REVIEW An article published on 18 May 2021 claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed COVID-19 test criteria to reduce vaccine breakthrough cases and make it seem as if COVID-19 vaccines work, while inflating case
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Wipe Out The Body’s Natural Antibodies
Does the American Red Cross say you cannot donate blood plasma if you've had the vaccine because the vaccine wipes out the body's natural antibodies? No, that's not true: The COVID-19 vaccine does not override or change the body, accordin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Canadian Doctors Did NOT Say The Pandemic Is A Fraud
Did 10,000 Canadian doctors say the COVID-19 pandemic was a "fraud"? No, that's not true: The petition listed as proof does not declare the pandemic a fraud. It is a protest against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Oil-Disposal Tip Was In Popular Science Magazine In 1963 — But It Was NOT A Good Idea Then And It’s NOT A Good Idea Now
Did Popular Science magazine publish a tip that said disposing of used engine oil in the ground is OK in January 1963? Yes, that's true: however, it is not a good idea and should not be done, then or now. There is no need to dump used mot
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
FactCheck.org→ Vaccine Ingredient SM-102 Is Safe
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna uses an ingredient called SM-102 to deliver the mRNA that carries instructions for how to develop antibodies against the novel coronavirus. A widely shared video is now spreading the falsehood that SM-1
Snopes→ Jeff Bezos Says Will Pass Baton to New Amazon CEO on July 5
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has picked a date to step down as CEO.
The Dispatch→ Did the Red Cross Say People Cannot Donate Blood Plasma After Being Vaccinated?
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Jeffrey Westerfield’ Facebook Post
A virally popular May 2021 Facebook post purportedly told the story of Jeffrey Westerfield, identifying him as a police officer who was killed on his 47th birthday and co-opting the “Say Her Name” movement by adding “Say MY Name”
Poynter→ Brand over substance may determine the public’s perception of news articles, study says
The public’s perception of a news outlet’s trustworthiness may come down to branding rather than content, according to a recently released study from the Knight Foundation and Gallup. The study used data from a specially designed news aggregation p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In Most Of The United States It Is NOT Illegal For A Private Business To Ask For Proof Of Vaccination
Is it illegal for businesses to ask for proof of vaccination or to require proof of vaccination as a condition of entry? Furthermore -- if a private business owner or employee were to ask for proof of vaccination would that constitute a v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video About COVID-19 Vaccines Is Mash-Up Of False And Unproven Claims
Does a video about COVID-19 vaccines and their supposed side effects contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: It's a mash-up of false, unproven and cherry-picked claims. Among the allegations are that the vaccines
FactCheck.org→ Insurance Companies Provide Coverage After COVID-19 Vaccination
SciCheck Digest Insurance companies do not deny claims when someone dies after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the American Council of Life Insurers. But a viral social media post has falsely claimed that beneficiaries of a person who dies a
FactCheck.org→ China Closes Gap with U.S. on R&D Investments, But Hasn’t Caught Up
China has been rapidly closing the gap with the United States when it comes to research and development investments, experts tell us. But President Joe Biden left the impression in a Michigan speech that the U.S. has already fallen far behind China.
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
Logically→ World Health Organization classified B.1.617 as a COVID-19 variant of concern at the global level.
The B.1.617, first found in India in 2020, is classified as a coronavirus variant of global concern by WHO due to its increased transmissibility.
