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Full Fact→ Evidence suggests myocarditis risk after Covid-19 vaccination is lower compared to Covid infection

2021-12-21 A video posted on Facebook claims myocarditis is more dangerous if you catch it following Covid-19 vaccination than from a Covid-19 infection.  The video, taken from a longer interview with American cardiologist Dr Peter A. McCullough, also claims Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ The benefits of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for children outweigh the low risks, unlike what Robert Malone claimed

2021-12-20 REVIEW A 12 December 2021 filmed statement on the topic of vaccinating children with the COVID-19 vaccines by Robert Malone, a medical doctor and researcher, was widely shared on a number of social media platforms (see here and here); as of 20 Decem Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Pose 7 Times Higher Death Risk Than COVID For People In 20s

2021-12-16 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 Go to site post…»

AllSides→ No Credible Evidence COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Heart Attack Risk, Contrary to Flawed Abstract

2021-12-16 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/no-credible-evidence-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-dramatically-increase-heart-attack-risk-contrary-to-flawed-abstract/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ No Credible Evidence COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Heart Attack Risk, Contrary to Flawed Abstract

2021-12-16 SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. are not known to increase the risk of heart attack. But social media posts are misinterpreting an abstract in an American Heart Association journal as proof that the vaccine kills. The publ Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Clip of Anthony Fauci discussing potential vaccine safety concerns is from March 2020; current scientific evidence shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of infection and serious illness

2021-12-15 REVIEW A 19 March 2020 Facebook Live conversation between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Anthony Fauci, the director for the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, was recently used to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 v Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Catching Covid-19 is not less risky than vaccination

2021-12-03 An Instagram post claims: “By declining the vax I am 100% safe from adverse reactions and 99.8% safe from Covid”. This suggests that the survival rate from a Covid-19 infection is 99.8%, without vaccination. It is correct that the most rece Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Avocados Reduce Risk of Cervical Cancer Or ‘Take 9 Months To Ripen’

2021-12-03 Do avocados reduce the risk of cervical cancer, and do they take "9 months to ripen"? No, that's not true: While avocados contribute to maintaining an overall healthy diet, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) told Lead Stor Go to site post…»

Snopes→ WHO Warns That Omicron Virus Variant Poses ‘Very High’ Risk

2021-11-30 The World Health Organization warned that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on the early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with “severe consequences.” Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Claim that the COVID-19 vaccine is riskier than the disease for children is based on an economist’s incorrect calculation of the metric “number needed to vaccinate”

2021-11-26 REVIEW On 1 November 2021, political economist Toby Rogers published an article on Substack claiming that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine would kill more children than it would save. Rogers arrived at this claim based on his calculation of a me Go to site post…»

Logically→ There is an increased risk of heart attacks following mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

2021-11-26 Research suggesting that there is a marked risk of heart problems following COVID-19 vaccines is not credible. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Benefits Outweigh Risks of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine, Contrary to Posts Misusing VAERS Data

2021-11-24 SciCheck Digest The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System can detect possible safety issues in vaccines. Anyone can submit an unverified report, regardless of whether a vaccine is known to have caused the problem. Yet viral messages continue to misuse Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study doesn’t show masks cause 53% drop in Covid risk

2021-11-19 “Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%, says global study”. The Guardian, 18 November 2021. The Guardian, New Scientist and Forbes have reported that a new study found wearing a mask cuts the risk of Covid-19 by 53%. This isn’t wh Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study doesn’t show tea and coffee cause lower dementia and stroke risk

2021-11-18 “Keeping the cuppas coming reduces risk of stroke and dementia” The Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2021. “Stroke risk: The drink to make at home that slashes your risk of the condition by 32%” The Daily Express, 17 November 2021 Go to site post…»

Logically→ Vaccines reduce the risk of death due to COVID-19 by just one percent.

2021-11-16 COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in reducing the risk of infection, illness, or death. The data provided in the Lancet article is misrepresented Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ What are the risks of Covid-19 in pregnancy?

2021-11-15 We have been asked lots of questions on WhatsApp about the risks of Covid-19 in pregnancy. The evidence so far shows that you are not more likely to be infected with Covid-19 during pregnancy, but pregnant women who do catch it are more likely to be ad Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study linking sleep time and heart disease risk shows correlation not causation

2021-11-09 “Going to bed between 10 and 11pm every night cuts your risk of getting heart disease by up to 25%, study claims” Daily Mail, 9 November 2021. The Daily Mail has reported on a new study and in the headline claimed it shows going to bed bet Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ No evidence suggests that Pfizer’s smoking cessation medication Chantix increases the risk of cancer; recall of this product is irrelevant to the safety of COVID-19 vaccines

2021-11-05 REVIEW Misinformation discouraging COVID-19 vaccination has taken many forms. One of them involves misleading claims suggesting that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers marketed unsafe products in the past. These narratives foster distrust in the product Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Cut Hospital, Death Risk by 90%

2021-11-05 Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or injection. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ American Girl Dolls, Risk, Sand Make It to Toy Hall of Fame

