Is China putting California garlic growers out of business? No, that's not true. The amount of garlic the United States imports from China has gone down for the past four years, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The cla
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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim on Coronavirus Harm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that through May 30, 14% of confirmed coronavirus cases led to hospitalizations — including 2% in intensive care units. But President Donald Trump falsely claimed “99%” of cases
Snopes→ Trump’s ‘Strong Wall’ to Block COVID-19 from China Had Holes
Nearly 8,000 Chinese nationals and foreign residents of Hong Kong and Macao entered the U.S. on more than 600 commercial and private flights in the first three months after the travel "ban" was imposed.
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates online that China is no longer hospitalising COVID-19 patients
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times in June 2020 claim that people in China have stopped going to hospitals for COVID-19 treatment and instead "kill the virus with heat" through "steam inhalation"; "hot gargles" and "hot tea"
Full Fact→ What do we know about Covid-19 inequalities among people from minority ethnic groups?
In the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic in the UK, and in the absence of data splitting out Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity, reports of health workers from minority ethnicities dying of Covid-19 was the first clue that some groups of people might
AFP Fact Check→ The placards in these images have been doctored to include pro-China messages
Two images have been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts which claim they show leaders of an Indian communist organisation showing support for China and "insulting" the Indian army. The posts circulated following a deadly border
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has been doctored to show Narendra Modi bowing to Xi Jinping
A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts which claim it shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The posts were shared after a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese troo
Full Fact→ Bill Gates doesn’t own the vaccine for or patent of the Covid-19 virus
A Facebook post with over 16,000 shares claims the following: “Isn’t it Amazing that Bill Gates Owns The Patent For Coronavirus and Owns The Vaccine. He is also A Partner n [sic] the Lab In Wuhan China” None of this is correct. Bill
AFP Fact Check→ This clip has circulated online since at least March 2019 about Indian soldiers in Kashmir
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter alongside a claim it shows Indian army soldiers crying after being “beaten” in deadly clashes with Chinese troops in June 2020. The claim is false; this c
AFP Fact Check→ These videos were all circulating online before China and India’s June 2020 border skirmish
Three videos have been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that they show tensions between Chinese and Indian soldiers on the border between the two countries in June 2020. The claim is false; the videos ha
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since at least March 2020 before the India-China border clash
A video of people rushing down a hill has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows “hundreds of Indians running to block China’s illegal construction in the border with
Health Feedback→ People should take precautions against COVID-19 regardless of their blood type
REVIEW An article published in the Jerusalem Post declares that people with type O blood are “more protected against COVID-19”. The article has received more than 23 million views on Facebook and more than 900,000 interactions on the platform si
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since at least May 2020
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Weibo which claim it shows a clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers at the border between the two countries in mid-June. The posts claim “20 Ind
Full Fact→ A Norweigan-British research paper doesn’t claim the virus causing Covid-19 was man-made
“Sørensen and Dagleish say that the RNA sequence of the virus includes inserts which could not have occurred naturally in zoonotic [animal] transfer. Now for the benefit of non-scientists...that means the coronavirus was engineered in a l
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Repeats Flawed Claim on Wuhan Lab Funding
Quick Take A Facebook post is spreading the false claim that former President Barack Obama gave $3.8 million to a lab in Wuhan, China. The money referenced was actually provided to a U.S. research group. Only $600,000 went to the lab as part of a U.S.-
Full Fact→ A viral post on autopsies, Italy and the new coronavirus has many inaccuracies
A viral post on Facebook has made a number of claims about Italy’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The almost 1,000 word long post begins: “Well! Well! Well! People are Waking up! Italy went against the WHO, saying no autopies [si
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth
Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be f
FactCheck.org→ China Didn’t Stop Virus ‘Cold’ Outside Wuhan
In remarks about SARS-CoV-2, President Donald Trump wrongly said China “stopped it cold” from spreading from Wuhan to other parts of China “but they didn’t stop it cold from coming to the United States, Europe and the rest of the wo
FactCheck.org→ Trump Touts Strong Jobs Report, Flubs Some Facts
In a Rose Garden address to comment on a surprisingly strong May jobs report, President Donald Trump continued to repeat false, misleading and exaggerated claims about the economy, the administration’s response to COVID-19, the border wall, veter
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Amish People Protest the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis?
On May 30 2020, the word “Amish” trended on Twitter, due to circulating social media posts claiming Amish people gathered to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis: The Amish came out yesterday in Minneapolis to join the George
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Colorado Revise its COVID-19 Death Count from 1150 to 878 — and ‘Admit’ They Were Counting Deaths from Other Causes?
