If someone becomes sick or dies after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, is the shot necessarily to blame? No, that's not true: It is statistically inevitable that some people will get sick and die after getting the shot, for reasons that are un
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AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts misrepresent Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations in Germany
A screenshot of an article about the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine being administered in Germany has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts that emphasise ten people died after receiving a vaccine dose. The posts present the
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Biden Administration Ending Federal Use of Private Prisons?
United States President Joe Biden’s administration was set to fulfill one of his campaign promises on January 26 2021 — at least in part. Biden was scheduled to sign an executive order instructing the Department of Justice not to renew its
Full Fact→ Viral influencer video full of false Covid-19 claims
A viral video of an influencer spreading on social media makes a number of incorrect claims about the coronavirus pandemic, including its impact on children and suicide rates and misinformation about testing and face masks. “They’ve introd
Health Feedback→ Most positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
REVIEW Claims aimed at discrediting the COVID-19 PCR test and by extension, public health responses to the pandemic including the wearing of face masks, have repeatedly made their appearance over the course of the pandemic. An Information Notice reg
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines
Quick Take A viral video makes a series of inaccurate and unfounded arguments for why people should not receive any vaccines, including those for COVID-19. Full Story As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, anti-vaccination activists try t
Full Fact→ Several coronavirus claims made by MP in newspaper are inaccurate
In a piece in the Somerset County Gazette, Somerset and Frome MP David Warburton set out his reasons for voting against the latest lockdown. However, many of the claims made in this piece are incorrect. "And testing also creates some revealing a
Full Fact→ There isn’t pork in Covid-19 vaccines
We've been asked by readers on WhatsApp to clear up whether there is pork in the new Covid-19 vaccines, whether they cause infertility in younger men and whether they pose a risk of death to the elderly. There are no animal products in vaccines Pork ge
Full Fact→ Death rate back to early 2000s levels
A post on Facebook claims that 2020 saw the UK’s sixth highest death rate going back to 1999. This is broadly true, but the statistics shown could use some context. The table pictured in the post claims to show the number of deaths each yea
Full Fact→ Death rate back to early 2000s levels
A post on Facebook claims that 2020 saw the UK’s sixth highest death rate going back to 1999. This is broadly true, but the statistics shown could use some context. The table pictured in the post claims to show the number of deaths each yea
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts mislead on Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations in Norway
Multiple Facebook posts shared repeatedly in January 2021 claim 23 people are “dead from” the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in Norway. The claim is misleading: as of January 22, 2021, health authorities in Norway have said there was no di
Snopes→ How To Interpret That ‘1 in 8 Recovered COVID Patients Die’ Study
The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, has troubling implications. But headlines focusing solely on deaths miss the broader point about "long COVID."
Full Fact→ Video falsely claims PCR tests insert ‘nanoparticles’ into brain
A viral video on Facebook promotes a number of false and potentially dangerous claims about tests for Covid-19. These claims have no evidence and should not be believed. In the video, a British man claims “they are definitely putting something in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Death Is NOT Listed As A Possible Adverse Reaction To COVID-19 Vaccines
Is death listed as a possible adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccines in use in the United States? No, that's not true: Neither the Pfizer-BioNTech nor the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, both of which the Food and Drug Administration have appro
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Inaugural Address
Returning to a time when inaugural addresses promised unity and hope, but few facts, the newly sworn-in President Joe Biden delivered a traditional speech at his inauguration that offered little for fact-checkers. When he did offer us some facts to
FactCheck.org→ What President Biden Inherits
Summary As President Joe Biden takes office, he inherits: The worst disease outbreak in over a century, which is spreading faster and killing more people in the U.S. than at any time since it began one year ago. Highly effective vaccines that so far h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lin Wood Did NOT Base His Claims Of Trump Landslide, COVID Hoax, Vaccine Lethality On Verifiable Sources
Did Lin Wood have iron-clad sources for his on-camera claims that Donald Trump won the 2020 election in a landslide, that COVID-19 is a mild flu China used as a weapon against the U.S. and that the Pfizer vaccine is dangerous? No, that's
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Trump the Only United States President to Have Never Once Hit a 50 Percent Approval Rating?
On January 19 2021, the following screenshot of a tweet appeared on Imgur, featuring claims that outgoing United States President Donald Trump never once went over 50 percent approval during his time in office, and was in fact the “least popular
Health Feedback→ People who received the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t more likely to develop facial paralysis than people who didn’t receive the vaccine
REVIEW To date, there have been 95 million cases and two million deaths from COVID-19 worldwide. To curb the spread of the disease, several governments initiated massive vaccination campaigns using some of the recently developed and approved vaccine
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Before Capitol Rioters Beat an Officer to Death, BLM Protesters Formed a Human Barricade Around a Cop Separated From Other Police’
After a Capitol police officer was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher during the January 6 2021 insurrection, a photograph from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests circulated, which contrasted the death of one officer at the hands of insurrection
Full Fact→ What you need to know about the claims 23 people died after getting the Covid-19 vaccine in Norway
We’ve been asked by our readers to investigate claims that 23 people died in Norway after getting the Covid-19 vaccination. According to the Norwegian Medicines Agency, as of 14 January there had been 23 deaths “associated with” getti
Logically→ 23 elderly people have died in Norway just days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
While 23 people did die in Norway after taking the vaccine, any association between these deaths and vaccine remains unproven.
