Although immunity against COVID-19 infection diminishes, the Pfizer vaccine continues to protect against hospitalization and severe disease.
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Logically→ Immunity from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine weakens after two months. After five and seven months, it is only 20 percent effective.
Although immunity against COVID-19 infection diminishes, the Pfizer vaccine continues to protect against hospitalization and severe disease.
Logically→ At least forty-five percent of BJP ministers in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet have criminal charges against them.
The data published by ADR in 2017 noted that 45 percent of ministers in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet in Uttar Pradesh have a criminal background.
Logically→ At least forty-five percent of BJP ministers in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet have criminal charges against them.
The data published by ADR in 2017 noted that 45 percent of ministers in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet in Uttar Pradesh have a criminal background.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Five Hurricanes Did NOT Make Landfall On The Same Calendar Day
Did hurricanes Katrina, Gustav, Issac, Harvey and Ida all make landfall on the same day of the calendar? No, that's not true: While they made landfall within a few calendar days of each other in different years, they did not all make land
Logically→ People need five doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be fully immunized.
Apart from the elderly and vulnerable groups requiring booster shots, there is no evidence to suggest people need five vaccine doses.
Logically→ Five died after CAPF opened fire in a booth in Cooch Behar, West Bengal.
Cooch Behar witnessed two incidents, during which four died in the CSIF firing, and one died due to a gunshot by a miscreant.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In the Cayman Islands, There Is a Modest Five-Story Building That Is Home to 18,857 Companies’
On July 16 2021, an Imgur user shared a Bernie Sanders quote meme which alleged that a “modest building” in the Cayman Islands was the address for “18,857 companies”: Text on the meme attributed its creation to “Ro Khanna
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Implying Five JetBlue Pilots Died After COVID Vaccinations Gives NO Evidence, Omits Varied Causes Of Deaths
Does a video implying that five JetBlue pilots died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine show evidence to back that up? No, it does not. Of the five people named in the video, one was not a pilot, but an inflight crew member for JetBlue. On
Logically→ The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduces your life expectancy by five to ten years.
There is no scientific evidence to prove that mRNA vaccines impact life expectancy.Randomized controlled trials, including thousands of people, found the mRNA vaccine to be safe and effective. In addition, there is no evidence to suggest tha
Full Fact→ Golden oldies: Are one in five pensioners millionaires?
Readers have asked us to check a surprising figure in the Sunday Times Style supplement, that one in five over-65s in the UK is classified as a millionaire according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This claim has been going around since th
Health Feedback→ CDC study finds five percent of teens hospitalized due to COVID-19 require ventilation, vaccinating against COVID-19 can help reduce the risk of severe disease in teens
REVIEW On 8 June 2021, radio host Wendy Bell posted photos and a video on Facebook in response to an article in the Washington Post reporting on a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[1]. The report, which analyzed r
Snopes→ Did Jill Biden Agree to Marry Joe Biden After Five Proposals?
Jill Biden reportedly took her time in deciding whether or not she wanted to marry the then-senator from Delaware.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Henry Repeating Arms Is NOT Giving Away Rifles To Five Lucky Winners
Is Henry Repeating Arms giving away rifles to five lucky winners? No, that's not true: A spokesman for the company told Lead Stories the giveaway is not real. A post making the claim is riddled with spelling errors and appears on a page t
Snopes→ Have Episodes of ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Been Suppressed?
Controversy sometimes keeps episodes of a popular series off TV for years at a time, if not indefinitely.
Snopes→ Have Episodes of ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Been Suppressed?
Controversy sometimes keeps episodes of a popular series off TV for years at a time, if not indefinitely.
Logically→ While there were 58 motions between 1917 and 1971 to break filibusters, it was five times more in 2020 alone.
There were 58 motions for cloture between 1917 and 1970. In 2020, there were only 118, which is about twice as 58, and not five times more.
Truth or Fiction?→ On a ‘Scroll That Has 470+ Names of People Killed by MN Police,’ Was Derek Chauvin Involved in Five?
On March 7 2021, a tweet about the upcoming trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd appeared and started to quickly spread: The day before Derek Chauvin goes on trial in Minneapolis for the murder of George Fl
Logically→ One BJP worker died and five got injured while making crude bombs at Gosaba, West Bengal.
Police say the bombs went off when BJP workers were making them. The family of the injured claim TMC members hurled the bombs. A probe is underway.
Logically→ West Bengal has been allotted only five sites for the public vaccination drive.
Besides five hospitals empanelled under the PMJAY scheme, vaccination is being conducted at many other government and private hospitals in the state.
