SciCheck Digest Raw numbers of hospitalizations or deaths among those who are vaccinated are not a good indicator of whether vaccines are effective. If the large majority of a population is vaccinated, it’s not surprising if most deaths are among
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Logically→ Vaccines are ineffective as vaccinated individuals are just as infectious as unvaccinated individuals.
Although vaccinated people can spread COVID-19, unvaccinated people are more likely to catch, spread, and die of the virus.
Full Fact→ Was the Chancellor right on the Budget increasing departmental spending by the most this century?
“Today's budget increases total departmental spending over this Parliament by £150 billion. That’s the largest increase this century, with spending growing by 3.8% a year in real terms.” Rishi Sunak, 27 October 2021. During his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccinated Pilots Are NOT Dropping Dead Midflight
Are vaccinated pilots dropping dead midflight? No, that's not true: "There is no truth to the claims about these two pilots," American Airlines told Lead Stories. The claims appear on a website known for farcical stories regarding politic
Full Fact→ Why can you mix and match booster jabs in pregnancy?
We have been asked on WhatsApp about the Covid-19 booster vaccines in pregnancy. In particular people have asked why the booster vaccine is deemed to be safe in pregnancy, and why mixing and matching vaccines for the booster is sometimes recommended (d
Snopes→ Sen. Ted Cruz Defends Nazi Salutes as Form of Protest
An attendee at a school board meeting in Birmingham, Michigan, flashed a Nazi salute in protest of the board's COVID-19 mask policy.
Full Fact→ False claims from funeral director about facemasks, vaccines and the pandemic
A video interview of a funeral director from Milton Keynes has been shared on social media. The video contains a lot of false or misleading information about the Covid-19 pandemic including false claims about facemasks, use of midazolam, death rates an
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘FDA Vaccine Advisory Board Said Friday Unvaccinated Are More Educated on the Vaccine Than Most People Who Have Gotten It’ Tweet
On October 26 2021, an undated Twitter screenshot circulated, claiming that the “FDA vaccine advisory board” had bemoaned that unvaccinated Americans are highly educated: pic.twitter.com/JkWDvif5yX — Raider Pablo (@R8erN8tion) Octo
Logically→ Fully vaccinated people will develop AIDS.
COVID-19 vaccines do not cause AIDS.
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
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
FactCheck.org→ Video: Tucker Carlson Misrepresents Vaccine Safety Reporting Data
Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified reports to a federal database designed to detect safety issues in vaccines to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous. In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk mi
AllSides→ Fact Checking President Biden’s Town Hall Claims About the Vaccine Rollout
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-president-bidens-town At a town hall Thursday night i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Celine Dion Was ‘Severely Injured By Vaxxxine’
Was singer Celine Dion "severely injured by [the COVID-19] vaxxxine"? No, that's not true: A news release posted on celinedion.com does not specify a diagnosis for the severe muscle spasms that she reports are preventing her from performi
Full Fact→ Observer Twitter poll data on air monitors is meaningless
“Only 8% of schools have received air monitors that were promised by government” The Observer, 24 October 2021. The monitors allow teachers to identify where ventilation might need to be improved, in order to aid the fight against the spre
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking President Biden’s Town Hall Claims About the Vaccine Rollout
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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
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
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
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
Logically→ The Pfizer-Biotech vaccine can severely react with the flu vaccine when they are given at the same time.
COVID-19 vaccines that are given at the same time as a flu vaccine do not cause significantly worse reactions.
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: 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
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
Full Fact→ Canada is not implementing a social credit scheme
A Facebook post shared almost 700 times suggests that “in a few weeks” Ontario in Canada will implement a social credit scheme based around QR codes. The post claims that “a QR code social credit scheme” will give the gove
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”
Snopes→ White House Details Plans to Vaccinate 28M Children Age 5-11
Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Makers Are NOT Funding Facebook Fact Checkers
Are Facebook's independent fact-checking partners funded by vaccine makers? No, that's not true. While one of the 10 U.S. Facebook fact checkers discloses that one of its 2021 grants comes from a foundation whose stock-holdings include va
The Dispatch→ Did Donald Trump Issue a Statement Calling the Late Colin Powell a ‘RINO’?
With a (shall we say) unique approach to grammar and style, former President Donald Trump’s personal messages have been an easy target for parodists. One doesn’t have to look far for fake Trump emails or tweets from before he was banned fro
Snopes→ Did Trump Release Statement Bashing Colin Powell After His Death?
Powell died of COVID-19 complications while battling cancer on Oct. 18, 2021.
The Dispatch→ Was Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Maskless at a WNBA Game?
Viral social media posts purport to show Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot maskless in an arena. Steve Cortes @CortesSteve.@chicagosmayor proudly flouts her own mask mandate, amid a sea of lemmings dutifully obeying. The ruling class wan
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colin Powell Did NOT Commit Suicide
Did Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commit suicide? No, that's not true: That claim is not supported by any news coverage of his death, by any statements from his family or offic
The Dispatch→ Did a Delta Pilot Collapse and Die Midflight?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Unvaccinated Navy SEALs Do NOT Have To Pay Back Training Costs — Only Those Who Are In Applicable Graduate Programs And Specialized Training
Will the U.S. Navy force members of its elite Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) teams who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 to pay back millions for training? Not exactly: It is possible that they would have to dish out recoupment of training cost
Logically→ Public Health England: Vaccinated people in their forties are reporting double the infection rate compared to those unvaccinated.
Vaccinate does not raise the risk of catching COVID-19. The study quoted by Daily Sceptic has been misrepresented.
Full Fact→ NHSX website doesn’t reveal vaccine passport roll out
Posts on social media, YouTube and an article on the website The Exposé, have used a passage of text from the NHSX website as evidence to claim that the government will “definitely” be introducing vaccine passports “in the UK&r
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Rent to Own is For the Financially Illiterate’
On October 13 2021, a Facebook user published the following warning about rent-to-own appliances and large purchases, describing the manner in which such transactions functionally served as a tax on low-income people: STAY AWAY FROM RENT to Own Places
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims that the Pfizer Vaccine Is Not Yet Approved
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