REVIEW A meme containing a screenshot from the 2007 American sci-fi/postapocalyptic film “I Am Legend” carries the caption: “Remember, in ‘I Am Legend,’ the sickness didn’t make the zombies. The vaccination did.” The meme went viral on
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AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts make misleading comparison about research into Covid-19, HIV, cancer and common cold
Multiple posts shared thousands of times on Facebook compare the ground-breaking speed of the discovery of a Covid-19 vaccination to research into HIV, cancer and the common cold. The claim is misleading; experts told AFP the development of a Covid-19
FactCheck.org→ False Claim About Biden’s Win Probability
Quick Take Facebook posts have repeated a false claim about a “one in a quadrillion” chance that President-elect Joe Biden received more votes than President Donald Trump in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Experts told us the claim m
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Michigan State Police Block ‘Republican Electors’ From Entering the Courthouse?
As the U.S. Electoral College made it official — again — that outgoing United States President Donald Trump had lost his bid for re-election on December 14 2020, footage posted online showed an attempt to overturn the results with a group
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Does NOT Have Funds To Deliver Groceries and Cleaning Products To COVID-19 Patients In Quarantine
Can COVID-19 patients in quarantine call a CDC hotline to get free groceries and cleaning products delivered to their home? No, that's not true: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control does not have a special fund for home grocery deliveries
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Explaining the Six Deaths Recorded During Pfizer/BioNTech’s Phase III Trial
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: What The Story About China, Dominion and $400 Million Is Actually About
Did China buy Dominion Voting Systems for $400 million in October 2020? No, that's not accurate: A Swiss investment bank's New York subsidiary, UBS Securities LLC, in October bought $400 million in shares Dominion's parent company, Staple
FactCheck.org→ Nine Election Fraud Claims, None Credible
A list of bogus election fraud claims, cobbled together from dubious websites and failed lawsuits aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, has spread widely online. It appeared in a recent story posted in a p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Homemade Chemical Mixtures And FDA-Approved Vaccines Are NOT Comparable
Are chemical mixtures made at home comparable to vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? No, that's not true: Vaccines, which mostly consist of weakened or killed viruses or bacteria to boost the body's immune re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Are NOT The Eight Deadliest Days In American History
Is this an accurate list of deadliest days in American history? No, that's not true: While the design of the infographic is clearly well-intentioned, this chart lacks some critical parameters for comparisons. This chart of lethal events s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spikes On Schumann Resonance Readout Do NOT Show Dangerous Disturbance In Ionosphere
Were the large red spikes recorded on a spectrogram on December 1, 2020 a dangerous "Schumann Resonance Explosion"? No, that's not true: The spikes on the spectrogram readout were caused by snow falling on the antenna of a monitoring stat
FactCheck.org→ Vaccine Recipient Targeted With Baseless ‘Crisis Actor’ Claim
Quick Take Social media posts are peddling the baseless claim that the first recipient of a COVID-19 vaccine in the United Kingdom was actually a “crisis actor.” There is no evidence for that conspiracy theory. Full Story On Dec. 8, a 90-y
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Governor Jay Inslee Did NOT State That People Cannot Talk In Elevators
Did Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee order that no one speak in elevators to help slow the spread of coronavirus? No, not quite: His office released guidance that strongly advises no talking in elevators. The claim appeared in a Facebook
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Schumer and Pelosi ‘Shoot Down’ a COVID Relief Bill and $600 Checks for Americans?
As the global COVID-19 pandemic closed in on its first year, calls in the United States for second stimulus checks mounted in December 2020, the dubious right-wing blog DailyWire.com published an item (“Schumer, Pelosi Shoot Down Trump Covid Rel
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates show high efficacy and a safe profile in clinical trials, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This 7 December 2020 video shows a series of 34 clips from individuals from different countries, claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and unnecessary because the COVID-19 pandemic is not real. First published on YouTube, the platform
Health Feedback→ There is no risk of infertility from COVID-19 vaccines, as SARS-CoV-2 proteins and placenta proteins are different
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic motivated unprecedented efforts to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease. Towards the end of 2020, several vaccine candidates reached the approval phase. However, the rollout of these
AllSides→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/a-guide-to-pfizer-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine/ The first COVID-19 vacc
Full Fact→ Claims about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ingredients lack evidence
We’ve been asked to check a number of claims about the new Covid-19 vaccine and its ingredients. Several websites have claimed the Pfizer vaccine contains “PEG” which could cause large numbers of allergic reactions, and also that the
Health Feedback→ Study on vaccinated and unvaccinated children used a dubious metric for comparing disease incidence in both groups
REVIEW The claim that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children is common in vaccine-skeptic and anti-vaccine circles. The claim was recently revived on Facebook after a study was published on 22 November 2020 in the International
Poynter→ An inoculation strategy: Give people good information on COVID-19 vaccines
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Minding the gap Last week, Facebook announced it would be
Poynter→ An inoculation strategy: Give people good information on COVID-19 vaccines
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Minding the gap Last week, Facebook announced it would be
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
Truth or Fiction?→ Would $50,000 of Student Debt Forgiveness Be a ‘Massive Tax Increase’ for Americans?
