In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Virginia Lt. Gov.-Elect Winsome Sears spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines that we have previously debunked. CNN Host Dana Bash, Nov. 21: So, why is it OK to mandate childhood va
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FactCheck.org→ Posts Misidentify Man Shown in Photo with Ghislaine Maxwell
Quick Take Ghislaine Maxwell, who is charged with assisting accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is scheduled to go on trial on Nov. 29. Social media posts are circulating a photo that falsely claims to show Chief Justice John Roberts in an affectio
Lead Stories→ Pfizer Petitions Court For Identity of ‘Conservative Beaver’ Publisher — Lead Stories May Have Found Him
Wanted for Defamation On November 5, 2021, a website named Conservative Beaver published a false story about the CEO of Pfizer being arrested for fraud. It wasn't the first false story published by the website and it wouldn't be the last:
Snopes→ US Jobless Claims Hit 52-Year Low After Seasonal Adjustments
Many companies now complain that they can't find workers to fill job openings.
Full Fact→ The holes in face masks don’t mean they’re useless
A post on Instagram claims a Stanford study has shown face masks are ineffective at blocking Covid-19 viral particles. We have written about the study cited before. The author was not affiliated with Stanford University and the paper was strewn with ba
Full Fact→ ‘Vienna protest picture’ actually old photo of Moscow
A photo on Facebook purporting to show a protest in Vienna is going viral. The caption says: “Go Vienna! Vaccinated and unvaccinated standing together for what is right!” Although there have been protests in Vienna against new Covid-1
Full Fact→ Claims about changes to Pfizer vaccine for children miss important details
An article, shared on Facebook, claims Pfizer has changed the formula of a Covid-19 vaccine for children to include a medication that “stabilises people suffering a heart attack”. The article says the vaccine for five to 11-year-olds includ
Full Fact→ Hand gel safety alerts only apply to certain brands
A Facebook post claims that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says that hand gel “causes cancer”. The post uses what appears to be a code for the FDA, by writing F/D/apple symbol. The post also says that this has followed “da
AllSides→ Facebook Post Spreads Bogus Claim About ‘Detox’ After Vaccination
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/scicheck-facebook-post-spreads-bogus-claim-about-detox-after-vaccination/
Health Feedback→ Claim that previously infected people don’t transmit COVID-19 is unsupported, originates from misinterpretation of CDC’s FOIA response
REVIEW On 11 November 2021, Gateway Pundit published an article titled “CDC Admits It Has No Record of an Unvaccinated Person Spreading Covid After Recovering From Covid”. The article claimed that “natural immunity provides better protection a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Are NOT The Reason Vaccinated English Under 60 Are ‘Dying At Twice The Rate of Unvaccinated People The Same Age’
Are COVID-19 vaccines the reason vaccinated people ages 10 to 59 in England are dying at twice the rate of the unvaccinated? No, that's not true: Age 10-59 is, statistically, a huge age group, so the claim uses a misleading "same age" com
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Humanity Is NOT Being Held Hostage By New World Order Using COVID-19 Vaccines — Video Is Long List of Disproven Claims
Is humanity being held hostage by a new world order pushing COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: The video in this Facebook post recycles previously debunked claims about COVID and plays into the rhetoric of an elaborate QAnon story of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The ‘Emergency Broadcast System’ Has NOT Been Activated
Has the "Emergency Broadcast System" been activated? No, that's not true: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confirmed to Lead Stories that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has not been activated. If it had been, the protocol
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Long List Of Epstein ‘Co-Conspirators’ Is From Old Lawsuit That Was Thrown Out
Was a new long list of Jeffrey Epstein "co-conspirators" just released? No, that's not true: The list that is claimed to be of "co-conspirators" is a list of 35 defendants in a lawsuit filed in 2020 by a woman claiming she was trafficked
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘List Of Privileges’ Was NOT Sent Home With First-Grade Students In Delaware
Were first-grade students attending Nellie Stokes Elementary in the Caesar Rodney School District in Delaware sent home with a "List of Privileges"? No, that's not true: The handout in a photo was not given to all the students, and it is
Truth or Fiction?→ Big Macs in Denmark Versus Big Macs in the USA
On November 23 2021, the Facebook page “Gritty 2020” shared an image which purported to contrast the costs of Big Macs in the United States and Denmark with McDonald’s workers’ wages and benefits: In the above meme (“USA
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Spreads Bogus Claim About ‘Detox’ After Vaccination
SciCheck Digest A vaccination can’t be reversed through any “detox” process, medical experts say. Yet, a social media post is spreading the false claim that a bath with borax can “get rid” of a COVID-19 vaccine. The bath m
Full Fact→ Miscarriage does not occur in 90% of vaccinated pregnant women
A video featuring former University College Dublin professor Dolores Cahill and Dr Anne McCloskey, a GP who was suspended by the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland and the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service pending investigation, has
AllSides→ Are Donald Trump’s California Gas Price Claims Accurate?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-are-donald-trumps-california-gas-price-claims-accurate-1651859 Risi
Poynter→ How high are today’s gas prices compared with recent history?
