REVIEW Claims that a “peer-reviewed study” found that the COVID-19 vaccines killed hundreds of thousands of people went viral at the end of January 2023. The claim is based on a study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases, authored by
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nielsen Ratings Is NOT Offering $2,000 In Financial Assistance To New Households; It’s Not Nielsen, There’s No Cash
Is the television ratings and marketing company Nielsen offering $2,000 in financial assistance to consumers who sign up for downloads and survey participation? No, that's not true: The claim uses a domain address different from Nielsen's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO New Health Care Stimulus Giving $5,200 To People Who Make Under $50,000
Is there a new health care stimulus program giving $5,200 to people who make under $50,000? No, that's not true: There are no government programs offering money to people as a health care stimulus as of this writing. The claim appeared on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Did NOT Trigger Removal Of 44,000 Child Sexual Exploitation Pages ‘In Just India Alone’
Did Twitter remove "over 44,000 Twitter pages involved with child sexual exploitation -- in just India alone" since Elon Musk took over the company? No, that's not true: Such large numbers came from global totals, not from India alone. Al
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 80,000 Ukrainian Troops Have NOT Imposed A ‘Total Blockade’ On Russian Forces In The Donetsk Region
Have 80,000 Ukrainian troops totally blockaded Russian invasion forces fighting in Ukraine's semi-occupied eastern Donetsk region? No, that's not true: The post making the claim in its caption does not mention a blockade in an accompanyin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 80,000 Polish Troops Did NOT Besiege Kaliningrad, Russia
Did 80,000 Polish troops besiege Kaliningrad, Russia? No, that's not true: The video making this claim in its headline does not mention 80,000 Polish troops besieging Kaliningrad, Russia, in its recorded content. There have also been no n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GO2Bank Is NOT Giving New Customers $1,000 As Sign-Up Bonus
Is the digital bank GO2Bank giving new customers a sign-up bonus of $1,000? No, that's not true: A representative of the owner of the GO2Bank brand, Green Dot Corporation, told Lead Stories that this alleged sign-up bonus is not a GO2Bank
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT ‘Quietly’ Confirm 118,000 Children, Young Adults ‘Died Suddenly’ From COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "quietly" confirm in late 2022 that at least 118,000 children and young adults have "died suddenly" in the U.S. since rollout of COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Experts told
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jen Psaki Did NOT Announce ‘Inflation Relief’ In December 2022 For Americans Making Less Than $50,000
Did Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary for President Joe Biden, announce in December 2022 that the U.S. Senate has approved "Monthly Health Credits" or "Inflation Relief For Americans Making Less Than $50 000/year"? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona
Were ZIP codes for 31,000 mail-in ballots changed before they were sent out, quietly changed back when they were returned as undeliverable and then fraudulently used to vote in Arizona? No, that's not true: The secretary of state's office
The Dispatch→ Has Iran Executed 15,000 Protesters?
Viral social media posts claim that the government of Iran has sentenced 15,000 protesters to death. The Iranian government has officially confirmed only one execution related to the recent protests in Iran. Human rights activists estima
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soursop Fruit Has NOT Been Proven To Be 10,000 Times Stronger Than Chemotherapy And Is NOT In Use As Cancer Treatment
Is soursop fruit 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy? No, that's not true: Soursop has not been proven in any clinical trials to be stronger than chemotherapy to any degree. According to a cancer professor at Harvard, this is "not a p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Federal Government Is NOT Offering 2022 ‘Stimulus Loans’ Worth Up To $40,000 To Help Americans
Is the federal government offering "stimulus loans" worth up to $40,000 for Americans? No, that's not true: No such "stimulus loans" have been offered. There are many ads posted on Facebook that try to trick people into believing that fak
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO F-35, Mirage-2000, F-16 Jets Are NOT In Warzone Against Russia
Are NATO F-35, Mirage-2000 and F-16 aircraft "suddenly fly entering warzone" amid the Russian war against Ukraine? No, that's not true: The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-35 fighter jets to Estonia to increase protection of NATO airspace,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Financial Pardon Act Eliminating Over $15,000 In Debt For Americans
Is there a financial pardon act eliminating over $15,000 in individual debt for Americans? No, that's not true: The claim is an advertisement for a "reference tool" that Internet users can use to supposedly find financial assistance. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Place 5,000 Condoms In Happy Meals — It’s From Humor Website
Did McDonald's accidentally give out 5,000 condoms with Happy Meals? No, that's not true: The site this claim originated from is satirical. There is no evidence from any trusted news organizations that this event has ever occurred. The cl
FactCheck.org→ Evidence Gaps in ‘2000 Mules’
A conservative film now playing in select theaters around the country isn’t “determinative, definitive” proof of widespread voter fraud, as former President Donald Trump has claimed. “It’s called ‘2000 Mules,'” Tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Government Program Erasing Debts Over $10,000 For Americans
Is there a government program that is erasing debts for Americans with more than $10,000 in debt? No, that's not true: A video that implies that there is a government program in which Americans can receive such debt relief is just an adve
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘US Median Rent to Reach $2000’ in 2022
Amid an ongoing national discourse around average wages and a skyrocketing cost of living, a popular May 31 2022 tweet claiming that the median rent in the United States reached $2000 also spread in threads on Reddit and Imgur as part of a broader disc
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘2,000 Mules’
On May 7, 2,000 Mules, a documentary film from right-wing provocateur Dinesh D'Souza, debuted in more than 270 theaters across the country. The movie, which grossed more than $1 million on the streaming service Rumble in under 12 hours, purports
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘2000 Mules’ Does NOT Prove 2020 Election Was Stolen — Documentary Contains Holes, Assumptions
Does the movie "2000 Mules" prove the 2020 presidential election was stolen by voter fraud? No, that's not true: The film's producers promote a theory that 2,000 people in five key swing states collected and delivered hundreds of thousand
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trey Gowdy Did NOT Say He Saw Movie ‘2000 Mules’ Or He ‘Always Believed That Rampant Cheating Occurred’ In Election
Did former U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy say he saw the movie "2000 Mules" at Mar-a-Lago and that he "always believed that rampant cheating occurred" in the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The Republican from South Carolina told Lead Stories b
Truth or Fiction?→ Were ‘More Than 1,000,000,000’ Immigrants Arrested at the U.S. Border in Six Months?
