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Snopes→ US Cost of ‘Defending Freedom’ in Ukraine: Higher Food, Gas Prices
A national recession could be perhaps the biggest threat.
Poynter→ Children are at far higher risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 infection than from vaccines
Texas cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough recently claimed that a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows COVID-19 vaccines are causing myocarditis in children. But he took the data out […] The post Children are at far higher risk of
PolitiFact→ Infowars – Children are at far higher risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 infection than from vaccines
"Study proves children’s hearts destroyed by COVID vaccine."
Full Fact→ Higher number of reported Covid-19 deaths down to backlog
Covid deaths climb to 534 in deadliest daily figure in 11 months The Evening Standard, 2 February 2022. 534 deaths recorded over 24 hours in highest rise for 11 months The Mirror, 2 February 2022. UK Covid deaths hit 11-month record high The Sun, 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taiwan’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths NOT Higher Than All Virus Fatalities
Did the number of COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths in Taiwan eclipse the cumulative death toll from the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself? No, that's not true: There is no data to support the contention that the vaccines are more deadly than COVID.
Full Fact→ Nadine Dorries wrong to claim employment higher than pre-pandemic level
Nadine Dorries has wrongly claimed on numerous occasions that there are more people in work now than there were before the pandemic started. The culture secretary made the claim in an interview with ITV News on 20 January and on 23 January tweeted twic
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with a higher risk of pregnancy complication, contrary to claim by Daniel Horowitz
REVIEW The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as medical associations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend the vaccination of “pregnant and lactating individuals” against CO
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Pose 7 Times Higher Death Risk Than COVID For People In 20s
Do vaccines pose a seven times higher risk of death than COVID for people in their 20s? No, that's not true: The authors of a Japanese medical bulletin provide no clear evidence of deaths due to the vaccine to establish a ratio with death
Logically→ Fatality rates among the fully vaccinated are higher than the unvaccinated in the U.K.
COVID-19 vaccines work. According to the UKHSA, death and hospitalization rates are lower in fully vaccinated across all age groups.
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccine related deaths in Taiwan are higher than those due to the virus.
The reports data doesn't include deaths explicitly due to vaccines. Autopsies confirmed that most people died due to preexisting conditions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Study Does NOT Show That Higher Vaccination Rate Results In Higher Excess Mortality
Does a new study from Germany show that a higher COVID-19 vaccination rate results in higher death rates? No, that's not true: A German politician had presented a paper in a state parliamentary debate on November 17, 2021, that allegedly
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that Biden canceling an oil pipeline caused higher U.S. gas prices
Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices.
Logically→ Double-jabbed people are dying at a 6x higher rate than the unvaxxed.
Data and analysis from the U.K. Office of National Statistics show that double-vaccinated people die at a lower rate than unvaccinated people.
Logically→ The infection rate in vaccinated people is higher than the unvaccinated, according to U.K. Health Security Agency data.
The agency later caveated its findings saying that the data is 'unadjusted' and shouldn't be used to compare vaccinated and unvaccinated populations.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 hospitalisations are below last year, not 14 times higher as NHS CEO claimed
“The NHS is running hot...We have had fourteen times the number of people in hospital with Covid than we saw this time last year” Amanda Pritchard, NHS England CEO, 8 November 2021. The CEO of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard, has claimed the
Logically→ Deaths among boys in the U.K. aged 10-14 are 83 percent higher since they were given COVID-19 vaccine .
While ONS data shows an increase in child mortality in 2021, there is no evidence that this due to COVID-19 vaccines.
Health Feedback→ The benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; vaccinated children don’t die at a higher rate compared to unvaccinated children
REVIEW On 2 October 2021, writer Adrian Norman claimed on Instagram that for every 1,000 children vaccinated, one had died due to the vaccine during the clinical trials for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines against COVID-19. Norman a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Is NOT Mandating Vaccine With Mortality Rate 174X Higher Than COVID-19
Is California mandating a vaccine with a mortality rate 174 times higher than the COVID-19 virus? No, that's not true: No children or adolescents died in the COVID vaccine trials, Pfizer told Lead Stories. The claim appeared in an Instagr
Full Fact→ Has Brexit caused higher gas prices?
