Mississippi River Near Davenport, Iowa
Were two great white sharks found in the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa? No, that's not true: A shark expert says great whites could not tolerate being in freshwater. Also, the story was posted on a website that says its stories s
FactCheck.org→ Colin Powell’s COVID-19 Death Followed Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
SciCheck Digest Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died from complications of COVID-19. Although he was fully vaccinated, he was also 84 years old and was a cancer patient who had undergone treatment for multiple myeloma — factors that put hi
FactCheck.org→ Trump and Son Whitewash Vaccine Willingness Before Biden
The percentage of Americans who say they would “definitely not” get the COVID-19 vaccine has remained relatively stable since 2020. And the daily number of people getting vaccinations had slid near a low point when President Joe Biden annou
FactCheck.org→ Already Had COVID-19? Vaccines Boost Immunity, Not ‘Wipe Out’ Antibodies
SciCheck Digest Studies show the COVID-19 vaccines boost the antibody levels and improve the immune response of those who previously had COVID-19. The vaccines do not “wipe out” the antibodies developed by a person who had recovered from th
Full Fact→ Vaccinated pilot did not die mid-flight
An Instagram post claims that a vaccinated pilot died during a flight causing an “emergency landing and uproar in the aviation industry”. While the screenshot used on Instagram doesn’t specify the airline involved, the article t
Full Fact→ Facebook post claiming to show Palestinian girl who grew up to be a lecturer not what it seems
A post on Facebook shows a picture of a young girl in distress alongside an image of a woman. It claims the young girl was a Palestinian called Sarah whose house was “demolished by the Israeli occupation” in 2003, and has grown up to
Health Feedback→ Prenatal ultrasound is generally safe when performed by trained personnel and used only when medically necessary; its benefits outweigh the risks
REVIEW Ultrasound (also called ultrasonography) is widely used in medicine for imaging. It uses high-frequency sound waves to produce internal images of the body. One of its advantages is that it doesn’t use X-rays, meaning that patients aren’t
Snopes→ Rare Coin Made in Colonial New England Could Fetch $300,000
The silver one shilling coin made in Boston in 1652 was recently found in the United Kingdom inside a candy tin.
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines contain graphene or parasites
REVIEW Several videos have gone viral claiming that COVID-19 vaccines contain certain kinds of synthetic organisms. On 1 October 2021, a video was published by The Stew Peters Show, in which osteopath Carrie Madej claimed to have discovered “s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Magic Johnson’s Ability To Play Basketball With HIV Is NOT Comparable To Kyrie Irving’s Restriction Due To Being Unvaccinated
Is former professional basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson being allowed to continue playing basketball after testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comparable to current professional basketball player Kyrie Irving's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Hospital Did NOT Replace Vaccine Mandate Resisting Nurses With Unvaccinated ‘FEMA Nurses’
Did a hospital in McKinney, Texas, bus FEMA nurses in from out of state to replace staff lost due to a vaccine mandate? No, that's not true: Additional medical staff has been needed in hospitals throughout North Texas for some time. In Au
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ben Shapiro Did NOT Tweet ‘Next Joe Biden Is Gonna Tell Me How Long My Pubes Have To Be’
Did conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tweet "next Joe Biden is gonna tell me how long my pubes have to be"? No, that's not true. A tweet allegedly by Shapiro that claimed he "doesn't have any pubes yet" is a fake satirical message. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Author Of Article Does NOT Question Positive Effects Of Vaccines The Way Commentary Spun From It Does
Did a Harvard study show that a large number of countries and U.S. counties with high vaccination rates may have higher rates of COVID-19 infection than places with low vaccination rates, and is the vaccination rate the cause? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Every Peer-Reviewed Study In Existence Does NOT Agree On Superiority Of Natural vs. Vaccine-Induced Immunity
Does every peer-reviewed study in existence suggest that being infected with COVID-19 builds stronger immunity to the delta variant than does vaccination? No, that's not true: Conclusions drawn from research into COVID immunity differ, de
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trisodium Phosphate Is NOT Unsafe To Eat As Ingredient — But It CAN Be Hazardous In Other Settings
Is trisodium phosphate, an inorganic compound utilized as a cleaner among other uses, unsafe to eat as an ingredient in Lucky Charms cereal? No, that's not true: While the compound is an ingredient in the cereal, it essentially works as a
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Is Sending Aid to Independent Groups in Afghanistan, Not the Taliban
Quick Take The U.S. is providing humanitarian aid through several independent organizations in Afghanistan, but not through the Taliban government. Yet an online article falsely claims that the Biden administration will “send the Taliban millions
FactCheck.org→ PhRMA Ad Misleads on Medicare Drug Negotiation Legislation
In TV ads, the pharmaceutical industry claims congressional plans to allow the federal government to negotiate drug prices in Medicare would deny beneficiaries’ access to medicines their doctors prescribe. Experts say that’s unlikely, and a
Full Fact→ Two doctors with same name cause Times letter confusion
A Facebook post claims that a letter published in The Times on 16 October 2021 claims to be from a doctor that died five years ago. The post also gathered a lot of attention on Twitter. The letter writer, Martin Spiro, who spoke about his time as
Full Fact→ Vaccine rap battle full of misinformation
A video on Facebook, performed in the style of a rap battle and viewed more than 36,000 times, makes a number of misleading claims about Covid-19 and the vaccines. In it, the self-proclaimed “truther” tells their “vaxxer”