Does mass vaccination amid the COVID-19 pandemic create an "irrepressible monster" of disease? No, that's not true: Vaccines represent one of our best hopes of stopping the spread of the virus and its variants, according to medical expert
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FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Misrepresents FDA Document About Monitoring Vaccine Safety
Quick Take A Food and Drug Administration presentation on monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines listed possible adverse events the agency might track. But an Instagram post misrepresents the document, falsely claiming it shows the vaccines are kno
Full Fact→ Germany has spent far more than £48m on test and trace
A Facebook post shared thousands of times claims the cost of the UK’s Test and Trace system was £32 billion, compared with £48 million for the system in Germany. This despite Germany having a larger population and about half as many C
Full Fact→ 17 countries haven’t ‘banned’ the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
The data in this piece is correct as of the time of writing, on 17 March 2021. A post on Facebook has claimed that 17 countries have “banned” the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and the UK hasn’t. The post previously claimed that 12 count
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 RNA vaccines are safe, cannot modify human DNA; death rate in vaccinated people aren’t higher than in unvaccinated people
REVIEW In an interview with Daystar Television Network, Sherri Tenpenny, a physician, made several claims about the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in the U.S. Specifically, she claimed that the COVID-19 RNA vaccines could modify human DNA and that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’
Are COVID-19 vaccines "weapons of mass destruction"? No, that's not true: There's no public evidence the vaccines put the future of mankind at risk. To the contrary, medical authorities widely agree the vaccines represent one of our best
Full Fact→ Extrapolating figures around long Covid in kids is not the way to go
“More than 74,000 children’ suffering from long Covid months after infection” Metro, 8 February 2021 “Almost 500,000 UK children are known to have had Covid – suggesting around 74,000 have had Long Covid.” The Daily
AFP Fact Check→ Catholic doctors in Kenya reject Covid-19 vaccines, repeat false claims in statement
The Kenya Catholic Doctors Association recently issued a press statement discouraging people from getting Covid-19 vaccines, calling them “unnecessary” and “unsafe”. The press release, however, was wrong on a number of points, including claims
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Prime-Time Address
In his remarks to the nation after signing the latest COVID-19 relief legislation, President Joe Biden stretched the facts, particularly when boasting of the increase in vaccinations on his watch. Biden spoke on March 11, marking a year since the natio
AFP Fact Check→ This is a mis-subtitled video which shows Putin giving a speech during a 2016 military parade
A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin giving a public speech has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Twitter and Facebook, with embedded French subtitles purporting to show Putin criticizing world leaders for their “evil plan” to “eli
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Video Pushes Known Vaccine Misrepresentations
Quick Take A video stoking fears of the COVID-19 vaccines in the Black community is being promoted online. But the film repeats misrepresentations about vaccines, generally, and exploits historical cases of unethical medical conduct to suggest without
AFP Fact Check→ False claim about Covid-19 vaccine causing infertility circulates online
A video post claims pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s Covid-19 vaccine contains ingredients that will cause infertility, and that immunized men can make unvaccinated women sterile, which would cause a global population decline. This is false; t
Health Feedback→ Data from Israel showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces the likelihood of dying from COVID-19; analysis in a forum post claiming the opposite is flawed
REVIEW A forum post made by Haim Yativ on a Hebrew-language discussion board claimed that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine “killed […] about 40 times more [elderly people] than the disease itself would have killed, and about 260 times mo
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines start to provide protection within two weeks of the first dose, with no evidence they increase the risk of infection before then
Review A Gateway Pundit article by Niall McCrae, a mental health researcher, claimed that a report from Public Health England showed a “48% rise in infections after the first dose of Pfizer and Astra Zeneca vaccines”. The report from Public Health
AFP Fact Check→ David Icke interview resurfaces with multiple false claims about Covid-19
A video of British author David Icke talking about Covid-19 has been viewed millions of times since it was first published in April 2020, and recently picked up steam again on social media. The hour-long clip shared on Facebook is from a longer video,
Health Feedback→ Six residents in a German nursing home died from COVID-19, not from vaccines
REVIEW On 1 March 2021, Children’s Health Defense published an article claiming that 25 percent of the residents in a nursing home in Berlin, Germany died after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. In a few days, the article receive
Snopes→ Did Biden Say Indian Americans Are ‘Taking Over’ the U.S.?
Roughly 4 million people of Indian origin currently live in the U.S., representing about 1% of the total population.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Cruz’s Partisan Spin on COVID-19 Bill
Sen. Ted Cruz says only 9% of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan “focuses on health spending” and that the remaining “91% is a partisan wish list paying off the Democratic special interests that got them elected.” While argu
FactCheck.org→ Video Targets Gates With Old Clip, Misleading Edit
Quick Take In a 2010 TED Talk focused on developing new technologies to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, Bill Gates briefly mentioned reducing the rate of population growth. A conspiratorial video circulating on Facebook misleadingly edits
Snopes→ No, the Israeli Health Ministry Didn’t Say the Pfizer Vaccine ‘Killed 40 Times More Elderly’ Than COVID-19
Israel has undertaken an aggressive push to get its population vaccinated against COVID-19.