We’ve seen a number of claims on Facebook that high gas prices in the UK are in large part down to Brexit, and namely the fact that the UK has left the EU’s Internal Energy Market. One says that in its coverage the BBC “forget to ment
Logically→ In the U.K., the COVID-19 hospitalization and fatality rate in fully vaccinated people under the age of 50 is 175 percent higher than in unvaccinated people.
The Daily Expose has misinterpreted PHE's data. The number of deaths and the rate of hospitalization is much smaller in the vaccinated population.
Health Feedback→ Study in Vietnam showed that Delta infection results in a higher viral load compared to earlier strains, not that vaccinated people are more infectious than unvaccinated people
REVIEW An article published on 24 August 2021 by Children’s Health Defense, an organization that opposes vaccination, claimed that research showed “vaccinated individuals carry 251 times the load of COVID-19 viruses in their nostrils compared to
Snopes→ Did NBC Report Vaccinated People Have Higher Levels of SARS-CoV-2?
Memes claimed that vaccinated people were therefore contributing to the mid-summer COVID-19 surge.
Full Fact→ 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
Full Fact→ Vaccine deaths are not higher than Covid-19 deaths
An article claiming that twice as many people have died from the Covid-19 vaccines in six months than have died from the virus itself throughout the entire pandemic has been reshared by a number of websites. This is not true. The “official
Full Fact→ Israel’s travel policy doesn’t view vaccinated passengers as higher risk
Israel recently postponed its plan to allow vaccinated tourists to enter the country from 1 August in an easing of coronavirus restrictions. This news has been shared on Facebook alongside the claim that vaccinated people account for nearly all s
Full Fact→ Daily cancer deaths not higher than those from Covid during last 40 days
The UK has recorded fewer Covid deaths in the past 40 days combined than just one day of cancer deaths. James Melville, 18 July 2021. Prominent tweeter and communications consultant James Melville tweeted on 18 July that over the past 40 days fewer pe
Snopes→ Is Use of Lye-Based Hair Relaxers Linked to a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer?
Frequent and long-term use of lye-based hair straightening products, or relaxers, may increase the risk of breast cancer among Black women, compared with more moderate use.
Washington Post→ The bogus GOP claim that Biden is responsible for higher gasoline prices
Gasoline prices are at a seven-year peak, but you can’t blame presidential policies.
Snopes→ Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit 50% Higher Than Preindustrial Time
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began.
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
Health Feedback→ Misinterpretation of VAERS database leads Tucker Carlson to wrongly suggests that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher mortality on Fox News
REVIEW As of 11 May 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic caused 160 million cases and more than 3 million deaths worldwide, including almost 600,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. The pandemic prompted an unprecedented effort to develop, test, and administer vacc
Poynter→ No, the death rate for vaccinated people is not higher than that of unvaccinated people
An Instagram post claimed that “the death rate for fully vaccinated people is significantly higher than non-vaccinated (people).” The post featured a screenshot of a tweet by Chuck Callesto, a former candidate for Florida’s 3rd congre
Snopes→ After Pipeline Cyberextortion Attempt, Gasoline Ticks Higher
Colonial Pipeline said that it had been hit by a ransomware attack and had halted all pipeline operations to deal with the threat.
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Agriculture Workers Are Killed on the Job at a Higher Rate Than Cops,’ ‘They Make about a Third as Much Money’
In April 2021, a popular tweet contained the claim that agricultural workers were likelier to die on the job than law enforcement officers, adding that farm labor also generally pays far less: Reminder that agriculture workers are killed on the job
Snopes→ Is Lack of Sleep Associated With Higher Risk of Dementia?
Researchers tracked the sleeping habits of thousands of people for over two decades.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT Show A ‘SIGNIFICANTLY Higher’ Death Rate For Vaccinated COVID Patients Than For Unvaccinated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the death rate for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is higher than the death rate for those who are not vaccinated? No, that's not true: While some of the data cited wi
Logically→ The number of COVID-19 recovery cases is higher in India than in the U.S.
As of April 28, 2021, India has a higher rate of recovery from COVID-19, but experts have warned that the data may not be accurate.
Logically→ Serum Institute of India sold Covishield to state governments at a higher price than the central government.
SII will charge Rs 400 per dose for Covishield from state governments and continue to charge Rs 150 per dose from the central government.