2021-11-04 American Girl Dolls and the strategy board game Risk were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in recognition of their influence on the toy industry. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Real Math’ Of COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Is NOT Accurate — Vaccine Risk Reduction and Deaths Are Misinterpreted

2021-10-26 Does the "real math" of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy suggest that vaccine risk reduction and death figures point to the inefficacy of the vaccines? No, that's not true: A video makes false claims about the findings of a short comment publish Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Prenatal ultrasound is generally safe when performed by trained personnel and used only when medically necessary; its benefits outweigh the risks

2021-10-21 REVIEW Ultrasound (also called ultrasonography) is widely used in medicine for imaging. It uses high-frequency sound waves to produce internal images of the body. One of its advantages is that it doesn’t use X-rays, meaning that patients aren’t Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Cancer Has Increased From 1 In 20 People During Early 1900s To 1 In 3 People Today — But Cancer Risks DO Depend On Area

2021-10-20 Have cancer cases increased from 1 in 20 people in the early 1900s to 1 in 3 people, according to the latest available data? It depends: While there does not appear to be widespread cancer data from the early 1900s for comparison, the cur Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study doesn’t prove that statins ‘cut’ the risk of dying from Covid

2021-10-15 ‘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 Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Social media post appears to overstate risk of vaccine blood clots

2021-10-14 A post on Facebook appears to compare reported Covid-19 vaccine side effects with mild symptoms of the virus itself. Although it doesn’t explicitly mention Covid-19 vaccination, the post seems to weigh up the pros and cons, claiming that “s Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Vaccines are highly effective at reducing the risk of death from COVID-19; The Exposé misleadingly claims the UK vaccination campaign has failed

2021-10-12 REVIEW An article on The Exposé (formerly The Daily Exposé) a website marked as promoting conspiracy theories by Media Bias Fact Check, made a series of claims about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the U.K. Logica Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ The benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; vaccinated children don’t die at a higher rate compared to unvaccinated children

2021-10-11 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 Go to site post…»

Logically→ The government is lying about the risks of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people.

2021-10-07 Those who are not vaccinated are far more likely to become seriously unwell or die from COVID-19. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ City in Michigan Urged to Use Bottled Water Due to Lead Risk

2021-10-07 Michigan urged residents of Benton Harbor to use only bottled water for cooking and drinking, a major shift in response to the city's elevated levels of lead. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Amazon parcels do not pose widespread risk to cats

2021-10-06 A Facebook post claims that all Amazon boxes are sprayed with toxic pesticides to kill rodents that can cause chemical burns on the tongues of cats, as well as a number of other potential symptoms including fever, lethargy and shallow breathing. The po Go to site post…»

Logically→ You are at greater risk from COVID-19 vaccines than from COVID-19 itself.

2021-10-05 COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. COVID-19 can cause severe disease and even death. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Workers at Bezos’ Rocket Company Allege Sexism, Safety Risks

2021-10-01 More than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket ship company of being a toxic work environment and not adhering to proper safety protocols. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ COVID-19: The Unvaccinated Pose a Risk to the Vaccinated

2021-09-22 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/covid-19-the-unvaccinated-pose-a-risk-to-the-vaccinated/ Q: How do p Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ COVID-19: The Unvaccinated Pose a Risk to the Vaccinated

2021-09-21 Q: How do people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 pose a risk to people who have been vaccinated? A: An unvaccinated person who is infected with COVID-19 poses a much greater risk to others who are also unvaccinated. But vaccines are not Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Vaccines do not raise your risk of catching Covid

2021-09-20 Vaccines have NEGATIVE Effectiveness in the Over-40s, as Low as MINUS 38%, Shows New PHE Report The Daily Sceptic, 15 September 2021. A headline on the journalist Toby Young’s website, the Daily Sceptic, falsely claims that a report from Public Go to site post…»

Logically→ There is high risk of myocarditis in children due to the Pfizer Vaccine.

2021-09-17 Myocarditis in children is a rare side effect of mRNA vaccines. However, the risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 is higher. Go to site post…»

Logically→ The risk of children developing serious illness due to COVID-19 is extremely low.

2021-09-17 Children without pre-existing medical conditions are unlikely to develop serious illness from COVID-19. Vaccinating young people is still important. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Daily Mail understates the risks of Covid-19 to children

2021-09-06 No healthy child is believed to have died from Covid in the UK. MailOnline, 3 September 2021. The online edition of the Daily Mail claimed that no healthy children have so far died from Covid-19 in the UK. This is not true. A recent study of Covid dea Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Immunity through Covid infection is much riskier than a vaccine

2021-09-03 Spectator columnist Ross Clark, broadcaster Maajid Nawaz and the Times have all reported new Israeli research about Covid-19 immunity without an important piece of context.  The research, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, does suggest that peo Go to site post…»

Snopes→ NHTSA: Traffic Deaths Rise Again As Drivers Take Risks

2021-09-02 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 8,730 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from January through March, compared with the 7,900 fatalities from the same period in 2020. Go to site post…»

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