With overall inflation now reaching a three-decade high, Americans are worried. Despite positive numbers in job gains and economic growth, stubbornly high levels of inflation have cast a pall on the public’s view of the economy. A particular focus of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All U.S. States Did NOT Approve $710 Savings For Drivers Without DUIs
Do all U.S. states award $710 to drivers who have had no driving under the influence (DUI) offenses in the past three years? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a program exists across all 50 states -- or any state, for th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Danny DeVito Is NOT Dead at 74
Did actor Danny DeVito die, surrounded by family? No, that's not true: One of DeVito's public relations representatives told Lead Stories she was "with Danny doing an interview at this very moment, thus I can tell you quite definitively t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse IS NOT "an EMT Trained" — He Testified That He Lied When He Said He Was
Is Kyle Rittenhouse "an EMT trained"? No, that's not true. Rittenhouse testified during his trial that he lied about being an emergency medical technician to a video journalist shortly after he shot three men. Rittenhouse admitted he lied
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: European Medicines Agency Data DOES Show More Than 1.1 Million Adverse Drug Reactions And More Than 30,000 Fatalities By COVID-19 Vaccinations — But All Are Unverified
Does European Medicines Agency data show more than 1.1 million adverse drug reactions and more than 30,000 deaths by COVID-19 vaccinations? Yes, that's true: Those numbers are found in EudraVigilance, the European Union's database of susp
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Camomiles and Pansies,’ A Fake Cosmetics Store to Assist Victims of Domestic Violence
On November 20 2021, posts about a fake online store called “Camomiles and Pansies” (for victims of domestic violence to seek help discreetly) were shared to Imgur and Reddit’s r/interestingasfuck: The Imgur iteration appeared to be
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Squirrel Teeth’ Fashion Trend
On November 14 2021, a Facebook user shared images of “squirrel teeth,” a purported “fashion trend” to the Facebook group “بن بريم للطبخ والحلويات وكل مايخص المطبخ والتدابير ال
Full Fact→ Former MEP wrongly uses UK Covid-19 data
A video posted on Facebook by former UKIP and independent MEP Godfrey Bloom claims vaccines are ineffective based on data looking at the proportion of cases of Covid-19 among vaccinated and unvaccinated adults. The video’s narrator says inf
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claim in Becker News article, not all cases of infection lead to immunity; falsely claims that most COVID-19 deaths weren’t caused by COVID-19 but by comorbidities
REVIEW An article published by Becker News in mid-November 2021, written by former Fox News writer Kyle Becker, claimed in its headline that “The CDC Finally Admits a Massive Number of Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Vaccine Will NOT Kill 117 Kids To Save 1 Child From Dying Of COVID In 5 To 11 Age Group
Will the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine kill 117 children ages 5 to 11 to save one child from dying of the virus? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support that claim, which was made using data reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Stunt Development Of Children’s Immune Systems
Do messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines instruct cells to produce "non-human" proteins -- spike proteins -- that would stunt the development of children's immune systems? No, that's not true: On the contrary, the purpose of spike protei
FactCheck.org→ Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Formulation Tweaked to Improve Stability
SciCheck Digest With the release of its pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer switched the buffer used in its formulation to increase the stability of the product, allowing it to remain at refrigerator temperatures for longer. The Food and Drug Administra
FactCheck.org→ CBO: Build Back Better Not Quite ‘Fully Paid For’
For weeks, President Joe Biden has been saying the Build Back Better plan would be “fully paid for” and would not increase the deficit. But the official congressional scorekeeper in its long-awaited final analysis contradicted the presiden
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Doom Boxes’
A viral November 16 2021 Facebook post from “Our Neurodivergent Life” described a phenomenon called “doom boxes,” a purportedly shared trait among individuals with ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder): Across four s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Marc Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton’s Husband, Will Face Military Tribunal
Will Marc Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton's husband, face a military tribunal? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available information to support that claim, which was made on Real Raw News, a website known for publishing fake stories.
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – In marathon speech, Kevin McCarthy makes dubious claims about Build Back Better bill
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
Full Fact→ Unvaccinated people aren’t 32,000 times more likely to die from Covid-19
“There’s figures from the Office of National Statistics [sic] that say, what is it? You’re 32,000 times more likely to die if you’ve not been double jabbed from Covid.” Andrew Pierce, 18 November 2021. Speaking on the Jer
AllSides→ White House Uses ‘Job-Years,’ Not Jobs, to Tout Infrastructure Law
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/white-house-uses-job-years-not-jobs-to-tout-infrastructure-law/ Both
Snopes→ In Hourslong Rant, GOP’s ‘Angry’ McCarthy Stalls Biden Bill
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy unleashed a long, rambling and vitriolic speech overnight, seizing control of the House floor and preempting passage of President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill.
Logically→ COVID-19 booster shot weakens the immunity system in a vaccinated person.
After the initial vaccination series, studies have demonstrated that a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can improve protection.
Full Fact→ Study doesn’t show masks cause 53% drop in Covid risk
“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