Health Feedback→ Lower flu activity this season likely due to COVID-19 restrictions, increased flu vaccination, and other factors, not to misdiagnosis of flu cases as COVID-19
REVIEW So far, the 2020-2021 flu season has seen fewer cases than in previous years, leading to allegations that flu cases are being misdiagnosed as COVID-19. These claims started circulating on social media in late 2020 and early 2021, including th
Health Feedback→ Strong evidence lacking to support claim that ivermectin is a cure for COVID-19 ; there are only limited clinical results at this stage
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world since early 2020 sparked an intense research effort to uncover cures for it. To date, scientific and general public media outlets presented several molecules as possible cures for COVID-19, such
FactCheck.org→ What Do the New Coronavirus Variants Mean for the Pandemic?
Q: What are the risks of the newly identified coronavirus variants? A: There’s no clear evidence yet that mutant versions cause more severe disease, although some are likely more contagious. Scientists expect vaccines will work but are monitoring t
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts share misleading claim about influenza vaccination drive in Singapore
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts in January 2021 that claim Singapore stopped “the vaccination”, referring to the rollout of two influenza vaccines, after 48 people reportedly died. The claim is misleading: Sin
Poynter→ The new COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy, explained
As the United States continues to set daily record highs for COVID-19 cases and deaths, the Trump administration is embracing a new vaccine distribution strategy: Give states all available doses instead of holding back supply reserved for second doses.
Health Feedback→ Vaccines protect people from diseases, but don’t always prevent disease transmission; research ongoing to determine if COVID-19 vaccines stop transmission
REVIEW A YouTube live stream recorded on 5 January 2020, featured David Martin, who claimed that the COVID-19 RNA vaccines are not vaccines because they don’t fulfill the definitions of a vaccine according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Trump Have an OnlyFans Account?
As outgoing United States President Donald Trump and his supporters were locked out of some digital platforms, social media users asked — sometimes derisively — if Trump would open an account on the subscription-based service OnlyFans. Two
Snopes→ Did Man at Capitol Riot Die After Accidentally Tasing Himself?
Four persons died in conjunction with the Capitol riot, but some reports surrounding their deaths weren’t entirely accurate.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘A Letter from the Chairman’ From Nye County, Nevada GOP Repeats Several Unproven Conspiracy Theories
Does a letter published by the chairman of a Nevada county Republican Central Committee, disputing the outcome of the presidential election, include evidence for the conspiracy theories proposed? No, that's not true: the widely viral arti
Truth or Fiction?→ Twitter Finally Shuts Down Donald Trump’s Account
Two days after he incited an attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol and just over two months after he decisively lost the 2020 election to Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, outgoing United States President Donald Trump was ousted again ̵
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Texas Newspaper Claim “Members of Antifa’ Were Attacking the Capitol?
As the United States continued to reel from the January 6 2021 Capitol riots, an east Texas newspaper became the center of a related side story after it was caught repeating a debunked right-wing conspiracy theory surrounding the attack on the U.S. C
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine did not cause the death of a Portuguese woman, contrary to social media posts suggestions
REVIEW On 4 January 2021, the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã reported the sudden death of Sonia Azevedo, a 41-year-old operational assistant at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) in Porto. Azevedo’s death occurred on 1 January
Full Fact→ More people are dying than usual at the moment
“We're seeing mortality that's well within the envelope of what normally happens this time of year. The last five years have been a below average number of death years if you look at the ONS data anyway compared to the last 27, which is how far
Full Fact→ More people are dying than usual at the moment
“We're seeing mortality that's well within the envelope of what normally happens this time of year. The last five years have been a below average number of death years if you look at the ONS data anyway compared to the last 27, which is how far
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tear Gas WAS Used Against Mob At The U.S. Capitol
Did police withhold tear gas when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: There has been criticism of the police response to the rioters and the chief of Capitol police resigned in the a
Health Feedback→ Nashville bomber died in the explosion, not from COVID-19
REVIEW On 25 December 2020, 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner exploded a bomb in a recreational vehicle in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, injuring eight people. A few days later, the claim that Warner died from COVID-19 started circulating on social
Health Feedback→ Asymptomatic and presymptomatic people can spread COVID-19
REVIEW The respiratory disease COVID-19, which is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, spread around the world in 2020. COVID-19 has caused more than 85 million confirmed cases and more than 1.8 million confirmed deaths globally as of 4 January 2020. In
FactCheck.org→ Our Most Popular Posts in 2020
As 2020 draws to an end, we present the 10 most popular stories on our website this year. Seven of the 10 were about the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes COVID-19. Here is our list, in order: Hospital Payments and the COVID-19 Death Count In