Full Fact→ The Moderna vaccine contains SM-102 not chloroform
A Facebook user has posted a video which suggests that the Moderna vaccine is dangerous to human health because one of its ingredients appears to be described as hazardous and toxic in a safety data sheet. But this warning applies to the ingredient (a
Truth or Fiction?→ Asparagus for Hangovers
On May 24 2021, an Imgur image showed a bunch of asparagus promoting itself as a hangover cure if eaten before drinking alcohol, in a post titled “Time to party”: ‘Want to Avoid a Hangover? Eat Asparagus!’ Imgur Post A close-up
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Whistleblower Claimed Dominion Changed 3.8 Million Votes
Did a whistleblower claim that Dominion changed 3.8 million votes in the 2020 election? No, there's no evidence that's true: A post making the allegation against Dominion Voting Systems did not identify the alleged whistleblower and did n
The Dispatch→ Did Democrats Go Maskless at a White House Event?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Let Viewers Hear ‘Undercover’ W.H.O. Video Offered As Proof Of Vaccine Dangers
Does an anti-vaccine advocate prove his claims of vaccine dangers with "undercover" video of private World Health Organization meetings and does he provide credible citations of scientific research to prove his claims? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Man Can NOT Just Donate A Testicle For $35,000 Cash
Can a man receive $35,000 for donating one of his testicles? No, that's not true: It is not legal to sell your own body parts for organ donations. The testicle purportedly worth $35,000, according to the original story, was not intended t
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Prove Capitol Police Allowed Jan. 6 Protesters to Enter Capitol
Quick Take More than 400 people have been charged in relation to the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol, and there is ample evidence that many protesters defied and assaulted Capitol Police officers that day. Yet viral social media posts are falsely cla
Truth or Fiction?→ Blendoor ‘Black Lives Matter’ Study
On May 21 2021, an item on right-wing disinformation purveyor Dan Bongino’s blog (“Study: Tech Companies That Made Black Lives Matter Pledges Have 20% Fewer Black Employees”) appeared on Trendolizer.com’s list of the day’
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Testimony of Federal Health Officials on Employee Vaccinations
SciCheck Digest Federal health officials testified at a Senate committee hearing that about 60% of their employees have been vaccinated against COVID-19 so far. But viral online posts have distorted their comments to misleadingly claim that half of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does Not Show Personal Information On ‘Dark Web’ About People Who Had Taken COVID-19 Vaccine
Did a Russian hacker figure out how to get personal information from a chip injected into people who had taken the coronavirus vaccine? No, that's not true: The person doing the voiceover of this video used a server that is no longer in u
FactCheck.org→ Websites and Social Posts Misrepresent CDC Director’s Comments on Breakthrough Deaths
SciCheck Digest In a May 16 interview, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director said the agency knew of 223 breakthrough fatalities among fully vaccinated individuals, but “not all … died of COVID.” That is not an admis
FactCheck.org→ The Wuhan Lab and the Gain-of-Function Disagreement
A disagreement between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci has put $600,000 of U.S. grant money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology back into the spotlight, while making “gain-of-function” research a household term — all am
Snopes→ 7 Nooses Halt Construction at Connecticut Amazon Warehouse
Amazon has temporarily shut down a new warehouse construction site in Connecticut after a seventh noose was found hanging over a beam, a series of incidents local police called “potential” hate crimes.
Truth or Fiction?→ Are People Returning Pandemic Pets?
Social media and “shaming” often go hand in hand, as was the case with claims that pets were being returned en masse by selfish owners in May 2021 after adopting them at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic: Can we all agree the
Full Fact→ Dandelion root is not a proven cancer cure
A Facebook post claims that “dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours. Not only that, but it acts as a powerful anti-inflammatory, immune booster, antioxidant and organ detoxifier.” Whilst laboratory studies, on ce
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. States Are NOT Liquefying ‘Vaccine-Murdered People,’ Spreading Them On Food Crops
Are U.S. states liquefying "vaccine-murdered people" and spreading them on food crops? No, that's not true: A video claims that a Wisconsin bill is legalizing such actions -- but the legislation does not allow for liquefied remains of "va
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Lieserl Einstein Donated 1,400 Lost Letters,’ ‘The Universal Force Is Love’ Facebook Post
In May 2021, a years-old post about letters purportedly sent by theoretical physicist Albert Einstein to his daughter Lieserl circulated — likely revived by the “On This Day” or “Memories” function on Facebook. The Post Th
Full Fact→ Freedom March video littered with false claims about Covid-19 cures
A video posted on Facebook of anti-lockdown influencer and professor at University College Dublin Dolores Cahill at the 15 May “Freedom March” has been viewed more than 220,000 times. It includes claims about a number of disputed treatments
The Dispatch→ Has Michigan Authorized a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Election?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Creature With Glowing Eyes In The Sky
Does a video show a real giant creature with glowing eyes in the sky during a thunderstorm? No: the whole thing was created by a video artist who combined footage of a rubber ducky with rainstorm footage and some digital effects in 2018.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
REVIEW Around mid-May 2021, multiple videos (examples here, here, and here) claimed that COVID-19 vaccines caused magnetic reactions in vaccinated people. The videos purportedly showed that magnets attached to the arm where people received a COVID-1
Full Fact→ The risk of dying from a Covid vaccine is lower than 1 in 31,000
A post on Instagram claims the risk of a child dying from Covid-19 is around one in 3.5 million while the risk of dying from a vaccine is one in 31,000. This is not accurate. Risk to children The first figure appears to come from reports that in
Truth or Fiction?→ McDonald’s ‘$18 an Hour’ Hiring Sign
On May 16 2021, Twitter user Derenic Byrd (@DerenicByrd) shared an image of a hiring banner advertising $18 an hour at McDonald’s, but with an ominous asterisk: See what happens when employers have a hard time finding workers…..? They can
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
SciCheck Digest Animal testing and clinical trials were conducted before the COVID-19 vaccines were granted emergency use authorization in the U.S. But a state senator in Texas falsely claimed at a hearing that animal tests were “stopped” b