REVIEW On 8 June 2021, Medical News published an article titled “No point vaccinating those who’ve had COVID-19”. The article went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 70,000 interactions and 17,500 shares in one day, according t
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FactCheck.org→ Soccer Star’s Collapse Was Unrelated to COVID-19 Vaccine
SciCheck Digest Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen is recovering well after he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed during a match on June 12. But after the incident, social media posts falsely claimed he had recently been vaccinated for COVID-19 an
Full Fact→ Hydroxychloroquine study not all that it seems
An article on MailOnline and several Facebook posts have claimed that a new study shows that hydroxychloroquine “can increase COVID survival rates by 200%”. This is not as promising as it sounds, because the study in question, which has not
Full Fact→ Covid-19 victims cannot be cremated against their wishes
A widely-shared post on Facebook contains a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about the Covid-19 crisis, including claims about asymptomatic transmission, death statistics and cremation procedures. We’ve checked five of the main on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Reveal Proof COVID-19 Pandemic Is A Fake Planned By Global Elites Seeking World Dominion
Does this video prove there is no COVID-19 pandemic and that public health measures and vaccination campaigns are all part of a well-planned conspiracy that "globalists" planned 10 years ago to seize power and profit? No, that's not true:
FactCheck.org→ Research Rebuts Claims Linking COVID-19 Vaccines to Male Infertility
SciCheck Digest A new study found there was no negative effect on sperm levels in men after receiving the COVID-19 vaccines, undercutting suggestions that the shots affect male fertility. But social media posts have made the baseless claim that vaccina
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: First Postmortem Study In A Patient Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2 Did NOT Find Viral RNA In ‘Every Organ Of The Body’
Did the first case of postmortem study of a patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 find viral RNA in every organ of the body? No, that's not true: Researchers found viral RNA in seven of the nine organs they analyzed. "This is not even the
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness and death; rare infections in vaccinated people can still occur, as seen in the Celebrity Millennium cruise
REVIEW On 26 May 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted the requirement for mask-wearing and physical distancing on cruise ships where at least 95% of the crew and 95% of the passengers were vaccinated against COVID-1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Gas & Oil Company HR Execs Say Firms Are Planning To Have Their Vaccinated Staff Replaced Within Next 3 Years
Are gas and oil company HR executives saying their firms are planning to have their vaccinated staff replaced within the next three years? No, that's not true. There is no evidence that the large oil and gas companies are going through th
Full Fact→ Claims that Covid vaccine spike proteins are harmful are unevidenced
An article published by website The Conservative Woman reports on an interview with a Canadian scientist who claimed researchers had made a “big mistake” and were “inadvertently inoculating” people with a “toxin” via
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 itself can cause heart inflammation, in addition to other problems like long COVID; benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks
REVIEW The ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in many countries have been accompanied by close attention from health authorities to monitor vaccine safety. Indeed, thanks to monitoring by regulatory agencies, researchers have been able to detect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Discontinue COVID Vaccination For Those Under Age 30, Did NOT ‘Acknowledge’ Heart Risks To Young People
Must public health agencies discontinue COVID-19 vaccinations for people under age 30 because federal authorities "acknowledge" heart risks to young people? No, that's not true. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Official Data Does NOT Show More People Have Died From The Vaccines Than From COVID-19
Does official data show that more people have died from the vaccines than from COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim misconstrues what the statistics show. It discounts the deaths of people with COVID-19 and pre-existing conditions and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Get Rid Of Vaccine Passports Because Of Lack Of People Getting The Vaccine
Did Israel get rid of its version of a vaccine passport because not enough citizens want to get the vaccine? No, that's not true: Israel got rid of Green and Purple Badges program because the number of COVID-19 infections decreased in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC’s VAERS ‘Reports’ Are NOT Solid Proof of Vaccine Injuries Or Deaths — Just Starting Point for CDC, FDA Investigators
Does the government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) provide data or reports that prove the COVID-19 vaccine or other vaccines have caused injuries or deaths? No, that's not true: As the VAERS webpage itself repeatedly exp
Full Fact→ David Icke makes false claim that vaccines are ‘gene therapy’
A video interview of conspiracy theorist David Icke, posted on Facebook, makes a number of misleading and dangerous claims about Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, gene therapy and asymptomatic cases of the virus. Asymptomatic transmission is real&n
Logically→ Hydroxychloroquine can increase survival rates of COVID-19 by 200 percent.
There is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can increase survival rates of COVID-19 because the drug has no beneficial effect on patients.
Logically→ There is no need to vaccinate people with documented COVID-19 infection.
Medical experts have suggested vaccinating vulnerable individuals before recovered patients against COVID-19 to avoid further mutations.
