Does an Israeli study based on medical records of the Maccabi Healthcare Services HMO prove vaccines are less effective than natural immunity? No, that's not true: While the study does indicate people who survived infection with SARS-CoV-
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Test Swabs Sterilized Using Ethylene Oxide Are NOT Unsafe
Are disposable medical swabs that have been sterilized using ethylene oxide gas carcinogenic and considered dangerous? No, that's not true: It is commonly used to sterilize medical equipment and disposable products like swabs and wound dr
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Missing Context About Israeli Study on COVID-19 Natural Immunity
SciCheck An Instagram post highlighted a headline about a non-peer-reviewed study from Israel that found that unvaccinated people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 had greater immunity against the delta variant than never-infected people fully vaccin
Health Feedback→ Excess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
REVIEW A video originally posted to TikTok and shared around 5,000 times on Facebook claimed that “mucus is the cause of all diseases” and listed ways to reduce the production of mucus. Mucus is a protective secretion produced by the body. Mucus c
Health Feedback→ Cancer and heart disease remain the two leading causes of death in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic
REVIEW Several memes related to the COVID-19 pandemic have become popular on social media platforms since 2020. One such example can be seen in
Snopes→ Virus Surge Breaks Hospital Records Amid Rising Toll on Kids
Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming doctors and nurses and afflicting more children.
FactCheck.org→ Chiropractor Again Peddles False, Misleading COVID-19 Claims
SciCheck Digest The delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is more transmissible than previous forms of the virus, and has helped spur an increase in cases, including in children. But a chiropractor in a Facebook video wrongly claims th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Pulse’ Column Does NOT Accurately Describe COVID Risk And Misleads With VAERS Data And Claims The Unvaccinated Are No Threat
Does an opinion column in The Pulse accurately characterize the fatality risk COVID poses and does it correctly describe what is shown by data in the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)? No, that's not true: Without noting that
The Dispatch→ Did the FDA Approve a Drug That Caused Birth Defects?
Following the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to grant full approval to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine—the vaccine had previously been distributed under emergency provisions—comparisons were made on social media to the FDAR
Full Fact→ Too early to say whether unvaccinated doctors or nurses will lose jobs
A Facebook post suggests thousands of unvaccinated doctors and nurses will lose their jobs for refusing a Covid-19 vaccine. The context of the post seems to be an upcoming public consultation which will inform the government’s decision on w
Full Fact→ Did Sajid Javid open a ‘new hospital’ in Carlisle?
A post on Facebook shows a screenshot of a tweet from Health Secretary Sajid Javid, saying “Looking forward to opening one of new 48 [sic] hospitals later today.” The accompanying text on Facebook says: “More lies from the Conservativ
FactCheck.org→ Charlie Kirk Misleads on White House Vaccine Policy
SciCheck Digest Federal employees — including at the White House — must attest to being vaccinated against COVID-19, or else comply with routine testing and mitigation measures. But conservative commentator Charlie Kirk claims that the R
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Touted By Others As ‘Ph.D., Oxford’ Did NOT Make True Statements About COVID-19 Vaccines To A School Board — Did NOT Attend Oxford University
Does a doctor share evidence of vaccine harm to an Ohio school board? No, that's not true: A man who appeared at a school board meeting in Ohio repeated multiple COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories that Lead Stories has previously debunk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 — Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose
Has ivermectin been proven a safe and life-saving treatment for COVID-19? No, that's not true: The manufacturer of the drug, Merck, says its scientists find no evidence ivermectin works as a COVID-19 treatment and are concerned by the lac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: More Than 75 Doctors Did NOT ‘Walk Out Of A South Florida Hospital Rather Than Treat The Unvaccinated’ — It Was A Demonstration
Did more than 75 doctors walk out of a south Florida hospital rather than treat unvaccinated COVID-19 patients? No, that's not true: The event was not a "walkout," as the doctors did not interrupt their workday to gather for what one part
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Scientifically Speaking,’ The Vaccinated Are NOT The Disease Vectors ‘Spreading The Mutant Variants’ of COVID-19
Are people vaccinated against COVID-19 "superspreaders," serving as the transmitting vectors for the virus that caused the midsummer 2021 increase in hospitalizations, and did the delta variant and other new forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HIPAA Does NOT Protect People From Having To Reveal Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status
Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known by its acronym HIPAA, protect people from having to reveal their COVID-19 vaccination status at a restaurant, bar or similar business or organization? No, t
Full Fact→ Covid testing hasn’t left 12 million on NHS waiting lists
A Facebook post shares a meme which says “Britain in 2021: We are currently testing millions of people who aren’t ill, whilst not treating 12 million people who are ill”. The caption of the post then says that this backlog of “g
Health Feedback→ Video shared by Sebastian Gorka Facebook page shows nurse making false and unsubstantiated claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 PCR tests, and COVID-19 vaccine safety
REVIEW On 13 August 2021, the Facebook page “America First With Dr. Sebastian Gorka” published a video of nurse Nicole Whitley, who made several claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 vaccine safety, and the COVID-19 PCR tests. Sebastian Gork
