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Snopes→ Pentagon: US Troops Must Get Their COVID-19 Vaccines ASAP
More than 800,000 service members have yet to get their shots, according to Pentagon data.
Snopes→ White House Staff Are Not Required To Get Vaccinated for COVID
However, a vaccine mandate for federal employees states that they have to be regularly tested for the virus if they choose not to be vaccinated.
Snopes→ Parents Get Coached on How to Escape Mask and Vaccine Rules
An Oregon school superintendent is telling parents they can get their children out of wearing masks by citing federal disability law.
Snopes→ Biden Pledges to Americans in Kabul: ‘We Will Get You Home’
Biden also said Friday the United States is committed to evacuating all Afghans who assisted the war effort.
Snopes→ Soccer-Loving Pope Francis Gets a New Toy: a Foosball Table
Pope Francis has received dozens of soccer jerseys and game balls during his eight-year pontificate but he got a new football-themed toy: his very own foosball table.
Snopes→ Did Trump Admin Get Taliban Leader Out of Pakistani Prison?
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is a key public figure for the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Snopes→ Years in the Making, R. Kelly Sex Abuse Trial Gets Underway
Kelly, 54, is perhaps best known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly,” a 1996 song that became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings, advertisements and elsewhere.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Miami-Dade Police Department Did NOT Issue Warning About A Sexual Assault Scheme That Uses Children To Target Women
Did the Miami-Dade Police Department issue a warning about a sexual assault scheme that uses children to target women? No, that's not true: A public information officer from the MDPD confirmed with Lead Stories that the letter, which has
Top Fact Checks→ A person who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 can get infected.
Some reports have confirmed that vaccinated individuals could potentially still get COVID-19.
Full Fact - All content→ Higher deportation rates don’t necessarily demonstrate ‘disproportionate targeting’ of Jamaicans
“People from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica appear to be disproportionately targeted for deportation from the UK if they commit crimes” The Guardian, 25 July 2021. The Guardian recently reported that data it had obtained via the Free
Snopes→ More Red Ink: US Budget Deficit Through July Hit $2.54T
The U.S. budget deficit hit $2.54 trillion for the first 10 months of this budget year, fed by spending to support the country after the pandemic-induced recession.
Snopes→ Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T Budget in Latest Win for Biden
Lawmakers approved Democrats’ budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote, a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might on assisting families, creating jobs and fighting climate change.
Snopes→ Chicago Target Employees Allegedly Run in Fear of Possible Shooter, Viral TikTok Video Shows
The same TikTok user who posted the viral video later said that no one was hurt in the incident.
Snopes→ Hospitals Run Low on Nurses As They Get Swamped with COVID
Some patients wait inside ambulances for up to an hour before hospitals in St. Petersburg, Florida, can admit them.
Snopes→ Did the Company That Makes McFlurry Machines Get Hit with a Restraining Order?
Gizmodo captured a development in a "right to repair" lawsuit with the McHeadline "McFlurry Machine Company Just Got Hit With a McRestraining Order."
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does a Photo Show Sen. Rand Paul Getting a COVID Vaccination?
Sen. Rand Paul went viral online with a video in which he encouraged the American people to resist the “mandates, lockdowns, and harmful policies of petty tyrants and bureaucrats,” referring to mask mandates and vaccine requirements institu
Snopes→ Did Rand Paul Get COVID-19 Vaccination in Viral Photo?
In 2015, Paul invited a reporter to photograph him getting a vaccine because he was annoyed that he was "being characterized as someone who’s against vaccines."
politifact.com/→ As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter
Snopes→ Fauci Hopeful COVID Vaccines Get Full OK by FDA Within Weeks
The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.
Snopes→ Some in US Getting COVID-19 Boosters Without FDA Approval
While Pfizer has said it plans to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for booster shots, health authorities say that for now, the fully vaccinated seem well protected.
politifact.com/→ As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter
Snopes→ Did George Washington Order Troops To Get Vaccinated Against Smallpox?
Washington wrote in 1777 that the Continental Army had more to "dread" from smallpox than from the "Sword of the Enemy."
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Getting fired over a vaccine mandate may cost you unemployment aid
Some people opposed to the COVID-19 vaccines say they have a workaround for dealing with businesses that require employees to get the shots. “If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit,” said one user in an Aug. 4 Facebook post.
politifact.com/→ Facebook posts – Be careful, getting fired over a vaccine mandate may cost you unemployment aid
"If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."
Snopes→ Can I Get ‘Long COVID’ If I’m Infected After Vaccination?
The COVID-19 vaccines in use around the world are effective at preventing severe illness and death from the coronavirus, but some people do get infected after the shots.
Snopes→ Nursing Home to Workers: Get Vaccine or Lose Your Job
The new requirement comes from Genesis Healthcare, which has 70,000 employees at nearly 400 nursing homes and senior communities.
politifact.com/→ Facebook posts – No, exercise and healthy eating are not 'the best way' to avoid getting COVID-19
“The best way to avoid COVID altogether is to exercise, eat healthy and let your immune system beat it naturally.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get Subpoenas For Arizona Routers, They Could NOT Pave The Way To Reinstatement
Did former President Donald Trump get subpoenas for routers associated with Arizona's voting-counting machines and does that pave the way for Trump to be reinstated as president? No, that's not true: While Arizona's senate is attempting t
FactCheck.org→ Viral Claim Gets Biden’s COVID-19 Travel and Immigration Policies Wrong
SciCheck Digest The Biden administration hasn’t introduced COVID-19 travel restrictions on Americans going to Mexico since the delta variant became dominant in the U.S., and it is enforcing immigration laws at the border. But a meme falsely claim
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ When will the COVID-19 vaccines get full FDA approval?
When will the COVID-19 vaccines get full Food and Drug Administration approval? That’s a question on a lot of minds as the daily number of COVID-19 cases rise across the U.S., driven by a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus. More public and p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All-Black, All-Female Chess Champions Did NOT Get Snubbed By Mainstream Media
Did a team of all-Black, all-female chess champions get snubbed by mainstream media? No, that's not true: the middle-school-aged team, which competed in 2016, was recognized by both local and national media outlets. The claim appeared in
Snopes→ Take 2: Triathlon Forced to Restart when Boat Gets in Way
Let's try that again, triathlon.
Full Fact - All content→ Facebook post on tetanus jabs gets a lot wrong
A Facebook post contains lots of false information about tetanus, including misinformation about the types of wounds that can lead to tetanus infection, and the fact that a bleeding wound means there is “NO tetanus”. What is Tetanus?&
Full Fact - All content→ Vaccines reduce the risk of death but don’t eliminate it altogether
A widely shared Facebook post asks “If the jabbed are apparently dying from the unjabbed. Why are the unjabbed not dying? And why are the jabbed dying?” As we have written about before, the Covid-19 vaccines have been shown to be high
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Who Gets To Decide the Truth?
https://reason.com/2021/07/24/who-gets-to-decide-the-truth/ Until the 1600s, the average annual rate of
Snopes→ Did 45K People Die Within 3 Days of Getting COVID Vaccine?
Allegations were said to have come from a “government insider.”
Snopes→ Amazon’s Mission: Getting a ‘Key’ to Your Apartment Building
Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells.
Snopes→ Yes, Giannis Ordered 50 Chick-fil-A Nuggets After Scoring 50 Points — Winning NBA Finals
"Can I have, please, 50-piece — not 51, not 49 — minis, yes?" the NBA Finals MVP said.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter Who Breached Senate Gets 8 Months for Felony
Judge Randolph Moss said the 38-year-old had played a role, if not as significant as others, in one of the worst episodes in American history.