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Full Fact→ Study doesn’t prove that statins ‘cut’ the risk of dying from Covid
‘Wonder statins’ cut risk of dying from Covid The Daily Express, 15 October 2021. The headline on the front page of Friday’s Daily Express misreports new research about statins and Covid-19. The headline of the online version of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New South Wales Health Ministry Clip In ‘The Vaccinated Are Dying In Australia’ Is NOT Whole Story
Does a short clip taken from a press conference by the New South Wales Ministry of Health to update the public on COVID-19 tell the whole story of recent deaths there? No, that's missing crucial context: Dr. Marianne Gale, the deputy chie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pentagon Did NOT ‘Confirm Majority Dying And In Hospitals Are Vaccinated’
Did the Department of Defense "confirm" the majority of those dying and hospitalized with COVID-19 were vaccinated? No, that's not true: The claim is made without any offer of proof. There is no public record of a Pentagon statement about
Logically→ Breastfeeding babies are dying of adverse reactions due to their mothers being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Theoretical concerns regarding the safety of vaccinating lactating individuals do not outweigh the potential benefits of receiving the vaccine
Logically→ Children have died and are dying due to COVID-19 vaccines.
There is no evidence that children are dying due to COVID-19 vaccines. Data presented to support this claim has not been verified.
Snopes→ Are Florida’s Manatees Dying in ‘Unprecedented’ Numbers?
Wildlife experts in Florida have warned that 2021 is the deadliest year on record for manatees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene Did NOT Say ‘People Are Dying Who Have Never Died Before’
Did Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene make the statement: "People are dying who have never died before"? No, that's not true: It first appeared in a 1930 Ernest Hemingway letter. A search of press coverage and social media reveals no
Full Fact→ More than 10 people are dying of Covid-19 each week in the UK
“We’re seeing deaths under an average of 10 a week now from Covid, bearing in mind we’re going to be losing a lot more than that to heart disease and cancer and the like – well hundreds, I mean, hundreds more people – to
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
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people
REVIEW Video clips of a Texas Senate Committee meeting on 6 May 2021 showing an exchange on COVID-19 vaccine safety between U.S. Senator Bob Hall and pediatrician Angelina Farella, went viral on multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, I
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Risk of Dying From AstraZeneca Is NOT Higher Than Of COVID-19 In Norway
Did Norwegian scientists say it was less risky to catch COVID-19 than to take the AstraZeneca vaccine? No, that's not true: The Norwegian Institute of Public Health believes the AstraZeneca is a good vaccine, but since Norway has a low in
Snopes→ Did COVID-19 Originate in Market 400 Meters From CCP Lab Studying Coronaviruses?
Repeating something countless times over the course of a year does not actually make it a fact.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Charity Worker From Denmark Rescued, Then Adopted Dying-But-Now-Healthy Nigerian Child
Do these photos show a charity worker from Denmark adopted a naked and dying 2-year-old abandoned child in Nigeria? No, that's not true. Charity worker Anja Ringgren Lovén is in all of the photos in the meme, with different-colored hair.
Health Feedback→ Data from Israel showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces the likelihood of dying from COVID-19; analysis in a forum post claiming the opposite is flawed
REVIEW A forum post made by Haim Yativ on a Hebrew-language discussion board claimed that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine “killed […] about 40 times more [elderly people] than the disease itself would have killed, and about 260 times mo
Full Fact→ There is no evidence that people are dying from the Covid-19 vaccine
A widely shared Facebook post wrongly suggests that Covid-19 vaccines are unsafe because so many reactions are being reported through the UK’s Yellow Card scheme. The post says: “They keep telling us vaccines are safe!! So why don't they ad
Snopes→ Biden Backs Studying Reparations as Congress Considers Bill
President Joe Biden's White House is giving its support to studying reparations for Black Americans, boosting Democratic lawmakers who are renewing efforts to create a commission on the issue.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Of Dead And Dying Children Were NOT Pulled From Tunnels Under Washington, D.C.
