The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a graph on 15 March 2021, which claimed to show deaths due to “infectious and parasitic diseases” in England and Wales from 1901 to 2020, along with the deaths due to Covid-19 in 2020.
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Poynter→ When will we reach herd immunity? Here’s what the experts say.
It’s been a long, dark winter of COVID-19 concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the American death tally exceeding 530,000 lives lost. But with three vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — now authorized f
Full Fact→ Full Fact launches consultation on the Framework for Information Incidents
Over the next eight weeks, we’re seeking feedback on a new shared model to fight online misinformation: the Framework for Information Incidents. The framework is the product of hard-won experience of how certain events such as pandemics, terroris
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 9,000 ‘Illegals’ In 2020 And 108,000 In 2021 Are NOT Accurate Numbers Of Border Apprehensions And Entries Into The U.S.
Did 9,000 "illegals" enter the United States in all of 2020 versus 108,000 in the first three months of 2021? No, that's not true: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to Lead Stories the agenc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One-Ring Call Scams Do NOT Copy Your Contacts And ‘Bank Or Credit Details’ — (But There Is A One-Ring Scheme)
Is there a phone scam in which "these guys only ring once and hang up," and if you call back, they can copy your contact list in three seconds as well as your "bank or credit details"? No, that's not true: But, an AT&T spokesman email
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Joe Biden Talking To Press on W.H. Lawn Does NOT Reveal A ‘Green Screen Fail’
Does this video show a "green screen fail" that proves Joe Biden was deceptively edited into video of a quick exchange with reporters at the White House? No, that's not true. The 46th president was live and in person at the presidential h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Screenshot Of Post From Atlanta Shooting Suspect Robert Aaron Long Is NOT From A Real Account
Did Robert Aaron Long, the suspect taken into custody after a string of shootings at massage parlors in the Atlanta area, make this anti-China post on Facebook before the deadly March 16, 2021 shootings? No, that's not true: This screensh
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Misrepresents FDA Document About Monitoring Vaccine Safety
Quick Take A Food and Drug Administration presentation on monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines listed possible adverse events the agency might track. But an Instagram post misrepresents the document, falsely claiming it shows the vaccines are kno
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Yellow Square’ Instagram Controversy, Explained
On March 17 2021, the day a spree shooter reportedly killed eight people at three Asian spas, the verified Instagram account @88rising shared a simple yellow square — content which led to significant and tense discourse. The Incident On March 16
FactCheck.org→ Hagler’s Widow Refutes Rumors About How He Died
Quick Take Hall of Fame boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler “died on March 13 of natural causes,” according to a statement posted on his official website. In a Facebook post, his widow, Kay Hagler, wrote that his death was not the result
Full Fact→ 17 countries haven’t ‘banned’ the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
The data in this piece is correct as of the time of writing, on 17 March 2021. A post on Facebook has claimed that 17 countries have “banned” the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and the UK hasn’t. The post previously claimed that 12 count
The Dispatch→ Did the Washington Post Correct a Report About Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of State?
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Health Feedback→ COVID-19 RNA vaccines are safe, cannot modify human DNA; death rate in vaccinated people aren’t higher than in unvaccinated people
REVIEW In an interview with Daystar Television Network, Sherri Tenpenny, a physician, made several claims about the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in the U.S. Specifically, she claimed that the COVID-19 RNA vaccines could modify human DNA and that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel’s Vaccination Data Do NOT Reveal A ‘Frightening’ Death Rate
Does Israel's vaccination data reveal a "frightening" death rate for elderly patients injected with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: This "new holocaust" conspiracy theory is contradicted by peer-reviewed medical studies and
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Imagine Living in This Apartment Complex in Hong Kong’
A March 13 2021 Facebook post reading “imagine living in this apartment complex in Hong Kong” generated a lot of interest (and shares): On Facebook No additional context or comment was included by the original poster; the post was shared t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hank Aaron, Marvelous Marvin Hagler Were Killed By The COVID-19 Vaccine
Were the deaths of baseball great Hank Aaron and famed boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, there's no publicly available evidence that's true: Hagler's wife said the vaccine "for sure" did not cause the death
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip From 1993 Speech Does NOT Prove ‘What Biden Really Thinks About Black Americans’ — He Doesn’t Mention Race
Does a video of then-Sen. Joe Biden saying that the upbringing and background of future criminals does not matter show "what Biden really thinks about Black Americans"? No, that's not true: Biden did not mention race when he made a Senate
Full Fact→ Clapham protester is not same woman injured in Parsons Green Tube attack
It has been claimed in a post shared hundreds of times on Facebook that a woman who was arrested during the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common in March 2021 is the same woman who was injured during an attack on a London Underground train in Pars
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benadryl Is NOT An Effective Or Helpful Treatment For Venomous Snakebite
Is Benadryl a helpful first-aid treatment for venomous snakebites? No, that's not true: This anecdote about using Benadryl as a part of first-aid care for a person who has been bitten by a venomous snake is not supported by evidence or th
Truth or Fiction?→ PragerU ‘Racism = Bad’ Graphic
On March 13 2021, the Facebook page Comrade Britney shared the following Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) tweet from one day prior, depicting a purported PragerU graphic describing “leftist logic” as “racism = bad”: HmmR
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’
Are COVID-19 vaccines "weapons of mass destruction"? No, that's not true: There's no public evidence the vaccines put the future of mankind at risk. To the contrary, medical authorities widely agree the vaccines represent one of our best
Health Feedback→ Oxygen in the air doesn’t prevent people from getting tetanus through cuts with dirty or rusty objects; the vaccine is important to prevent infection
REVIEW On 7 March 2021, a video discussing the causes and consequences of tetanus was posted on Facebook by chiropractor Steven Baker, who runs the Facebook page named “Dr. Baker2.0”. The video makes several claims that are inaccurate or
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Banks Collected More than $30 BILLION in Overdraft Fees in 2020’
On March 11 2021, the Facebook page “Memes to Radicalize Your Friends” shared an undated screenshot of a tweet by @katmauvearts, which contained the claim that banks collected had collected a total of $30 billion in overdraft fees from Amer
Full Fact→ This text from a GP is real
A text message claiming to be public health advice from a GP surgery has been causing concern on Facebook. The text message from Blyth Road Medical Surgery in Maltby, South Yorkshire, reads: “Covid-19 cases are rising in Maltby. If you have
Snopes→ Fauci: Trump Should Urge His Followers to Get Vaccinated
The government's top infectious disease expert lamented polling showing that Trump supporters are more likely to refuse to get vaccinated.
