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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘George Washington Mandated Inoculation’
On September 13 2021, a Facebook account shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which claimed that George Washington mandated inoculation: George Washington mandated inoculation against small pox. The Supreme Court has ruled state vaccine manda
Snopes→ Trump Aides Aim to Build GOP Opposition to Afghan Refugees
As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban arrive in the U.S., a handful of former Trump administration officials are working to turn Republicans against them.
Snopes→ Wu Advances in Boston Mayor Race; Opponent Too Early to Call
For the first time in 200 years, Boston voters have narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two women of color who will face off against each other in November.
Snopes→ Mexico to Give Away ‘El Chapo’ Safehouse in Lottery
The house former drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded underwent some changes recently as the Mexican government prepared to give it away in a national lottery.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2019 CDC Memo On Ivermectin Does NOT ‘Blow A Hole’ In News Reports Discouraging Self-Medication With Horse Dewormer
Does a 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline for treatment of refugees "blow a hole" in the widely reported warnings against use of veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19? No, that's not true: The human formulat
Truth or Fiction?→ Right-Wing Disinformation Surges As California Recall Election Unfolds
As the recall election against California governor Gavin Newsom drew closer to a close, both the leading right-wing candidate and conspiracy theorists continued pushing disinformation painting the process as “rigged” before polls even opene
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Program Has NOT Killed More Active-Duty Military Than The Virus
Has the COVID-19 vaccine program killed more active-duty military than the virus? No, that's not true: There had not been any deaths from the vaccine as of September 14, 2021, and no fully vaccinated service members had died from COVID-19
Snopes→ Norm Macdonald, Former ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comic, Dies
Macdonald, who was 61, died after a nine-year battle with cancer that he kept private.
Truth or Fiction?→ Todd Starnes: ‘Biden Says Even Fox News Has A Mandatory Vaccine Policy’
On September 14 2021, a popular Imgur post showed a screenshot of a Todd Starnes tweet, in which Starnes questioned whether Fox News had a “mandatory vaccine policy”: Biden says even @FoxNews has a mandatory vaccine policy. Is that tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: People In Plastic Bags Are NOT Christians Being Killed In Afghanistan — It’s A Protest Performance In Colombia
Do these photos depict Christians who refused to deny their faith being suffocated in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: These are video stills taken at a protest performance 8,800 miles from Afghanistan in Medellín, Colombia, on May 26,
Full Fact→ Instagram isn’t blocking posts to your followers
A number of posts on Instagram claim that the social media company has changed its algorithm so that no more than 7% of an account's followers can see posts it makes. This isn’t correct. This is not the first time this claim has been shared, and
Full Fact→ Reversing is not being removed from HGV driving tests
A screenshot of a tweet going viral on Facebook claims that the reversing element of HGV driving tests is being removed in order to make them easier to pass, amid a shortage of lorry drivers. This is not quite the case. Initially, a now-closed governme
Snopes→ No Bull: Scientists Potty Train Cows to Use ‘MooLoo’
Turns out cows can be potty trained as easily as toddlers. Maybe easier.
Health Feedback→ Male sterility isn’t a proven side effect of ivermectin, contrary to claims by social media users
REVIEW Ivermectin, a drug approved for treating parasites in animals and humans, has been touted as a supposed cure for COVID-19. However, ivermectin hasn’t been approved for treating COVID-19 outside clinical trials in the U.S., the European Unio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The President Did NOT Refuse To Pay To Fly Remains Of Sgt. Ryan Knauss To Arlington Cemetery
Did the president of the United States refuse to pay to fly the body of Sgt. Ryan Knauss, killed in the August 2021 Kabul airport bombing, to Arlington National Cemetery? No, that's not true: The president is not responsible for decisions
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Mixing False Swine Flu Prophecy With Inaccuracies About 2017 Oklahoma Law Does NOT Document COVID-19 Mandates
Does a 2017 Oklahoma state law pave the way for vaccination mandates and are there plans to sort people at roadblocks, fit them with tracking chip bracelets and send the unvaccinated to FEMA camps? No, that's not true: This video is made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Rice Being Made Out Of Plastic Sheets In A Factory — They’re Plastic Pellets
Does this viral video show "rice" being made out of plastic sheets in a factory? No, that's not true: The sheets are not being used to make rice but to make plastic pellets. The claim, which is accompanied by a video, has made the rounds
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Australian Health Organization Did NOT Use Actors To Portray COVID-19 Patients In Video — They Are Real Patients
Did New South Wales Health, an Australian government health organization, use actors to portray COVID-19 patients in a public health video? No, that's not true: The people featured in the video are real COVID-19 patients. The shortened ne
Truth or Fiction?→ CA Recall Election Disinformation Roundup
In the lead up to the California gubernatorial recall election of September 14 2021, the usual disinformation purveyors went into high gear, poisoning the well with wall-to-wall claims of perfidy and election theft. Overall, the California recall and i
Snopes→ Did House Democrats ‘Block’ GOP from Reading Names of US Troops Killed in Kabul?
