Does House Resolution 6666 provide funds to forcibly removed people with COVID-19 from their homes as Dr. Rashid Buttar claims in videos? No, that is not true: HR 6666 would not mandate that citizens be removed from their homes if they test po
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HR 6666 Would NOT Ban Anyone Not Vaccinated For COVID-19 From Churches, Schools, Medical Buildings That Get Money From The Bill
Does House Resolution 6666 ban people not vaccinated for COVID-19 from entering churches, schools, and medical buildings that receive money from the legislation? No, that's not true: No provision in this proposal makes vaccinations mandatory.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the California Department of Social Services Mandating COVID-19 Testing for Eligible Families — and Threatening to Place Children in Foster Care?
In early May 2020, a letter attributed to California’s Department of Social Services circulated on Facebook. It purportedly mandated that recipients of programs like MediCal and CalFresh immediately submit to testing for COVID-19 antigens or ant
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kenny Rogers’ Wife Did NOT Donate Half His Estate To Trump’s Re-Election
Did Kenny Rogers' wife donate half of the singer's estate to Trump's re-election? No, that's not true: It was originally published as satire by a network that trolls conservatives with fake claims. It was then stolen by click-bait websites tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JC Penney Has NOT Announced Everyone Who Shares A Link Will Receive $180 Coupon
Did JC Penney announce that everyone who shares a link would get a $180 coupon? No, that's not true: a scam website is luring visitors by promising free merchandise in exchange for completing surveys, but the whole thing is a scam designed to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Pence Did Not Deliver Empty Boxes Of PPE To A Hospital As Seen In Jimmy Kimmel Video
Did Vice President Mike Pence deliver empty boxes of PPE to a hospital as a publicity stunt? No, this is not true: Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel mocked a video of Pence delivering boxes that were "empty" to a health care center amid t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hy-Vee Did NOT Announce That Everyone Who Shares a Link Will Get a $150 Coupon
Did Hy-Vee announce that everyone who shares a link will get a $150 coupon? No, that's not true: a scam website is luring visitors by promising free merchandise in exchange for completing surveys but the whole thing is a scam designed to steal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Murder Hornets’ Are NOT The Same As Cicada-Killer Wasps And Are NOT Native To The US
Are "murder hornets" the same insects as cicada killers and native to the United States? No, that's not true: murder hornets are Asian giant hornets and are new to North America. These newcomers apparently have not traveled beyond Washington s
Truth or Fiction?→ COVID-19 HIPAA Face Mask Exemption ‘Passes’
Chances are in early May 2020 you saw at least one Facebook post depicting a somewhat-official looking printable document: A viral image claiming that Americans in any state where masks had been mandated or otherwise advised in public places were spe
Truth or Fiction?→ Was ‘Proud Boy’ Rob Cantrell Photographed at a Right-Wing Protest in Michigan?
The photograph that came to symbolize the hypocrisy present in an anti-government protest in Michigan on April 30 2020 became the center of an unfounded allegation concerning its origins. The image, showing an unidentified man yelling at a group of po
FactCheck.org→ Media Didn’t Misuse Boy’s Photo in Deaths of Three COVID-19 Victims
Quick Take Social media posts falsely suggest that news outlets are misusing a boy’s image to report the same child died of COVID-19 in three different countries. The posts actually refer to three different young people who died from the novel co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Cream Of Tartar Mixed With Orange Juice Can Help You Stop Smoking
Does mixing cream of tartar with orange juice and drinking the concoction help you stop smoking? No, that's not true: A claim has gone viral that suggests the simple concoction of cream of tartar and orange juice can help a person stop smoking
Truth or Fiction?→ The Viral Death of Kat Restin
Segments of Twitter are alight with rumors surrounding the April 2020 death of Virginia teenager Kat Restin and the alleged circumstances regarding her demise. An obituary for Restin, 19, was published on April 23 2020. Restin’s Obituary In that
Truth or Fiction?→ Is CostCo Requiring Shoppers to Cover Their Faces?