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICU Nurse Offers NO Proof Ivermectin Is Effective At Treating COVID-19
Does an ICU nurse give proof that ivermectin is effective at treating COVID-19? No, that's not true: Ivermectin, which is frequently used to treat or prevent parasites in animals, is not approved for treating or preventing COVID-19 in hum
Full Fact→ Trafalgar Square “Freedom Rally” speech littered with false claims
During an anti-lockdown event on 24 July, dubbed the “The Worldwide Rally For Freedom”, Vernon Coleman (who we have fact checked before, under his online pseudonym “Old Man In A Chair”) made a speech in Trafalgar Square where he
Full Fact→ Conservative Woman article falsely claims vaccines don’t work
An article from TCW Defending Freedom (formerly, The Conservative Woman) reports what it claims are “five key Covid truths that could have saved us from self-destruction.” It sources these to Dr Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Article On Military Times Website Saying COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Heart Disease — Just A Fake Screenshot
Did Military Times publish an article that revealed a new study saying people who have gotten the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccination were susceptible to heart disease? No, that's not true: The article does not exist, the claim is pos
Health Feedback→ Compared to unvaccinated people, vaccinated individuals are more protected against the Delta variant
REVIEW The U.S. initiated a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign in mid-December 2020 after clinical trials showed that COVID-19 vaccines were safe and effective. As of 7 August 2021, more than 166 million people (50.1% of the population) were f
Full Fact→ PCR tests are not ‘a fraud’
A Facebook post shows a meme with a picture of Kary B Mullis and the text: “Covid test a fraud?” It goes on to say “These PCR tests cannot detect free infectious viruses” and seems to attribute the quote to Dr Mullis, who
Health Feedback→ Family physician Daniel Stock repeated previously debunked misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and control strategies in a Mount Vernon School Board Meeting
REVIEW A viral Youtube video featured a speech by Daniel Stock, self-described as a functional family medicine physician, at a 6 August 2021 Board Meeting of the Mount Vernon Community School Corporation in Hancock County, Indiana. The video receive
FactCheck.org→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
SciCheck Digest In a viral video, an Indiana physician baselessly claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines, which have been shown to be safe and effective, “fight the virus wrong and let the virus become worse than it would with native infection.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccinated And Unvaccinated People Do NOT Face The Same Risks From COVID-19
Do vaccinated and unvaccinated people face the same risks from COVID-19? No, that's not true: People who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 have substantially better outcomes. They are much less likely than unvaccinated people to get s
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.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are a much safer way of acquiring immunity than infection, which requires exposing the person to risks from the disease
REVIEW On 20 December 2020, Israel launched the fastest COVID-19 vaccination campaign seen in the world so far. In only two months, half of the country’s population had received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This also
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post misleads on cases and outcomes among Israel’s fully vaccinated
“Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide As Claimed By Ex-Pfizer Employee
Do the COVID vaccines contain graphene oxide as claimed by a "whistleblower" on the "Stew Peters Show"? No, that's not true: The claim rests on made-up connections between vaccine makers and a company that produces polyethylene glycol der
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret CDC’s Provincetown COVID-19 Outbreak Report
SciCheck Digest Social media posts are misinterpreting the results of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, which found 74% of people in a COVID-19 outbreak were vaccinated, to argue against immunization. But experts say the headline-gra
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
Snopes→ ‘There Are Only So Many Beds’: COVID-19 Surge Hits Hospitals
"We are seeing a surge like we’ve not seen before in terms of the patients coming."
FactCheck.org→ Sequencing Used to Identify Delta, Other Coronavirus Variants
SciCheck Digest Researchers use genomic sequencing — not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with COVID-19 — to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, including the highly contagious delta varian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Natural Immunity Is NOT Far Superior To COVID-19 Vaccines
Is natural immunity "far superior" to COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Published data show that contracting COVID-19 when unvaccinated can be very dangerous and deadly while getting a vaccine can greatly reduce or prevent serious i
Health Feedback→ Vaccinated people are much more protected from COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals; the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks
REVIEW After authorizing the first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in late 2020, the U.S. entered a nationwide vaccination campaign. As of 28 July 2021, 49% of the population has been fully vaccinated. Claims raising doubts about the effectivenes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Director Has NOT Said Vaccinated People Are ‘The COVID-19 Super-Spreaders’
Did the United States' public health agency say vaccinated people are "the super-spreaders" of COVID-19? No, that's not true: Although discoveries about the delta variant will continue to change knowledge about it as scientists learn from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT ‘Just’ Tell Us They Found A Variant That ‘Evades The Test’
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "just" tell us they found a variant that "evades the test?" No, that's not true: The claim about Fauci was made in a tweet in March 2021, five month