Neither primary vaccination nor natural immunity is generally stopping infections with the omicron variant, but research shows booster doses substantially increase protection. Yet, Republican Sen. Rand Paul claimed that a case of COVID-19 provides “a
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FactCheck.org→ Studies Show Boosted Immunity Against Omicron with Booster Doses
Neither primary vaccination nor natural immunity is generally stopping infections with the omicron variant, but research shows booster doses substantially increase protection. Yet, Republican Sen. Rand Paul claimed that a case of COVID-19 provides “a
FactCheck.org→ Dr. Fauci Still Treats Patients, Contrary to Dr. Oz’s Claim
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, has been working for nearly two years to help end the COVID-19 pandemic — even directly treating patients wit
FactCheck.org→ Dr. Fauci Still Treats Patients, Contrary to Dr. Oz’s Claim
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, has been working for nearly two years to help end the COVID-19 pandemic — even directly treating patients wit
FactCheck.org→ Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests
SciCheck Digest Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it’s t
FactCheck.org→ Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests
SciCheck Digest Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it’s t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna IS Mandating COVID Vaccine For Its Employees — So Is Pfizer
Are vaccine-makers Moderna and Pfizer not mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for their employees? No, that's not true: Since August 2021, Moderna and Pfizer have had COVID vaccine requirements in place for their U.S. workers. Medical and reli
Full Fact→ Spanish Flu pandemic wasn’t caused by a meningitis vaccine
A video posted on Facebook makes a number of false claims about the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, this pandemic is estimated to have infected over a third of the world’s population, a
Lead Stories→ Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ
On November 10, 2021, Lead Stories published a fact check about an article published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on November 2, 2021. In response, the BMJ published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on December 17, 2021, calling
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taiwan’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths NOT Higher Than All Virus Fatalities
Did the number of COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths in Taiwan eclipse the cumulative death toll from the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself? No, that's not true: There is no data to support the contention that the vaccines are more deadly than COVID.
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘Get out of left field’ and ‘facts are the foundation of truth’
PolitiFact readers sound off about our fact-checks and articles about President Biden’s record, voter ID, vaccines and Congress
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Simple Comparison Of Vaxed/Unvaxed Scots’ COVID Case Rates Is NOT A Valid Measure Of Vaccine Effectiveness
Does a comparison of January 2022 case rates for the unvaccinated and the vaccinated in Scotland prove that refusing vaccination improves Scots' odds of avoiding infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19? No, that's not true: A g
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis Misleads on Omicron-Resistant COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
After the Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two COVID-19 antibody drugs because the treatments are highly unlikely to work against the omicron variant, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida misleadingly claimed the decision had been made
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis Misleads on Omicron-Resistant COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
After the Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two COVID-19 antibody drugs because the treatments are highly unlikely to work against the omicron variant, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida misleadingly claimed the decision had been made
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘Get out of left field’ and ‘facts are the foundation of truth’
PolitiFact readers sound off about our fact-checks and articles about President Biden’s record, voter ID, vaccines and Congress
The Dispatch→ Does Prior Infection Convey More Immunity Than a COVID Vaccine?
Recent viral social media posts from popular right-wing figures and websites have suggested that a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study determined previous coronavirus infections offered greater protection against coronavirus than va
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New South Wales Health Chief Did NOT Write Tweet Dismissing Vax Rollout Child Deaths — And No Children Have Died
Did Dr. Kerry Chant, the New South Wales, Australia, chief health officer, post a tweet that dismissed the deaths of three children while celebrating a "better than expected" result of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for children? No, that's
FactCheck.org→ Trump on ‘Race-Based Medicine’ for COVID-19
At a rally in Arizona on Jan. 15, former President Donald Trump waded into the debate over state policies allowing health systems to consider race as a risk factor when prioritizing the allocation of limited supplies of some COVID-19 therapeutics. Acco
FactCheck.org→ Trump on ‘Race-Based Medicine’ for COVID-19
At a rally in Arizona on Jan. 15, former President Donald Trump waded into the debate over state policies allowing health systems to consider race as a risk factor when prioritizing the allocation of limited supplies of some COVID-19 therapeutics. Acco
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Allison Coleman Or Lachlan Leary Were Australian Children Who Died After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
Did two 7-year-old Australian children, Allison Coleman and Lachlan Leary, both die shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in the week the COVID vaccines were being rolled out in New South Wales to children in the 5- to 11-year-old ag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Does NOT Admit COVID Vaccine Damages Natural Immune System
Did the United Kingdom admit the COVID-19 vaccine damages the natural immune system? No, that's not true: The claim in the National Daily Newspaper misconstrues information in the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report - Week 42 by the UK H
FactCheck.org→ Ted Nugent Posts Fake Headline, Claim About Sotomayor’s Health
SciCheck Digest Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who as a diabetic is at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19, has participated remotely in recent Supreme Court arguments. But Ted Nugent posted a bogus headline on Facebook — using a CNBC logo and
Full Fact→ No evidence Australian child ‘Lachlan Leary’ died from vaccine
Numerous posts across Facebook, Twitter and unreliable “news” sites claim that a seven-year-old boy named Lachlan Leary recently died in Sydney, Australia, after being vaccinated against Covid-19. The posts take the form of what appea
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Press Conference
In a nearly two-hour press conference, President Joe Biden stretched the facts and left out important context on vaccinations, funding for lead pipe removal, child poverty and more. Biden exaggerated his administration’s progress against COVID-1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Researchers Did NOT Discover ‘Various Foreign Objects’ Like Worms In Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Did researchers discover "various foreign objects" -- like worms hatching from eggs -- in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: None of the listed ingredients in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine are intentionally har
Snopes→ Did NHS Issue Poster Warning COVID-19 Vaccine Causes Bell’s Palsy?
