Did the Make-A-Wish Foundation refuse to grant a 4-year-old cancer patient a wish because he is not vaccinated? That's not true: The charity's medical team had ruled out air travel and large group settings for unvaccinated and critically
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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
PolitiFact→ Hospitalization data is being used to claim that the pandemic is overblown. Here's why that's wrong
So-called 'incidental' COVID-19 hospitalizations do not indicate the pandemic is overblown. All patients with COVID-19 require more resources, like personal protective equipment and isolated rooms, in a time when hospitals are operating with severe sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Glyphosate Is Responsible For Celiac Disease And Gluten Intolerance
Is glyphosate, the active ingredient found in the ubiquitous weed-killer Roundup, responsible for the symptoms of celiac disease, which causes damage to the small intestine if gluten is consumed? No, that's not true: Although a 2013 paper
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that dietary supplements containing zinc and a zinc ionophore, such as the one promoted by Vladimir Zelenko, are effective against COVID-19
REVIEW On 6 January 2021, Gateway Pundit, a website that has consistently promoted conspiracies and published misinformation on numerous occasions (see here), published a piece promoting a dietary supplement sold by Vladimir Zelenko called Z-Stack.
Snopes→ Did Carhartt Email Associates About COVID-19 Vaccination Policy?
While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies can't be forced to implement national vaccination policies, companies can still do so if they choose.
Truth or Fiction?→ Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Refuses to Wear a Mask
As the global COVID-19 pandemic dragged into its third year, “Gorsuch” trended on Twitter on January 18 2022, primarily due to tweets claiming that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask to work — which forces fello
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
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘One of the Reasons I Drive Right Past Home Depot and Straight to Lowe’s …’
In January 2022, a June 2020 Facebook post purportedly comparing Lowe’s and Home Depot’s chief executive officers continued spreading: One of the reasons I drive right past Home Depot and straight to Lowe’s is because while the co-founder
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with a higher risk of pregnancy complication, contrary to claim by Daniel Horowitz
REVIEW The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as medical associations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend the vaccination of “pregnant and lactating individuals” against CO
Full Fact→ Argos isn’t selling microwaves for £1.78
A Facebook post claims Argos is offering Samsung microwaves for £1.78, alleging the electronics manufacturer had broken a contract “with the famous retailer”. The post, published by a Facebook group which uses the Argos logo as
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.
Full Fact→ Dialling 55 during 999 call won’t automatically send police to your location
A Facebook post shared almost 340,000 times claims that dialling 55 after ringing 999 will prompt emergency call handlers to dispatch police to you without the need to speak. The post states: “If you’re in a situation where you can&rs
Logically→ The Colleyville Synagogue gunman went on an antisemitic tirade.
The FBI has confirmed that the Jewish community was specifically targeted, updating their previous statement.
Full Fact→ Cheetahs race greyhounds, sometimes
A post on Facebook claims that an experiment was conducted to race a cheetah against greyhounds with a picture appearing to show a cheetah sitting in the starting box while the dogs run ahead. The post says that when the cheetah didn’t both
Logically→ The Colleyville Synagogue gunman went on an antisemitic tirade.
The FBI has confirmed that the Jewish community was specifically targeted, updating their previous statement.
Full Fact→ NASA hasn’t ‘just’ hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens
A number of posts on social media claim that NASA has “just hired” 24 theologians in order to study how humans would react if scientists discovered alien life, with the suggestion that it had done so to prepare for imminent contact with ali
AllSides→ No Fact-Checking For Biden’s Atlanta Smears
https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-no-fact-checking-for-bidens-atlanta-smears One of the most frustr
AllSides→ No, Washington State is Not Building Internment Camps for the Unvaccinated
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-internment-camps/ A Washington State Board of Health (SBOH
AllSides→ Fighting misinformation or fighting for information?
https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-fighting-misinformation-or-fighting-for-information/
Full Fact→ A Covid-19 patient on BBC News is not a ‘crisis actor’
A video on Instagram claims that a Covid-19 patient shown on BBC News is really an actor pretending to be ill. This is not true. A man in the video visits the patient’s Instagram account where he finds the phrase “award winning crisis actor
Full Fact→ A video of several fans making a paper plane fly is CGI
A video shared by a Facebook page called “Science world” of several strategically placed room fans appearing to keep a paper aeroplane flying between them is captioned: “when physicists get bored”. However, the video does not sh
Logically→ Omicron is leading the COVID-19 pandemic to the endemic stage.
Expert virologists have indicated that it is difficult to predict the endemic stage for the virus, given the high infection rates around the globe.
Logically→ A ball girl collapsed at the Australian Open due to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The text on the post could imply the vaccine side-effects resulted in the girls collapse. It has not been confirmed what led to the incident.
Full Fact→ Express overstates Brexit trade deal value, again
“Since Brexit, Britain has been able to strike new free trade deals with 70 countries worth over £760billion, according to the Government.” Daily Express, 16 January 2022. The Express has repeated a misleading claim about Britain&rsq
Logically→ American actor Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Saget's detailed autopsy report is yet to be released. Claims linking the COVID-19 vaccine to his death are baseless.
Logically→ U.K. will soon halt administering COVID-19 vaccines.
The U.K. is not halting administering the COVID-19 vaccines owing to safety concerns. The vaccines have been scientifically proven to be effective.
Snopes→ Djokovic’s Deportation Exposes Australian Border Debate
Back in 2013, the border issue wasn't unvaccinated foreigners like Djokovic but thousands of asylum seekers from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa who flocked to Australia on rickety fishing boats from Indonesian ports.
Logically→ A Brazilian reporter collapsed on live TV following his COVID-19 booster shot.
Rafael Silva was diagnosed with a congenital illness and there is no connection between his condition and the COVID-19 booster jab.
Logically→ COVID-19 is only as dangerous as ‘severe influenza.’
COVID-19 has repeatedly been shown to be more dangerous than influenza.
Full Fact→ The CDC has not ‘dropped’ all PCR tests
It has been claimed on social media that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in America has stopped using RT-PCR tests as they cannot differentiate between Covid-19 and the flu. This is not true. These claims appear to originate from a
Logically→ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla admits the Pfizer vaccine offers zero protection against COVID-19.
Bourla said two doses of the Pfizer vaccine offer "very limited protection" against Omicron. He said three doses offer reasonable protection.
Logically→ According to a South African study, the Omicron variant is less severe for unvaccinated people.
The Omicron variant has increased transmissibility and potential immune evasion compared to other variants. WHO says unvaccinated are at high risk.
Poynter→ How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is over?
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld was riffing about a COVID-related standoff keeping Chicago teachers out of the classroom when he made a bold claim about the state of the COVID-19 […] The post How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is over? appear
Health Feedback→ No, a study from Denmark didn’t find that COVID-19 vaccines make people more prone to infection; biases in the study likely led to underestimated vaccine effectiveness
REVIEW A Substack article written by journalist Alex Berenson claimed that “vaccinated people are at higher risk of Omicron”, citing a study conducted by researchers in Denmark. The article received more than 2,500 user engagements on Facebook,
Snopes→ Snopesing 101: How Snopes Fact Checks Racial Propaganda
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Logically→ U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled a skin color chart to determine who qualifies in priority to receive their federal aid.
The claim originated from a website that publishes satirical pieces. There have been no discussions recently to imply any such qualifying criteria.
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