Full Fact→ Luminescent enzymes not in Covid-19 vaccine and other myths debunked
A video of a man shouting vaccine misinformation through a megaphone in front of a Nottingham hospital has gone viral on Facebook. Here we look at the claims and why they are (mostly) wrong. “[The Covid-19 vaccine] will change your DNA” The
Full Fact→ Tests can detect the Covid-19 virus
A post on Facebook falsely claims that Covid-19 tests have a 100% false positive rate, because the virus causing the disease cannot be detected with tests. This is completely untrue. The post shares a screenshot that says: “I want you to truly un
Health Feedback→ Yes, COVID-19 vaccines will help us safely resume normal activities like going to restaurants and meeting people, once enough people are vaccinated for herd immunity
REVIEW Facebook posts purporting to look at “facts” about the COVID-19 vaccines called into question the purpose of the vaccines (see example). Based on one version, the text may have originated from a Telegram group named “Corona Investigativ
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence demonstrates that wearing face masks and implementing lockdowns reduce the spread of COVID-19
REVIEW On 23 February 2021, this Facebook post by Kimberly Klacik, a previous Republican nominee for Maryland’s 7th congressional district, claimed there is no evidence demonstrating that wearing face masks or implementing lockdowns reduce the
FactCheck.org→ Pace of U.S. Vaccinations vs. the World
President Joe Biden boasts that the U.S. is on pace to be the first country in the world to vaccinate 100 million people. That’s true, but per capita the U.S. is not tops in the world in vaccinations. Israel has administered about four times as m
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Biden Administration Censor, Cancel, or Ban Dr. Seuss Books Due to Racist Content?
On March 2 2021, throngs of Twitter users objected to the purported canceling or banning of books by Theodor Geisel, also known as children’s author Dr. Seuss. In some tellings, it was actual censorship — a state-sponsored cancellation that
Full Fact→ HPV testing kits are not smear tests
“Over 31,000 women will be offered kits to carry out smear tests in the privacy and convenience of their own homes in a trial.” Matt Hancock, 24 February 2021 The Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted that 31,000 women will be offered kits
Full Fact→ Guardian report on public opinion about job losses needs context
“How can it be that nearly half the population thinks the reason people lost their jobs in the pandemic was due to their own underperformance?” The Guardian, 25 February 2021. Last week, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee claimed that nearly
Full Fact→ The link between vitamin D and Covid-19 is complex
“The death rate in Andalucía almost halved following the introduction of their Vitamin D policy. Tragically, here in the UK our death rate more than doubled over the same period, despite us having 5x the vaccinations.” David Davis MP
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the third COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how it works. Quick Summary Vaccine name: Ad26.COV2.S Desi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT True There Is "No Evidence" Masks or Lockdowns Slow COVID-19 Spread
Is there "still no evidence masks or lockdowns slow the spread of COVID-19"? No, that's not true: The claim was posted with no citation of studies disproving the effectiveness of masks and lockdowns. On the other hand, there are now dozen
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The New Soul of Harlem’
The sight of a poster promoting an all-white “new soul of Harlem” shook up some readers February 2021 before a local business reassured them that it was not an authentic case of gentrification gone too far, once again proving that Poe’
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Vaccines Impact Fertility
Q: Do the COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility? A: There’s no evidence that approved vaccines cause fertility loss. Although clinical trials did not study the issue, loss of fertility has not been reported among thousands of trial participants nor
FactCheck.org→ Biden Hasn’t Reduced COVID-19 Testing at the Border
Quick Take The Biden administration has made no changes to COVID-19 testing policies for either U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Patrol. But a claim circulating online falsely suggests that the administration has stopped t
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Misleading Vaccine Boasts
In remarks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, President Joe Biden made misleading claims while boasting about his administration’s progress in getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. Biden claimed that the Trump administration had “fai
Full Fact→ Mask wearing doesn’t cause bacterial pneumonia
A post on Facebook suggests that wearing a mask causes people to contract bacterial pneumonia and that the government manipulated Covid-19 statistics to create fear when Covid-19 is no longer classified as a high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts falsely claim Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19
Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Vietnam has recorded no deaths from Covid-19 due to widespread consumption of hot lemon tea in the population. The claim is false: as of February 22, 2021, Vietnam has recorded 35 coronavirus deaths.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Since 1980 California Built 22 Prisons, 1 University’
On February 22 2021, an image was shared to both r/pics and Imgur, which contained the claim that the state of California has built 22 prisons, but only one university, since 1980: A sense of priorities from pics On Reddit, th
Health Feedback→ More evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
REVIEW An Instagram post claimed that a study had shown that vitamin D supplements reduced the risk of COVID-19 infections by 34 percent. The study[1], published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, used data from the U.K. Biobank, a large
Full Fact→ Many more than 3,000 people have died of Covid-19
Readers have asked us about a widely shared blog which falsely claims that “only 3,000 people have died of Covid-19”. This is based on a misreading of statistics from NHS England. The most recent data available, up to 5 February, shows that