On December 8 2020, The Blaze published an article headlined, “Schumer: Biden ‘considering’ cancelation of $50K in student loan debt for every borrower making under $125K a year,” with the subheading, “Translation: A mass
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DIY Vote Analysis Does NOT Prove Arizona Votes Were ‘Eaten From Mr. Trump And Handed Over To Mr. Biden’
Did a Massachusetts engineer prove election software took Maricopa County, Arizona, votes from Donald Trump to give them to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on December 4, 2020, rejected Trump's chall
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Named Goya’s ‘Employee of the Month’?
On December 7 2020, right-wing “personality” Candace Owens (among others) asserted that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was selected as “employee of the month” at Goya because her calls to boycott the brand purport
Snopes→ A Tea-Party Group Is Fundraising Off Their Call for Martial Law. Where’s That Money Going?
Snopes did a little digging into the We The People Convention and learned it has donated a significant amount of money to a PAC run by the Convention’s own president. Why is that?
Full Fact→ No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine affects women’s fertility
We’ve been asked by a number of readers about claims that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which has been approved for use in the UK, could lead to infertility in women. The reason given for this is that the vaccine works by igniting an immu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Head Of Pfizer Research Did NOT Say COVID Vaccine is Female Sterilization
Did the head of Pfizer research say the COVID vaccine is female sterilization? No, that's not true: This clickbait headline doubles up on false claims. The person the claim refers to is Michael Yeadon, who nearly a decade ago held a high
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sidney Powell Election Fraud Witness Navid Keshavarz-Nia Cites Debunked Election Hoaxes
Is a cybersecurity expert's testimony about election fraud based on verified incidents? No, the major examples Navid Keshavarz-Nia cites in a written legal declaration lack proof or direct evidence and are based on his speculation. The al
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maine’s Rise In COVID-19 Cases NOT Linked To Face Masks
Is Maine's rise in COVID-19 cases linked to face mask use? No, that is misleading: A social media post showed a newspaper article claiming that the surge in coronavirus cases in Maine were the result of Gov. Janet Mills' mandate for citiz
Full Fact→ The new vaccination card is not a ‘Covid passport’
Several media outlets have wrongly described the new NHS Covid-19 vaccination card, and how it will be used. It has been widely suggested that the card gives proof that someone has been vaccinated against Covid-19. (There has been some discussion abou
Snopes→ Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Limit Transgender Students
The suit from a group of Oregon parents sought to prevent transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender of which they identify, rather than their assigned sex at birth.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Fatal Car Crash Was A Message For Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ‘To Get Back In Line’
Was a fatal car crash a message for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp "to get back in line"? No, there's no evidence that's true: Although the cause of the crash, which killed an aide to Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, remains under investigation, a p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A Photo Of Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s Atlanta House
Is this a photo of Sen. Kelly Loeffler's Atlanta house? No, that's not true: This is a photo of a house owned by comedian and broadcaster Steve Harvey. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) where it was published by @ginan
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Observers Did NOT Swear In Affidavits They Were Told To Leave Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count Center On Election Night
Did Republican campaign staffers assigned to observe at the Fulton County, Georgia, vote counting center on election night swear under oath in affidavits that they were told to leave before the ballot counting ended on election night? No,
FactCheck.org→ Primer on Trump’s Visit to Georgia
For the first time since Election Day, President Donald Trump will stage a political rally — traveling to Valdosta, Georgia, to campaign on Dec. 5 for the state’s two Republican senators. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler were unable to
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff
A TV ad from a Republican group accuses the Democratic candidates in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections of having “radically dangerous” ideas on the criminal justice system and the environment. But there’s more to their positions than wh