A New York Times column on Facebook’s actions against the data analysis tool CrowdTangle prompted concern from both independent researchers and at least one group collaborating with the platform. According to Kevin Roose, a tech columnist for the
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Truth or Fiction?→ Were Cooks the Largest Occupational Group to Die in the Pandemic?
On July 14 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming, in part, that “cooks were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic”: I wish Anthony Bourdain were alive today to articulate the insanity of living in a cou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Does NOT Correctly Describe Reasons For Vaccination Against COVID
Do people need to "remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from the virus they got vaccinated against because you're not vaccinated"? No, that's not true. Mocking public health advice, this meme leaves out the pri
Logically→ The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduces your life expectancy by five to ten years.
There is no scientific evidence to prove that mRNA vaccines impact life expectancy.Randomized controlled trials, including thousands of people, found the mRNA vaccine to be safe and effective. In addition, there is no evidence to suggest tha
Snopes→ Indonesia Short on Oxygen, Seeks Help As Virus Cases Soar
Hospitals are swamped, with growing numbers of the ill dying in isolation at home or while waiting to receive emergency care.
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a lower fatality rate than the wild-type virus
Different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, have emerged throughout 2020 and 2021. Certain kinds of mutations make each variant genetically distinct from the precursor (wild-type) virus and from each other. These genetic differen
Full Fact→ Covid-19 and flu comparisons reappraised
“We are going to have to learn to accept the existence of Covid and find ways to cope with it - just as we already do with flu” Sajid Javid, 4 July 2021. As England looks to relax all Covid restrictions on 19 July, the new health secretary
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientists Have NOT Confirmed That Most Of Those Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Will Die Soon
Have scientists confirmed that most of those vaccinated against COVID-19 will die soon? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the vaccines will cause widespread deaths. In fact, scientists almost universally agree that the shots will d
Full Fact→ Video in a car shares misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines
A video shared online features a former health worker making a number of false claims about the Covid-19 pandemic, and vaccines. “Covid has never been isolated in a laboratory. It has never been proven to exist. The only place it exists is
Full Fact→ Vaccinated people sometimes die of Covid-19—but very rarely
A widely shared post on social media claims that Public Health England (PHE) has released a report revealing that two thirds of Covid-19 deaths are people who have been vaccinated. This is missing important context. The risk of death with Covid is very
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine-Generated Spike Protein is Safe, Contrary to Viral Claims
SciDigest Hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered safely in the United States in the last six months. There is no evidence to indicate that the spike proteins generated by human cells following vaccination are a toxin or t
FactCheck.org→ Unsubstantiated Claims Follow Deaths of British and Indian Airline Pilots
SciCheck Digest Following the deaths of four British Airways pilots and five Air India pilots, social media posts claimed without proof that the pilots died as a result of receiving COVID-19 vaccines. Air India said its pilots died from COVID-19. Briti
Truth or Fiction?→ Golliwog Facebook Post
In June 2021, an indifferently punctuated January 2020 Facebook “golliwog” post was widely shared — along with a demonstrably false claim that the offensive content was at risk of being censored: The engagement-baiting text, which wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence To Back Claim That ‘Thousands Of Flights Canceled As Vaccinated Pilots Fall Ill Or Die’
Are thousands of flights being canceled as vaccinated pilots fall ill or die? No, there's no evidence that's happening. The claim is made without offering proof pilots who have been vaccinated are either getting sick or dying, forcing can
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeff Bezos Was NOT Flipping Burgers at 23 Years Old
Was Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos flipping burgers at McDonald's at 23 years old? No, that's not true: at that age, Bezos was a Princeton University graduate who turned down various job offers to work for a start-up telecommunicat
Full Fact→ Critical report on BBC Newsround story is misleading
An online article by science pressure group the Health Advisory and Recovery Team (HART) has claimed a video by children’s TV show Newsround made a number of misleading claims about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children. Since the video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Like VAERS, European Union’s Online List Of Suspected Vaccine Reactions Does NOT Establish Proof Vaccine Caused Deaths
Does material plucked from the European Union's list of reports of possible drug reactions justify the claim that vaccine side effects have killed two people for every three who were saved from dying of COVID-19? No, that's not true: The
FactCheck.org→ The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happen
FactCheck.org→ Rudy Giuliani’s Bogus Election Fraud Claims
A New York court suspended former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s law license in that state for making “demonstrably false and misleading statements” about the 2020 presidential election results to the courts and the public at lar
Full Fact→ Government modelling not proof of vaccine ‘genocide’
A message being shared on WhatsApp claims that a government document is “proof for anybody that the vaccines are intended for genocide”, as it shows the government expected most hospitalisations and cases to occur in summer 2021 would occur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Consensus Acceptance Of Untested Assertion The Spike Protein Created By mRNA COVID Vaccine Is ‘Very Dangerous’
Is this video correct in suggesting there's a "we know" consensus that mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 cause the body to create "very dangerous" toxic proteins? No, that's not true: There's no peer-reviewed medical study proving this asser
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Four British Airways Pilots Did NOT Die In One Week And There Is NO Proof Deaths Were From COVID-19 Vaccine
Did four British Airways pilots die in one week after getting the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true. Four pilots for the airline did pass away but they did not all die within one week, and there is no proof they died from a COVID-19 v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine ‘Candidates’ Transferred In December 2019 Were NOT For The Coronavirus That Causes COVID-19 — They Were For MERS
Were COVID-19 vaccine "candidates" transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in December 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak? No, that's not true: The vaccine materials transferred were for MERS-CoV, the virus tha
Snopes→ NASA Sends Squid from Hawaii into Space for Research
Researchers are studying how spaceflight affects the squid in hopes of bolstering human health during long space missions.