AFP Fact Check→ The five-year-old photo shows activist Surat Singh Khalsa who is on hunger strike to support Sikh political prisoners
A photo of an emaciated elderly man in a saffron turban has been shared thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts that claim that he is on a hunger strike to support ongoing farmers’ protests in India. The claim is misleading; the photo has ci
Full Fact→ A framework for information incidents: five levels of severity
This year Full Fact has been developing a new collaborative model for tackling information incidents, with funding support from Facebook. Information incidents happen where the information environment changes in a way that merits an exceptional a
Full Fact→ Mersey Care has only had five Covid-19 deaths because it is a mental health and disability services trust
A post on Facebook with over 1,000 shares shows a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, which says that there were only five deaths related to Covid-19 in that trust, and that those patients all had pre-existing cond
AFP Fact Check→ Five days before deadline, Trump claims Michigan cannot certify vote
Donald Trump, seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, tweeted that the state of Michigan cannot certify the ballot count. This is false; the state’s county canvassing boards had to certify their results by November 17, 2020 whic
Snopes→ Ranked: The Environmental Impact of Five Different Soft Drink Containers
Here they are, ranked from worst to best.
AFP Fact Check→ This image of an injured journalist was taken during a protest five years ago, not at a recent rally
Posts claiming to show a Ugandan journalist brutally beaten by police officers during a recent political rally by pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine have been shared multiple times on Facebook. The claim is misleading; the picture of injured journal
AllSides→ US election 2020: Five viral vote claims fact-checked
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54811410 As President Trump continues to dispute the result o
Poynter→ Trump tweeted five times in two hours and was labeled as ‘misleading’ three times
It’s been a tough morning for President Donald Trump on Twitter. Between 10 a.m. and noon Eastern, he tweeted five times and had three of his posts labeled by the social media company as potentially “misleading about an election or other civic
AllSides→ Five Days of Facebook Fact-Checking
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/five-days-of-facebook-fact-checking.php MARK ZUCKERBERG, Facebook’s CEO,
Logically→ Biden: One in five minority businesses closed due to COVID-19
Businesses owned by minorities faced significantly more temporary disclosures than non-minority businesses amid the pandemic
Health Feedback→ Mortality in the U.S. was more than 280,000 higher during the first eight months of 2020 than any of the previous five years over the same period
REVIEW A recurring claim during the COVID-19 pandemic is that the mortality in 2020 is similar to that of previous years. Such allegations downplay the extent and seriousness of the pandemic by suggesting that COVID-19 has no impact on the overall n
Poynter→ The second round of the Fact-Checking Innovation Initiative awards five new projects
Five projects focused on how technology can improve fact-checking will receive up to $100,000 in grants as part of the second round of the Fact-Checking Innovation Initiative. The winners were chosen from a list of 64 proposals and will split a total o
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Joe Biden Receive Five Deferments During the Vietnam War?
Contrary to what critics claim, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s non-combatant status during the Vietnam War was not underreported prior to his 2020 campaign. Regardless, one Facebook user amassed more than 189,000 shares by claiming,
AFP Fact Check→ Forbes has not ranked five Nigerians among world’s 10 wealthiest pastors
Multiple social media posts claim that American business magazine Forbes had ranked five Nigerians among the 10 richest pastors globally. But Forbes told AFP Fact Check it has not published such a list. The claim is a misinterpretation of an old rankin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Four Of Five ‘Fun Facts’ About the Postal Service Are NOT True
Does a meme promising "fun facts" about the USPS contain only true facts? No, it doesn't. Although the United States Postal Service employs more than 500,000 people, the agency is in debt, it costs taxpayers $100 million a year, it only b
Logically→ The latest episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ show has garnered over five lakh dislikes on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s YouTube channel.
PM Narendra Modi’s 68th Mann Ki Baat show aired on August 30, 2020, has gathered more than nine lakh dislikes on the BJP Youtube channel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida Is NOT Doing ‘Five Times Better In Deaths’ Than New York And New Jersey
Is Florida doing "five times better in deaths" than New York and New Jersey? No, that's misleading: The comparison is not apt. Daily COVID-19 deaths in New York and New Jersey surged this spring before falling, precipitously, whi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Five Guys Burgers Does NOT Refuse Service To Police; Workers Who Did At One Location Were Fired/Suspended
Does Five Guys Burgers refuse to serve police officers? No, that's not true: The fast food chain fired and suspended workers at an Alabama store who refused service in one incident on July 7, 2020, because they violated the company's policy by
Snopes→ Did a Five Guys Restaurant Refuse To Serve Police?
Controversy surrounded an incident at a burger restaurant in Daphne, Alabama, in July 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Claiming Five Reasons Not To Wear A Face Mask Is Misleading
Did a meme provide five accurate reasons why people should not wear masks amid the novel coronavirus outbreak? No, several of the reasons were misleading. A viral post about why "I don't wear a mask" gives five reasons not to don a face coveri