Multiple Facebook posts have shared false claims that the late actress Betty White received her booster vaccine three days before she died. They all include a screengrab of another post which claims that, on 28 December 2021, Ms White said: “Eat
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Full Fact→ Vaccinated Germans won’t have AIDS by the end of January 2022
An article by The Exposé, shared on Facebook, claims that by the end of January 2022 most vaccinated people in Germany will have AIDS. The article uses figures from a now-corrected German government report which seemed to show the case rat
Logically→ Pap smears cause HPV.
Pap smears (otherwise known as cervical screening and/or smear tests) screen for HPV and cervical cancer. They do not cause HPV or cervical cancer.
Poynter→ Fact-checking Sonia Sotomayor’s figures on kids with severe COVID-19
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor incorrectly cited statistics about serious cases of COVID-19 among children during oral arguments over the Biden administration’s efforts to mandate vaccines for certain Americans. “We […] The post Fa
Snopes→ Michael Lang, Woodstock Festival Co-Creator, Dies at 77
He reportedly had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Interim Final Rule Re: Chimeric Viruses Does NOT Confirm COVID-19 Is Man-Made Virus
Does a CDC rule concerning chimeric viruses confirm that COVID-19 is man-made? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the rule cited by the Hal Turner Radio Show has nothing to do with the origin of SARS-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Gummies’ Not Approved By FDA As Clinical Treatment For Quitting Smoking
Are "gummies" approved by the FDA as clinical treatment for quitting smoking? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration does not include gummies on their list of approved smoking cessation products. It has approved nicotine gu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Of Federally Sponsored $725 Driver Reimbursement Program
Is the U.S. government offering a reimbursement program for drivers if they enter their ZIP code on a website? No, that's not true: A self-described advertising marketplace website called Citizen Safe Trust released videos promoting such
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Swabs Labeled ‘Positive’ And ‘Negative’ Are NOT Manipulated To Predetermine Results — They’re Control Swabs
Are COVID-19 tests that are labeled "positive control swab" and "negative control swab" manipulated to deliver predetermined results? No, that's not true: The SARS-CoV-2 test packaging shown in a photograph on social media are included in
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claim in Washington Times op-ed, COVID-19 shots meet the definition of a vaccine
REVIEW In an op-ed from 5 January 2022, Michael McKenna, a columnist for The Washington Times, a daily newspaper published in Washington D.C., claimed that the “COVID-19 shots are not vaccines,” but a “preventative therapeutic” that had no i
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
On January 6 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which appears to describe the legislative aftermath of the January 6 2021 insurrection: In the 1 year since the Jan 6 insurrection, GOP has introduced 550+ bills to restrict
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Rash Is NOT HIV, It’s Eczema
Does HIV cause a skin condition? Yes, that's sometimes true, but HIV-negative people also have this skin condition. A reverse image search on Google showed Lead Stories that the skin condition seen in the Facebook post below is called ato
Snopes→ ‘Boy Pets Creature’ Ad Misleads. Here’s the Original Video
We tracked down the video that was originally shot in the Canary Islands in 2013.
Health Feedback→ Testing in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
REVIEW A meme featuring Glinda the Good Witch from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, captioned with the words “If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”, began circulating in late December 2021 on Facebook, Insta
Full Fact→ A Guido Fawkes ‘fact check’ incorrectly claims the SNP is wrong
[The SNP’s] Covid prevalence stats are just not true Guido Fawkes blog, 7 January 2022. The Guido Fawkes blog has published an article claiming that the Scottish National Party (SNP) used data on the prevalence of Covid-19 that isn’t true.
Full Fact→ Are lateral flow test results included in headline Covid-19 case figures?
The government has announced that asymptomatic people who test positive for Covid-19 on a lateral flow device (LFD) test will no longer need to have a confirmatory PCR test. It said that this is a “temporary measure” while rates of Co
Full Fact→ A giant asteroid isn’t about to ‘crash into the Earth’s atmosphere’
It was recently reported by a number of online news outlets, including the Daily Star, Mirror, Irish Mirror, Bristol Live and Edinburgh Live that an asteroid bigger than Big Ben is set to “crash into the Earth’s atmosphere” on 11 Janu
Logically→ The Premier of Western Australia faked getting the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Although the safety syringe needle is not visible in certain photos of Mark McGowan getting the booster dose, it can be seen in videos.
Logically→ According to Europe’s top health officials, face masks don’t protect against COVID-19.
