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
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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
The Dispatch→ Does Bill Barr Have Connections to Dominion Voting Systems?
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If You Buy a Discounted Advent Calendar the Day After Christmas, It Will Count Down to Inauguration Day’
On December 3 2020, a Facebook post proposed a novel use for obsolete Advent calendars — namely, repurposing them for a new countdown to President-Elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day: That post was a screenshot of a December 1 2020 tweet
Health Feedback→ Dozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
REVIEW Claims that vitamin or mineral supplements, including zinc, selenium, and vitamins C and D can prevent or cure COVID-19 have circulated since the beginning of the pandemic. In late November 2020, numerous social media posts (examples here an
Health Feedback→ Dozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
REVIEW Claims that vitamin or mineral supplements, including zinc, selenium, and vitamins C and D can prevent or cure COVID-19 have circulated since the beginning of the pandemic. In late November 2020, numerous social media posts (examples here an
Health Feedback→ Dozens of clinical trials ongoing to investigate whether vitamin D prevents COVID-19; no firm evidence yet
REVIEW Claims that vitamin or mineral supplements, including zinc, selenium, and vitamins C and D can prevent or cure COVID-19 have circulated since the beginning of the pandemic. In late November 2020, numerous social media posts (examples here an
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Fight Disinformation — Part I: Firehosing
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. Any anthropologist can tell you that human lives are created, bounded, and defined by stories: the stories we tell ourselv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A COVID-19 Vaccine Is NOT Likely To Kill You
Will taking a COVID-19 vaccine kill you or lead to "debilitating" illness? No, that's not true: There is an abundance of evidence to the contrary. For one, between the two farthest along and most robust vaccine trials out of Moderna and P
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s ‘Most Important’ Speech Was Mostly False
In what he billed as perhaps “the most important speech I’ve ever made,” President Donald Trump continued his attempt to deceive the American public into believing the election was “rigged.” Trump has presented no evidence for
FactCheck.org→ Flawed Analysis Leads to False Claim of ‘No Excess Deaths’ in 2020
Quick Take An economics professor’s flawed interpretation of U.S. mortality data has prompted a viral, false claim that COVID-19 hasn’t led to more deaths than normal this year. In fact, multiple analyses have found there to be a higher-tha
Snopes→ California Gov. Gavin Newsom: Most of State Nears Stay-Home Order
The California rules signal a shift in strategy for Governor Gavin Newsom in the nation's most populous state, which until now had based its coronavirus rules announced during press conferences on county infection rates.
Truth or Fiction?→ Mellissa Carone, Dominion Subcontractor, Goes Viral After Bizarre Michigan ‘Hearing’ Appearance
On December 2 2020, video of “a drunk woman” acting as a witness for purported and nonexistent election fraud went viral, due in part to the following tweet: a drunk woman is trump team’s star witness in michigan pic.twitter.com/qGxEI3
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharing This Photo Of A Baby Does NOT Raise Money For Medical Care
Will sharing this picture on social media of a baby who was born blind help raise the $200,000 needed for treatment that could help the child see? No, that's not true: This post is a classic example of "share-baiting," and it has been cir
Poynter→ Fact-checking Trump was a volume business. How will that change with Biden?
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. Is ‘too stupid to fact-check’ a thing of the past? On
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: China DID Recover With a COVID-19 Vaccine, Which Has Been Reported
Did China recover from COVID-19 without a vaccine, which no one has reported? No, that's not true: China has already administered nearly 1 million doses of experimental COVID-19 vaccines. And that has been reported widely in scientific pu