Full Fact→ Hydroxychloroquine study not all that it seems
An article on MailOnline and several Facebook posts have claimed that a new study shows that hydroxychloroquine “can increase COVID survival rates by 200%”. This is not as promising as it sounds, because the study in question, which has not
Health Feedback→ PCR tests are reliable to detect and monitor COVID-19 infections, which are real and had caused millions of deaths worldwide
REVIEW On 10 June 2021, the podcast War Room: Pandemic, hosted by Steve Bannon, published this video interview with lawyer Reiner Fuellmich. First published on Facebook, the video was later removed, but it continued to circulate on other platforms l
Truth or Fiction?→ Margaret Mead ‘Femur’ Quote
On June 8 2021, a Facebook page shared a long-circulating quote attributed to anthropologist Margaret Mead about civilization’s earliest sign of appearing being a healed femur. In a status update, the page wrote “Be Civilized!” and ad
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did NOT Produce Can With Slogan ‘Try To Be Less White’
Did Coca-Cola produce and disseminate soda cans with the slogan "Try to be less white" featured on the side? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the beverage company told Lead Stories that such cans were never made. The claim follows
Full Fact→ Covid-19 is real and not a government euthanasia policy
Conspiracy theorist David Icke has released a long video that has been shared on social media, talking about the use of a drug called midazolam during the Covid-19 pandemic. He claims that midazolam was used to facilitate the “culling of ol
Health Feedback→ CDC study finds five percent of teens hospitalized due to COVID-19 require ventilation, vaccinating against COVID-19 can help reduce the risk of severe disease in teens
REVIEW On 8 June 2021, radio host Wendy Bell posted photos and a video on Facebook in response to an article in the Washington Post reporting on a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[1]. The report, which analyzed r
Health Feedback→ Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
REVIEW On 1 June 2021, Washington Post and Buzzfeed News published reports on several thousands of emails sent by Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails, sent during the first half o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 31,000 People Have NOT Died From mRNA Vaccines
Have 31,000 people died from messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines? No, that's not true: The first mRNA vaccines approved for use in humans are two of the COVID-19 vaccines, which had not been causally linked to any deaths at the time of writing,
Health Feedback→ Vaccines are a safer alternative for acquiring immunity compared to natural infection and COVID-19 survivors benefit from getting vaccinated, contrary to claims by Peter McCullough
REVIEW An interview featuring Peter McCullough, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Texas A & M University, conducted by writer John Leake on 19 May 2021, was published as a video on Rumble by Fleccas Talks, a channel run by political co
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments
On 16 and 17 April 2021, the Health and Freedom Conference was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an event organized by entrepreneur Clay Clark that was attended by over 4,000 people. The aim of the conference was to criticize the measures taken in response to t
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
REVIEW The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a surveillance system that helps ensure the safety of vaccines used in the U.S. However, VAERS reports have been commonly misused to spread misinformation about vaccine safety, partic
Snopes→ Howard Names College of Fine Arts for Chadwick Boseman
While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into the College of Arts and Sciences.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier Did NOT Say All Vaccinated People Will Die Within Two Years
Did Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier say that all vaccinated people will die within two years? No, that's not true: Montagnier, a prominent virologist, is a Nobel Prize winner who in recent years has said some controversial things, but he di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Briefing Documents Do NOT Prove Moderna COVID Vaccine Causes Death And Autoimmune Disease
Do the briefing documents filed in support of Moderna's application for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permission for its COVID-19 vaccine say it causes death and autoimmune disease? No, that's not true: The FDA had, as of May 26, 202
Truth or Fiction?→ Jensen Beach Cracker Barrel Employee Death Facebook Post
On May 18 2021 — in the middle of an ongoing national discussion about labor rights and essential workers — a self-identified former Cracker Barrel employee shared a public Facebook post concerning the purported death of a co-worker at the
Truth or Fiction?→ The New Hampshire Election Audit
In late May 2021, we spotted a number of “NH election audit” posts on social media (part of a larger narrative push around outcome of the 2020 election), including a May 25 2021 Facebook post on a known disinformation page, “ForAmeri