Previously, U.S. and European health authorities didn't recommend mask-wearing. However, we now know mask-wearing can reduce COVID-19 transmission.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dissolving Eggshell Experiment Does NOT Provide Evidence About Aspartame
Did an experiment comparing the effect soaking eggs in various beverages had on their eggshells provide conclusive evidence about aspartame or other sugar substitutes and whether they were unhealthy? No, that's not true: While this at-hom
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Condoms Are NOT Marketed For Repeated Use
Are condoms marketed for repeated use? No, that's not true: Condom makers are not manufacturing or recycling their products to be used more than once. The social media posts appear to be satirical. One entry suggests Durex brand prophylac
FactCheck.org→ Jim Jordan’s Beef with Jan. 6 Committee
In a recent interview on Fox News, Rep. Jim Jordan rattled off several grievances he has with Democrats — including with the Democratic-controlled committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. During his Jan. 3 appearance
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rare Polio Vaccine Breakthrough Infections DO Happen
Are people who get two or three shots of the polio vaccine 100% protected, with no breakthrough cases ever? No, that's not true: The statement that someone would "have questions" if they had gotten two or three polio vaccines and still go
FactCheck.org→ Death of Betty White Leads to Swirl of Falsehoods on Social Media
SciCheck Digest TV actress Betty White passed away at age 99 on Dec. 31. Following her passing, various falsehoods appeared on social media about White, including claims that she died after getting a COVID-19 booster shot and that she was the sister of
Snopes→ Scientists Explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier
A team of scientists is sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to get to” so they can better figure out how much and how fast seas will rise because of global warming.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About VAERS and COVID-19 Vaccine Data
After Twitter suspended Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account permanently “for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” Rep. Chip Roy tweeted a chart with supposed COVID-19 vaccine data t
Full Fact→ No evidence masks limit oxygen for children
A post on Instagram claims that “masks do nothing but limit oxygen and increase risk of bacteria and illness”, warning parents not to put masks on their children. The post contains a quote from Dr Brian Lamb, a doctor based in Pittsbu
Full Fact→ Is income inequality falling?
“If we look at the statistics, we see that economic inequality is down in this country.”Boris Johnson, Boris Johnson, 5 January 2021. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson claimed economic inequality is falling. However, the d
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald Trump in a speech shortly before a mob stormed the building, temporarily halting the co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Flurona’ Is NOT A New Disease — It’s Slang For Overlapping Flu And COVID-19 Infections
Is "flurona" a new cross-breed virus resulting from combination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and seasonal influenza? No, that's not true: Flu and SARS-CoV-2 can't combine their DNA to create a new virus, according to a professor of microbiolog
PolitiFact→ How Democrats aim to define the lessons of Jan. 6
Through legislation, investigations and hearings, Democrats in Congress aim to make clear the threat posed by the rioters and their sympathizers, while trying to restore Americans’ trust in the machinery of democracy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Announce Plans To Conduct ‘Nuclear Detonation Drill’ January 6
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency announce it will conduct a nuclear detonation "drill" on January 6, 2022? No, that's not true: FEMA had planned to host a half-hour-long webinar for emergency response planners, mass care provid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer CEO HAS Had Vaccine — Old Interview Is Taken Out Of Context
Did the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, recently explain why he hasn't gotten the COVID-19 vaccine yet? No, that's not true: The video in this post is an outdated interview from 2020. That's when Bourla said he was waiting his turn as he di
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twins NOT Delivered By C-Section Because They Were Holding Hands — They Clasped Hands After Delivery
Were twins delivered by cesarean section because the sister was holding so tightly to her brother's hand? No, that's not true: The caption on this photo is misleading for several reasons. These identical twins born in 2014 are both girls.
Full Fact→ Telegraph wrong to claim removing PCR requirement will shorten self-isolation period
“Currently those without symptoms who test positive on a lateral flow are asked to order a PCR test and can only begin their isolation period when they receive the second result, effectively forcing them to isolate for longer than seven days.&rd
Full Fact→ Did Chris Whitty say you should keep testing after day 10 of isolation?
Following a 4 January Covid-19 press conference, comments made by Professor Sir Chris Whitty have been highlighted in The Guardian and posts on Twitter as a potential source of confusion over whether someone can end their 10 day period of self-isolatio
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson did say inflation fears had been ‘unfounded’
”In October, the Prime Minister said that fears about inflation were unfounded.” Angela Rayner, 5 January 2022. “Of course I said no such thing because inflation is always something we have to be careful about.” Boris Johnson
Snopes→ FBI Still Hunting Jan. 6 Suspects, Pipe Bomber a Year Later
The suspect placed two explosives outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Deadly Experimental Shot’
Are the injections against COVID-19 "deadly experimental shots" and not vaccines? No, that's not true: Medical science classifies all three injected preventatives as vaccines and former President Donald Trump, whose Operation Warp Speed s
Snopes→ CDC Posts Rationale for Shorter Isolation, Quarantine
The agency announced the changes last week, halving the isolation time for Americans who catch the coronavirus and have no symptoms or only brief illnesses.