Full Fact→ Possible link between Pfizer second dose and mild heart inflammation in young men
“SIDE EFFECT? Possible new link found between Pfizer jab and heart condition - the 5 symptoms to watch for” The Sun, 3 June 2021. We’ve seen reports in the media of a “probable link” between the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine an
Full Fact→ Covid-19 is real and not a government euthanasia policy
Conspiracy theorist David Icke has released a long video that has been shared on social media, talking about the use of a drug called midazolam during the Covid-19 pandemic. He claims that midazolam was used to facilitate the “culling of ol
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
Health Feedback→ Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
REVIEW On 1 June 2021, Washington Post and Buzzfeed News published reports on several thousands of emails sent by Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails, sent during the first half o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Draft Research About Hydroxychloroquine As COVID-19 Drug Does NOT Yet Warrant Calling It A Cure
Does a draft research paper refute the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, and does it prove the anti-malarial is a life-saving drug for COVID-19 patients? No, that's not yet true: The web
Health Feedback→ Byram Bridle’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines are toxic fails to account for key differences between the spike protein produced during infection and vaccination, misrepresents studies
REVIEW In late May 2021, the claim that COVID-19 vaccines could cause blood vessel damage to vaccinated people went viral on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter. Many posts and articles (see examples here, and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Veterinary Professor Does NOT Prove Vaccine Causes Buildup Of Toxins
Is a Canadian veterinary school professor correct that public health officials made a colossal mistake and have injected millions of Americans with substances that cause the body to manufacture toxins that will injure them? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 31,000 People Have NOT Died From mRNA Vaccines
Have 31,000 people died from messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines? No, that's not true: The first mRNA vaccines approved for use in humans are two of the COVID-19 vaccines, which had not been causally linked to any deaths at the time of writing,
Snopes→ Were Metformin Drugs Recalled Due to Cancer-Causing Compound?
The FDA recommends that patients prescribed Metformin continue taking the drug until consulting with their health care provider.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
SciCheck Digest Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists’ Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly ab
FactCheck.org→ Understanding Pennsylvania’s Proposed Bill on Handling Fetal Remains
Q: Did Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to “fine” women who miscarry? A: No. But a bill proposes to mandate that health care providers bury or cremate fetal remains, regardless of when or how the pregnancy ends. Experts say such requirements
Health Feedback→ Fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from wearing a mask because they are less vulnerable to infection by SARS-CoV-2 than unvaccinated people
REVIEW As of 2 June 2021, more than 136 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the U.S. In parallel, the country has seen a significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As of late May 2021, the daily number
Full Fact→ What’s happening with your NHS data?
We’ve been asked by readers about a forthcoming change in the way the NHS in England shares patient data, the various opt-outs available to the public and whether the data is really being sold. What is changing? From July 2021, NHS Digital will s
Washington Post→ Biden’s nonsensical claim about Alzheimer’s and hospital beds
The president claimed that within 15 years, every hospital bed would be occupied by Alzheimer’s patients. There’s no evidence for that.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Promising To Blow The Lid Off COVID-19 Vaccines Does NOT Stick To True And Verified Statements
Does a video promising to blow the lid off COVID-19 vaccines present only true and verified statements? No, that's not true: It makes claims about vaccine-related deaths that are not proven. The video also questions why pregnant women and
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments
On 16 and 17 April 2021, the Health and Freedom Conference was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an event organized by entrepreneur Clay Clark that was attended by over 4,000 people. The aim of the conference was to criticize the measures taken in response to t
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
REVIEW The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a surveillance system that helps ensure the safety of vaccines used in the U.S. However, VAERS reports have been commonly misused to spread misinformation about vaccine safety, partic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Physicians For Informed Consent Fact Sheet Is NOT Factual
Did Physicians for Informed Consent correctly interpret the results of the drug trials by which the Janssen/J&J COVID-19 vaccine was approved and did that testing fail to establish whether the vaccine is effective and safer than COVID
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Are Rewriting DNA, Sneaking In Microchips, Causing Infertility
Are COVID-19 vaccines rewriting patients' DNA, sneaking microchips into people's bodies and causing infertility? No, that's not true: The claims are made without citations to research or other evidence and are directly refuted by public h
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine Data Was Peer-Reviewed, Contrary to Meme’s Claim
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines have been the subject of peer-reviewed studies that found they were effective and safe, but a meme has been circulating on social media falsely claiming that no such studies have been conducted.
FactCheck.org→ Story Twists Facts on Diagnosing Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases
SciCheck Digest A viral headline shared on social media falsely asserts that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed testing thresholds to “virtually eliminate” COVID-19 cases among vaccinated individuals. That’s wrong.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video About COVID-19 Recycles Disproven Claims And Decontextualized Information About Testing, Treatments And The Vaccines
Does a video about COVID-19 present only factual and proven statements about the disease and the COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: It recycles claims that have been disproven and leaves out important context. For example, the video