A right-wing congresswoman from Arizona posted — then quickly deleted — a tweet attempting to whip up anti-immigrant sentiment while also failing at math. “Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 1,000,000,000 migrants at our
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim Of More Than 4,000 Fetal Or New-Born Deaths Due To COVID Shots NOT Found In US VAERS Data
Do the reported adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in the United States include more than 4,000 fetal or newborn deaths? No, that's not true: A Lead Stories analysis of the numbers found in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Build Up the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ‘100% Full’?
(Photograph by Sean Rayford/Getty Images.)In a statement released by Donald Trump, the former president claimed that “after 50 years of being virtually empty, [he] built up our oil reserves during my administration … to 100% full.”Liz
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Microwave Radiation In Video Is NOT 100 Times Higher Than Safe Levels
Is the microwave in a Facebook video emitting so much radiation that it would be harmful to a consumer? No, that's not true: According to an expert, the radiation reading seen in a video is 2,630 times lower than the federal safety standa
Logically→ 45,000 people died due to the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. within three days.
This a claim from July 2021 that was debunked by the CDC. None of its safety monitoring systems found evidence 45,000 died from the jab.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Data Do NOT Reveal COVID-19 Vaccines Killed, Injured 946,000
Do government data reveal that more than 946,000 people suffered injuries or death from COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: The so-called revelations are misused and misquoted material from a list of unverified vaccine reaction report
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canadian Officials Did NOT Report ‘2.3 Million People … 130,000 Trucks’ At Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest in Ottawa
Did Canada's Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report "2.3 Million People On Foot And Upwards To 150,000 Truckers" were present at a recent COVID-19 vaccine mandate protest? No, that's not true: A re
Logically→ Not 150,000, but 6,000 people died of COVID-19 in England and Wales between February 2020 and December 2021.
Number of deaths among those without preexisting conditions is 18,907 in 2020 and 2021. The data has been taken out of context.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Medical Experts Did NOT Start Nuremberg 2 Trial Against World Leaders for Crimes Against Humanity
Did a team of 1,000 lawyers and 10,000 medical experts start a second Nuremberg trial against world leaders and public health organizations for pandemic-related crimes against humanity? No, that's not true: Spokespersons for the Centers f
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In Greece, If You Are Over 60 and Not Vaccinated, You Will Be Fined 100 Euros a Month’
On December 1 2021, Imgur user athansTaker shared a meme about a purportedly looming fine for unvaccinated people in Greece over the age of 60: Across an unrelated photograph of a blue frog in a tree, text read: In Greece, if you are over 60 and not
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
Health Feedback→ Italy didn’t change its definition of COVID-19 deaths, the disease killed more than 130,000 Italians
REVIEW In early 2020, during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy became one of the hardest hit countries in the world. As of 9 November 2021, the country totalized more than 130,000 deaths from COVID-19. In November 2021, several websit
Full Fact→ Italy hasn’t changed its Covid-19 death toll from 130,000 to under 4,000
A number of Facebook posts and some websites have claimed that Italy has adjusted its Covid-19 death toll from over 130,000 to 3,783. This is wrong. It seems to be based on an article in Italian newspaper Il Tempo, dated 21 October 2021. A blogpost pub
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 23,000 Voters Registered With Same Wisconsin Number Is NOT Proof Of Election Fraud – It’s Glitch From State Registration System
Are 23,000 Wisconsin voters registered at a prison address with the same phone number proof of election fraud? No, that's not true: Some Wisconsin voter records have the same phone number due to a glitch that occurred when the state imple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence 250,000 Vaxxed Americans Are Dead From COVID-19 Vaccine
Have 250,000 deaths been caused by the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States? No, that's not true: There is no proof that 250,000 deaths have been caused by receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. In a video, Dr. Zev Zelenko shares no evidence of h
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If the United States Had Managed to Keep Its Covid Death Rate on Par with Canada, the U.S. Would Have About 467,000 Fewer Covid Deaths Today’
On October 14 2021, the following screenshot of a tweet by New York Times correspondent Mike Baker appeared on Imgur, in which he purportedly contrasted the COVID-19 mortality rate in Canada with that of the United States: Primarily, Baker indicated t
The Dispatch→ Did 23,000 Maricopa County Ballots Come From Voters Using a Previous Address?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 48,000 Did NOT Die Within 14 days Of COVID-19 Vaccination, And There Is NO ‘Medicare Tracking System’
Did more than 48,000 people die within 14 days of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, according to data revealed in the "Medicare Tracking System"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that there have been that many deaths caused by COVID v