Republican Congress members and right-leaning websites failed to mention a significant piece of context about the Aug. 31 meeting of the House of Representatives.
Snopes→ Did Biden Order VA to Withhold Health Benefits From Unvaccinated Veterans?
The president indeed unveiled sweeping requirements for vaccines and testing that could impact as many as 100 million Americans.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘I Know More Than the Scietists’ Protester
On September 13 2021, a photograph of a man with a poorly spelled sign (“I know more than the scietists”) went viral on Twitter: this is where we’re at and it hurts. pic.twitter.com/GwM28DIBG2 — Andrew Baback Boozary MD (@drandrew
Full Fact→ Evidence so far does not show the Mu variant is ‘immune to vaccines’
A COVID variant that is immune to vaccines has reached Britain Daily Express print edition, 8 September 2021. The Daily Express print edition reported on 8 September that there have been 53 cases of the Mu variant of Covid-19, and described it as a &l
Full Fact→ Error in BBC reporting doesn’t mean 9/11 was scripted
A post on Facebook claims that the BBC reported the collapse of World Trade Center 7 on 11 September 2001, almost half an hour before it happened. The post author uses this apparent error to describe the 9/11 terror attacks as a “scripted,
Full Fact→ Fact checking works: results from a new international study
Over the last ten years, fact checking has grown around the world. As part of our work we’ve seen many examples of how good, timely information can change debate—and lives—for the better. We’ve also conducted research to help i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That 80% Of COVID-19 Deaths Occurred Within The Vaccinated Population In Scotland Is Misleading
Does an article that makes the claim that 80% of COVID-19 deaths occurred within the vaccinated population in Scotland in August 2021 tell the whole story? No, that's not true: The article is misleading because it leaves out the important
Snopes→ Biden Presses States to Require Vaccines for All Teachers
Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school to push his new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier” with the health of children.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims That Ivermectin Sterilizes 85% Of Men Who Take It Are NOT Supported With Clear Evidence
Does a Nigerian study done in 2011 show that men who took ivermectin as a treatment for onchocerciasis, or river blindness, were made sterile by the anti-parasitic drug? No, that's not true: The study, which only included 37 patients and
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Rule
On Sept. 9, President Joe Biden announced a six-point plan to increase vaccinations against COVID-19 and slow the spread of the delta variant of the virus that has resulted in increasing COVID-19 cases and deaths. The most controversial part of the pla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Defense Secretary Did NOT Send Text To All Active Military Telling Them To Get COVID Vaccine Or Be Court-Martialed
Did the Secretary of Defense send a text to all active military personnel telling them to get the COVID-19 vaccine by 10 a.m. or they would be court-martialed, and did 12 F-22 pilots walk off the job because of the text? No, that's not tr
Truth or Fiction?→ The Oklahoma Ivermectin Overdose Controversy
A viral September 5 2021 tweet thread “debunking” a series of stories about ivermectin use and hospitals shows that disinformation and the way it is delivered is mutating. Republican public relations strategist and freelance writer Drew Ho
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Mislead on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths in Afghanistan
SciCheck Digest Afghanistan has implemented a COVID-19 vaccination program and, although administration of vaccines has slowed due to internal armed conflicts, the program is still under way. But some prominent conservative purveyors of misinformation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Martin Scorsese Is NOT Holding Zack Snyder’s Justice League In Instagram Post
Did American film director Martin Scorsese endorse the Zack Snyder version of the movie "Justice League"? No, that's not true: The photo of Scorsese holding "Zack Snyder's Justice League" is nowhere to be found on Scorsese's verified Inst
Full Fact→ Fact checked: six key claims about the new health and social care plan
One story has dominated headlines this week—the government’s new plan for health and social care and how it plans to fund it by raising National Insurance. So we’ve taken a look at some of the key claims we’ve seen in Parliament
Full Fact→ New healthcare workers suicide figures should be treated with caution
“More than 60 frontline UK healthcare workers took their own life at the beginning of the pandemic.” The i, 9 September 2021. The i newspaper has reported new data claiming to show that 64 frontline healthcare workers died by suicide at th
Full Fact→ No, health won’t account for 40% of all public spending
“Health and social care will devour 40pc of all public spending by next year.” Daily Telegraph, 8 September 2021. “As a result of the latest changes, health is likely to account for 44 per cent of all public spending by 2025, up fro
Full Fact→ What do we know about the long-term effects of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy?
We’ve been asked on WhatsApp for information regarding the Covid-19 vaccines in use in the UK and whether there are any long-term effects on babies born to women who were vaccinated in pregnancy. What do we know about any long-term effects? Given
Snopes→ Los Angeles Schools Mandate Vaccines for 630,000 Students
Students age 12 and older in the Los Angeles school system must be vaccinated before they can return to classrooms next year under one of the toughest anti-COVID mandates enacted in the nation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chinese Restaurant Sign Giving 95% Off Meal With Vaccine Card Is NOT Real
Did a Chinese restaurant advertise giving customers 95% off their lunch total if you show them a vaccination card? No, that's not true: The sign was made by a prank website where you can create your own Chinese restaurant sign. The story