A definitive link between COVID-19 vaccines and an increased risk of Bell's palsy has not been proven.
Full Fact→ Met Police has not launched an investigation into the Covid-19 vaccine programme
Multiple social media posts claim the Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into the Covid-19 vaccine programme. This is not true. Some of these posts include recordings of phone calls from members of the public (with what seem to b
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers
Summary A year ago, Joseph R. Biden took office as the 46th president of the United States — inheriting an economy weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with effective vaccines to finally deal with it. To mark Biden’s first year in office, we ta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MIT Scientist Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccine Has Possible Long-Term Side Effects
Did an MIT scientist prove that the COVID-19 vaccines have possible long-term side effects? No, that's not true: The "scientist" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a computer scientist who offered no proof that the COVID-19 v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That Governments Kill Black People With Medicine Is NOT True — ‘Tribunal’ Hearing Claim is NOT Real Court
Did author and self-proclaimed naturopathic practitioner Robert O. Young present legitimate testimony that admits that governments are using medicine to "exterminate" Black people? No, that's not true: The International Tribunal for Natur
FactCheck.org→ Partisans Seize on Edited Clip of CDC Director’s Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness
SciCheck Digest Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discussed a recent study that found that on the rare occasion when fully vaccinated people died from COVID-19, they often had multiple risk factors for
Full Fact→ Japan has never enforced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate
An Instagram post claims: “Japan drops all vaccine mandates, places myocarditis warning on label”. It appears to be talking about Covid-19 vaccines, as the caption of the post mentions the UK “rollout” and consideration of wheth
Logically→ A document provided under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that the Pfizer vaccine causes miscarriage and stillbirths.
There are no links between miscarriages or stillbirths and COVID-19 vaccines. The alleged document is not authentic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid Boosters Are NOT Weakening Immune System — European Agency Says Remarks Were ‘Misunderstood’
Are COVID-19 boosters weakening the immune system? No, that's not true: Articles and social media reports saying that Marco Cavaleri, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) vaccine strategy chief, fears repeated booster shots would weaken th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Meme Is NOT Correct: COVID-19 Is Deadlier Than The Seasonal Flu
Is this meme correct in saying COVID-19 is less deadly than what was known as Spanish flu a century ago, or current variants of seasonal flu? No, that is misleading: COVID-19 is killing more people annually than the seasonal flu did in th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hackers Did NOT ‘Crack’ Pfizer, Moderna Servers And Reveal Vaccine Death Data
Did hackers "crack" the servers of COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna and reveal vaccine death data from those companies? No, that's not true: The data used to make that claim is from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VA
Full Fact→ The Nuremberg Code doesn’t state that mask mandates are a war crime
A number of posts on Facebook have highlighted part of what they claim to be the Nuremberg Code, stating that mask mandates preventing people from accessing food, healthcare or education would be considered a war crime. The highlighted part of th
Logically→ It is safer to get COVID-19 than take a vaccine against the virus.
You are at greater risk of getting severe COVID-19 if you are unvaccinated. The current vaccines have saved thousands of lives.
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on At-Home Rapid Tests
The demand for at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests — sparked by the fast-spreading omicron variant in December — has continued in 2022. With that demand have come questions about the tests’ efficacy, how to use them and where to get them. W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cooler Cameras in Walgreens Are NOT To Scan For ‘Mark Of The Beast’– They Enable Real-Time Targeted Ads
Can these cooler doors read microchips, tattoos or clothing logos that might identify someone as vaccinated or unvaccinated or as a Satan worshipper who wears the "mark of the beast"? No, that's not true: Cooler Screens technology is "ide