Did the United States National Guard recently conduct an operation in the nation's capital that resulted in the discovery of thousands of dead and dying children in tunnels under the city of Washington, D.C.? No, that's not true: This rec
AFP Fact Check→ Debunked claim of children dying in Guinea from Covid-19 vaccine resurfaces
A YouTube video shared hundreds of times has resurfaced with an old claim that two children in Guinea died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. This is false; the video was based on a news report about Guinean children who fell ill in March 2019 after
Full Fact→ More people are dying than usual at the moment
“We're seeing mortality that's well within the envelope of what normally happens this time of year. The last five years have been a below average number of death years if you look at the ONS data anyway compared to the last 27, which is how far
Full Fact→ More people are dying than usual at the moment
“We're seeing mortality that's well within the envelope of what normally happens this time of year. The last five years have been a below average number of death years if you look at the ONS data anyway compared to the last 27, which is how far
Full Fact→ The number of people dying right now is not the same as in any other year
“I’ll give you the absolute numbers today and people can then take that away and make their own decisions about how scared to be. So in terms of people actually infected today, it’s probably around 1% of the population. But the vast
AllSides→ Chance of an asteroid hitting Earth on Nov. 2 is not higher than dying of COVID-19
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/16/fact-check-chances-nov-2-asteroid-strike-less-than-covid-death/3679429001/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tens-Of-Thousands Of Chinese Soldiers Are NOT Quietly Massing On The Canadian Border Readying For Invasion Of The United States
Is China using a treaty with Canada to mass tens-of-thousands of Chinese soldiers on the Canadian border in preparation for a military invasion of the United States? No, that's not true: Local and Canadian officials say there are no Chine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid 19 Will NOT Go Away If You Stop Getting Tested, It’s NOT Just The Elderly Dying and NO ONE Is Being Intentionally Infected
Does not getting tested for Covid 19 make the disease disappear? Are the elderly the only people dying? Are Democratic governors intentionally infecting them? No, no and no. Those are not true: You will have the disease regardless of whet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘New’ Research Is NOT New, Does NOT Find Average 50- To 64-Year-Olds Have A 1-in-19.1-Million Chance Of Dying From COVID-19
Does a "new" scientific paper definitively show that people aged 50-64 have a 1-in-19.1 million chance of dying from COVID-19? No, this is not true. The paper, which is not new as it was posted June and studies a one-week period in May, h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say ‘People Are Dying That Have Never Died Before’
Did Vice President Joe Biden make the nonsensical statement: "People are dying that have never died before?" No, that's not true. A search of press coverage of Biden's remarks and databases of speeches turns up no version of the quote. Th
Health Feedback→ Current COVID-19 mortality rate does not predict the future probability of dying from the disease
REVIEW A claim regarding the risk of dying from COVID-19 began circulating in mid-August 2020 on social media and the posts repeating it have received more than 12,000 interactions on Facebook. The posts state that the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Tina Turner Is Dying From Stomach Cancer And Rejection Of A Kidney
Is singer Tina Turner dying from stomach cancer and rejection of a kidney? No, there are no reliable reports that she is deathly ill. Turner did struggle with intestinal cancer and she underwent a kidney transplant in the past decade, but
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Tina Turner Is Dying From Stomach Cancer And Rejection Of A Kidney
Is singer Tina Turner dying from stomach cancer and rejection of a kidney? No, there are no reliable reports that she is deathly ill. Turner did struggle with intestinal cancer and she underwent a kidney transplant in the past decade, but
Poynter→ Government officials are readying for battle against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and accountability journalism, from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here Officials confront COVID-19 vaccine resistance
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump NEVER Tweeted in 2009 About Americans Dying in Pandemic
Did Donald Trump claim in a 2009 tweet that he would "never let thousands of Americans die from a pandemic while in office" amidst the so-called swine flu, or H1N1, pandemic during the Barack Obama presidency? No, that's not true: A fake tweet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say ‘People Are Dying Who Have Never Died Before’
Did President Trump make the nonsensical statement, "People are dying who have never died before," during a White House briefing updating the country on the state of his administration's response to the coronavirus? No, that's not true: A sear
Snopes→ Did President Trump Say ‘People Are Dying Today That Have Never Died Before’?
A number of hoaxes have circulated amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Snopes→ UN: Thousands Fleeing Syrian Offensive, Kids Dying in Cold
Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security Council that “the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe” in northwest Idlib province, which is the last major rebel stronghold, has “overwhelmed” efforts to provide aid.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Teenager Sexually Stimulate Himself 56 Times Straight Before Dying of a Heart Attack?
In September 2019, a number of people tweeted an apparent news article headlined: “Teen Masturbated 56 Times Straight Before Dying of Heart Attack”: So the limit is 55.https://t.co/6dhCnh6tSj — Nathorix (@Nathorix) September 23, 20
Snopes→ Is Olivia Newton-John Dying of Cancer?
Celebrity gossip websites reported in December 2018 that the 70-year-old singer had only days or weeks to live.
Snopes→ Yemeni Mom Overcomes Travel Ban to Finally Hold Dying Son
Citizens from Yemen and four other mostly Muslim countries, along with North Korea and Venezuela, are restricted from coming to the United States under the travel ban enacted under President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Do These Photographs Show a Homeless Veteran Dying Under a Bush?
"We want to discard the parts of society we don’t want, but like plastic, it’s never going to go away."