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
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That There Was A Montana Home Invader Who Used Recording Of Child To Attempt Entry Into Home
Was there a home invader in Laurel, Montana, who in late summer 2021 used a recording of a distressed child to attempt to gain entry into a home? No, that's not true: The police chief of the Laurel Police Department told Lead Stories that
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Hopkins Did NOT Say ‘Let Go The People Who Are Not Prepared To Love You’
Did Welsh actor Sir Anthony Hopkins make a statement that opens with "Let go the people who are not prepared to love you. This is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing"? No, that's
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
The Dispatch→ Did All Americans Who Wanted to Evacuate Afghanistan Get Out?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Image Does NOT Show Mbabane In Eswatini — It’s Khartoum In Sudan
Does a widely shared image show a nighttime photo of Mbabane, the capital city of Eswatini? No, that's not true: the city shown is Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on September 6, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi, Schumer And Many Others Did Not Make Confessions In Military Tribunals
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and many others make confessions in military tribunals? No, that's not true: A video does not show a military tribunal with Pelosi and Schumer on trial. Instead, it's a
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
Logically→ India has charged WHO scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan with mass murder.
The Indian Bar Association, a private voluntary organization of lawyers, has no jurisdiction to charge the scientist with murder.
Full Fact→ An influencer muddled his maths on vaccines for children
The online influencer Nohun (real name Raurie Williams) has wrongly described the risks and benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine for children in an Instagram video that has been viewed more than 330,000 times. The video was posted on 7 September 2021, and
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
Logically→ Lines across your fingernails indicate that you have had COVID-19.
Current scientific evidence indicates that Beau's lines or lines across your fingernails is not a reliable sign that you had COVID-19.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Elvis Presley’s Manager Sell ‘I Hate Elvis’ Buttons to Profit From ‘Haters’?
On August 23 2021, the Facebook page “Weird Facts” shared the following meme, which asserted that Elvis Presley’s manager did pro-Elvis and anti-Elvis marketing, selling “I Hate Elvis” buttons to individuals who were not
FactCheck.org→ CDC: No Warning Issued for Acute Flaccid Myelitis in 2021
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis — a serious condition mainly affecting children — since 2014. The CDC hasn’t seen a reason for concern this year, but Fac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Broadcast Meteorologist Is NOT Wearing An Ankle Monitor And Is Not In Detroit
Does this photo show a Detroit broadcast meteorologist wearing an ankle monitor device parole officers install on convicts to track their whereabouts? No, that's not true: The broadcaster shown is Jaime Travers, of Fox2 St. Louis. A meme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Is NOT Footage of Taliban With Anti-Aircraft Weapons — It’s A Video Game
Does footage released after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan show the insurgents using anti-aircraft weaponry? No, that's not true: The footage is from the video game Arma 3. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) publis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Giant U-Shaped Skyscraper Is Not Real — It’s Just A Proposed Design From 2017
Is there a giant U-shaped skyscraper in New York that is so big a plane can easily fly between its uprights? No, that's not true: This image of a large building in Manhattan is just an architectural design for a proposed building that had
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Show Two Bullets That ‘Collided’ During Battle Of Gallipoli
Does a viral image show two bullets that "collided" during the Battle of Gallipoli? No, that's not true: In addition to the lack of the expected rifling marks on one of the bullets, ballistics experts who reviewed the image were not convi
Logically→ Nasal swabs used in COVID-19 testing are unsafe because they have been sterilized with ethylene oxide.
Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize medical equipment, including swabs, globally. Any residue left is removed, making the swabs safe to use.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Multiple Senators Were NOT Arrested ‘At’ Arizona
Were "senators" arrested at Arizona and does this mean that Trump is in trouble? No, that's not true: This nonsensical headline is clickbait intended to trick people into watching the video and joining the group promoted in the caption. O
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Republican’s Estimates Do NOT Document ‘173,104 Lost Votes and 96,389 Ghost Votes’ In 2020 Election
Has an Arizona Republican's door-knocking campaign and back-of-the-envelope estimate proved there were "173,104 lost votes and 96,389 ghost votes" in Maricopa County's 2020 election? No, that's not true: Even if every person answering eve
Logically→ ID Fresh Food Pvt Ltd mixes animal extracts to increase the volume of its batter.
There is no evidence that ID Fresh Food uses animal extracts in its products. The company has stated that the allegations are baseless.
Full Fact→ Viral video makes incorrect claims about teenagers and vaccine consent
A video with over 2,000 views on Facebook and which was also sent to us by readers on WhatsApp shows a protester outside an NHS building claiming that it is illegal to vaccinate children without parental consent or a specific court order because of a c
Full Fact→ What we know about the Taliban and Covid-19
A post on Facebook claims that the Taliban survived the pandemic with “no vaccines, social distancing, PCR testing, masks” and were still able “to then recapture an entire country with no mass deaths amongst their population during a
Full Fact→ WD-40 did not say it “makes screwing a pleasure”
We’re sorry to spoil the fun, but an old WD-40 ad full of innuendo appears to be a fake. The ad, which has been shared more than 1,500 times on Facebook, says that the well known brand of lubricant “makes screwing a pleasure” and &ld
Full Fact→ 9/11 video doesn’t prove plane didn’t hit South Tower
This fact check includes links to pictures and video footage some people may find disturbing. A post on Facebook wrongly claims that video footage of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City shows that no planes were inv
Full Fact→ HGV securing point rules aren’t changing
A post on Facebook shared over 1,000 times shows two pictures of securing points for HGVs, claiming that they will be “illegal” by September due to a “new VOSA rule”. VOSA refers to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, whic
Logically→ Doctors in the U.K. will be paid an extra £10 for every child they vaccinate, and Google is trying to hide it.
GPs do not profit from COVID-19 vaccines, and only under-16s with serious health issues and disabilities are eligible for the jabs.
Logically→ Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud fled to Tajikstan over the oppression by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
For security concerns, Saleh and Massoud were not in contact with the public, and their absence was misinterpreted as having abandoned the nation.
Logically→ A video shows a group of tortoises running around unusually fast.
The video featuring fast tortoises running around in circles is digitally created.
Logically→ When you wake up with your eyelashes stuck together, it’s because male spiders have mistaken your eyelashes for female spiders.
Sleep crust (also known as eye gunk or eye goop) is a mixture of mucus, exfoliated skin cells, oils, and tears. It has nothing to do with spiders.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is San Francisco Paying Criminals $300 a Month Not to Shoot People?
On September 8 2021, the unreliable Daily Wire published an item headlined, “San Francisco Is Going To Pay People $300 A Month Not To Shoot Others.” The outrage-baiting headline worked; soon it appeared atop Trendolizer.com’s “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT End Biden Antifa Meeting With A Riot — This Is Clickbait
Did former President Donald Trump end President Joe Biden's antifa meeting with a riot and did Biden say "sorry" to troops and resign? No, none of that is true: This is a clickbait headline that is not supported by the video it purports t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Return As President And Remove Biden And Harris — This Headline Is Clickbait
Did Donald Trump return to the presidency, removing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: This is a clickbait headline that is not supported by the video connected to it. The purpose of the misleading