A May 16 2020 Facebook post claiming that Colorado had revised its COVID-19 death count from 1150 to 878 and “ADMITTED” that the state was including deaths from other causes in its count to make the virus seem more lethal took off across
FactCheck.org→ Trump Adds New Falsehood to Pelosi/Chinatown Claims
President Donald Trump has upped the ante in his allegations about Nancy Pelosi and Chinatown, falsely charging that the House speaker urged foreign nationals to “bring your infection” to the San Francisco neighborhood. Pelosi never issued
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Coronavirus Is NOT Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation; NO Pathophysiological Diagnosis Error
Has "the whole world" gotten the pathology of COVID-19 wrong -- that it's thrombosis, a blood-clotting problem, that should be treated with "antibiotics, antivirals, anti-inflammatories and anticoagulants" and not a viral infection that leads
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Posts Distort Facts on Trump Actions
Quick Take Facebook posts credit President Donald Trump with accomplishing a list of things that haven’t happened — claiming, for example, that he “cancelled” a proposed House bill on contact tracing and “expelled WHO.R
Truth or Fiction?→ There’s No ‘New Evidence’ Face Masks Pose Health Risks to Healthy People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
On May 18 2020, ScienceTimes.com posted a story with a frightening and shocking headline: “New Evidence Shows Wearing Face Mask Can Help Coronavirus Enter the Brain and Pose More Health Risk, Warn Expert.” The page picked up quite a lot o
FactCheck.org→ Biden Exaggerates CDC Cuts in China
Former Vice President Joe Biden overstated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s staffing cuts in China during the Trump administration. He said the CDC reduced its staff to four, but it was actually 14. The presumptive Democratic pres
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wuhan, China, NOT Back On Lockdown With ‘2nd Wave’ of COVID-19 Cases
Did Wuhan, China, go back on lockdown amid a second wave of new COVID-19 cases? No, that's not true: Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began in late 2019, is not back on lockdown despite 15 new cases being found in the city's province. The
FactCheck.org→ The RNC’s Misleading Message About the Bidens
A voicemail message being left at the homes of voters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere by the Republican National Committee makes a number of misleading claims about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter and Trump’
FactCheck.org→ Trump Spreads Distorted Claim on Wuhan Lab Funding
The Wuhan Institute of Virology received $600,000 as part of a larger five-year U.S. government grant to a U.S.-based nonprofit studying emerging infectious diseases. But President Donald Trump put the figure at $7.5 million, saying he “ended it.
Snopes→ Hong Kong Shop Offers ‘Tear Gas’ Flavor Ice Cream
The main ingredient is black peppercorns, a reminder of the pungent, peppery rounds fired by police on the streets of the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
The Dispatch→ Did 60 Minutes Wrongly Accuse Mike Pompeo of Reviving a Debunked Theory About Coronavirus?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That ‘Deep State,’ China Use COVID-19 For Population Control And To Derail President Trump
Is there a conspiracy by "the Deep State" and China to establish "sweeping population control" and "derail" President Trump using the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: A report by a conservative U.S. news network citing "emerging reports
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Give $3.7 Million Grant To Wuhan, China, Virology Lab To Study Coronavirus
Did President Barack Obama award $3.7 million to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 to study the coronavirus that has grown into a global pandemic? No, that is not true: Government documents show that the money -- actually about $3.4 mill
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Ad on Coronavirus Testing
A new Trump campaign ad claims that President Donald Trump took “fast action” in regard to testing for the novel coronavirus. While “fast action” is subjective, pandemic experts say the U.S. did not move quickly to set up an adequate sy
FactCheck.org→ The Falsehoods of the ‘Plandemic’ Video
The first installment of a documentary called “Plandemic” stormed through social media this week, promising viewers on its website that the film will “expose the scientific and political elite who run the scam that is our global healt
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Flawed China Travel Conspiracy
President Donald Trump has twice now advanced the flawed theory that China nefariously continued to allow flights out of Wuhan, the city where the COVID-19 outbreak originated, to Western cities while blocking flights into other cities in China. “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Death Rate In NYC Is NOT 200 Times Higher Than World’s 10 Largest Cities
Is the rate of coronavirus-related deaths being reported out of New York City 200 times higher than the death rates of the world's largest 10 cities? No, that's not true: A meme making the claim uses inaccurate numbers for the total deaths in
FactCheck.org→ An April Filled with Repeats
Throughout April, the White House’s coronavirus task force briefings, at times, sparked feelings of fact-checking deja vu: President Donald Trump made many of the same inaccurate statements repeatedly. The president – as is the case with many polit
Washington Post→ Was the new coronavirus accidentally released from a Wuhan lab? It’s doubtful.
President Trump and his aides have speculated the new coronavirus sprang from a Chinese lab. Here's why scientists say that is almost certainly wrong.
Snopes→ US Intel: Coronavirus Not Manmade, Still Studying Lab Theory
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not manmade or genetically modified” but say they are still examining whether the origins of the pandemic trace to contact with infected animals or an accident at a Chinese lab.