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts circulate fake Australian press release that was intended as satire
An image purporting to show a genuine press release from the office of Australia's Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has been shared in multiple Facebook posts following his admission to hospital after an injury. The supposed statement, however, was not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Officer Was NOT Saved From Choking By Man He Had Handcuffed — It’s A Skit
Did a patrolman choke on his gum and was lifesaving aid rendered to him by a man he had just handcuffed and taken into custody? No, that's not true: This video is from Rick Lax Productions, creator of fictional short videos. It is of the
FactCheck.org→ Cheney’s Misleading Criticism of the COVID-19 Relief Package
After the Senate passed its version of the American Rescue Plan Act, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney claimed “the result of that package is going to be middle-class tax increases.” The legislation cuts middle-income taxes. Cheney assumes Congres
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Prime-Time Address
In his remarks to the nation after signing the latest COVID-19 relief legislation, President Joe Biden stretched the facts, particularly when boasting of the increase in vaccinations on his watch. Biden spoke on March 11, marking a year since the natio
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a High School Basketball Announcer Caught Using a Racist Slur Against Players?
A girls’ high school basketball game in Oklahoma received national scrutiny — but through no fault of the players — in March 2021 after one of the participating coaches posted audio of an announcer smearing his players with a racist s
Truth or Fiction?→ $1400 ‘Stimmy’ Per Adult and Child, $250 or $300 a Month Per Child?
A March 10 2021 Facebook status update about the March 2021 stimulus appeared to contain further information about what the relief bill entailed: $1400 stimmy per adult. $1400 stimmy per child $300 a month per child starting in July (5 and younger) $
Snopes→ Was Prince Harry Photographed in a Nazi Costume?
An old story resurfaced after Oprah Winfrey's 2021 interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Propose a ‘Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act,’ But While ‘Failing to Explain How Landlords, Banks’ Would Pay Bills?
On March 12 2021, Sean Hannity continued his disinformation offensive when he shared a post in a tweet that read, “THIS IS REAL: Omar Introduces Bill to ‘Cancel All Rent And Mortgage Payments Until April 2022′”: THIS IS REAL:
Health Feedback→ Mask mandates are associated with reductions in the spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths; contrary to One America News article
REVIEW This article published by the One America News Network (OAN) on 7 March 2021 claims that a recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that masks had a “negligible impact on coronavirus numbers”. The
Full Fact→ Clearing up the NHS pay debate
“Last year, Tory MPs promised, budgeted and voted into law a 2.1% pay rise for NHS staff.” Jonathan Ashworth MP, 7 March 2021. “[Keir Starmer] voted against the document in question [which pledged a 2.1% pay rise for NHS staff].&rdq
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts misleadingly claim Israel reserves beach chairs for vaccinated people only
An image showing beach chairs with signs reading “RESERVED FOR VACCINATED PEOPLE ONLY” has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim it’s the evidence of Israel’s “persecution” of people who don’t wish to get Covid-19 vaccinati
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Video Pushes Known Vaccine Misrepresentations
Quick Take A video stoking fears of the COVID-19 vaccines in the Black community is being promoted online. But the film repeats misrepresentations about vaccines, generally, and exploits historical cases of unethical medical conduct to suggest without
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Proves No Conspiracies — Trump Is NOT ‘Real President,’ Biden DOES Fly On Air Force One, Hydroxychloroquine Does NOT ‘Fix’ COVID-19
Is Donald Trump the "real" president, does Joe Biden not fly on Air Force One, does hydroxychloroquine "fix" COVID-19 and do masks not stop the spread of coronavirus? No, that's not true: Biden won the election and became President of the
Health Feedback→ Vaccines are safe and aren’t associated with autoimmune disease, contrary to claim in viral video by chiropractor Steven Baker
REVIEW A Facebook video published by chiropractor Steven Baker on 5 March 2021, claimed that vaccines are responsible for autoimmune diseases. The video received more than 10,000 interactions and more than 80,000 views on Facebook, according to soci
The Dispatch→ Did a California Mayor Pro Tempore Plead Guilty to Election Fraud?
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