As the CostCo retail chain prepared to implement new requirements for shoppers, a message of support for the policy gained traction among Facebook users. The post is based around a photograph of a sign informing shoppers that members will be required
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Wear Your Mask: The Urine Test’ Analogy Meme
On April 29 2020, a post titled “Wear Your Mask: The Urine Test” appeared on r/funny (and soon r/all), aiming to explain the purpose of masks during the coronavirus pandemic to pants in the presence of a person uncontrollably urinating eve
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dolly Parton Help Fund Research for a COVID-19 Treatment?
Country music icon Dolly Parton’s reputation for philanthropy grew in April 2020 after reports appeared of her involvement in research for an antibody treatment against COVID-19. The singer announced on her Instagram account on April 1 2020 that
Snopes→ 52 Who Worked or Voted in Wisconsin Election Have COVID-19
There are no plans to postpone or otherwise alter a special congressional election in Wisconsin that is less than two weeks away, even though more than 50 people who voted in person or worked the polls during the state’s presidential primary this mon
Truth or Fiction?→ CNN ‘Global Death Toll Approaches Three Million People’ Chyron Error
On April 27 2020, a screen capture purportedly of CNN showing anchor Wolf Blitzer with a chyron reading “GLOBAL DEATH TOLL APPROACHES THREE MILLION PEOPLE” circulated on social media, often marked with question marks, circles, and an arrow
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flu Is Not Eradicated, But CDC Says Flu Shots DO Help Prevent It
Is it true that the flu shot did not "eradicate" the flu and, in fact, does "little to nothing at preventing the flu every year?" No, that is not true. The flu shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helps keep the f
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Quarantine is When You Restrict the Movement of SICK People’ Facebook Meme
On April 28 2020, amid ongoing coverage of astroturfed anti-lockdown protests, a Facebook post claimed that quarantine was intended to “restrict the movement of sick people” (archived here): White text against a red and blue background r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Ultraviolet Radiation Eliminates Coronavirus From The Body
Does exposure of blood to ultraviolet light rid the body of coronavirus? No, there is no evidence that it does. The fact that ultraviolet light has been shown to kill the virus on surfaces does not mean that it does the same thing in people. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Urge People To Inject Disinfectants To Thwart Coronavirus
Did President Trump urge people to ingest or inject disinfectants as a treatment for coronavirus? No, that's not true: He only urged that research be done into the topic. The claim (archived here) originated from comments Trump made on April 2
FactCheck.org→ The White House Spins Trump’s Disinfectant Remarks
At an April 23 press briefing, President Donald Trump mused about the possibility of using “very powerful light” and injecting disinfectant into the body to kill COVID-19 – a suggestion that, in the case of disinfectant, was roundly criti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Announce The ‘Biological’ lab In Wuhan Was ‘Funded’ By Obama
Did President Trump announce that the "biological" lab in Wuhan where the "COVID-19 virus was created" was "funded" by President Barack Hussein Obama? No, that's not true. Trump said the allegations were being studied by his administration, bu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Government Does NOT Have 30,000 Guillotines, NOT Planning To Chop Heads
Did the U.S. government buy 30,000 guillotines and put them in storage -- at the ready for planned executions of American citizens when martial law is imposed? No, that's not true: It's a false claim that has been floating around the internet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT All Elective Or Non-Emergency Surgeries Banned In The US; Exceptions For Medical Reasons Allowed In Most States
Is it true that all non-emergency or so-called elective surgeries are banned due to the lockdowns put in place to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus? No, that's a massive misreading of executive orders to step up priority patient
Snopes→ Did Ohio Man Who Called COVID-19 a ‘Political Ploy’ Die from the Disease?
John W. McDaniel of Ohio passed away at the age of 60 in April 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Birx Did NOT Say Lack Of COVID-19 Testing Was Because It Was Not Profitable For Private Labs
Did Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the Coronavirus Reponse team in the Trump administration, "let it slip" that the lack of COVID-19 testing was because it wasn't profitable enough for private labs? No, that is not true. Birx said during
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a ‘Hot Mic’ at Coronavirus White House Briefing Reveal a COVID-19 Conspiracy?
On April 20 2020, purported “hot mic” footage from a White House coronavirus press briefing appeared and quickly began circulating — involving discussion of what seemed to be fudged case-fatality rate numbers as well as the existenc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Valley County, Montana, Did NOT Mandate Pink Arm Bands For All To Enter Stores; Did Revise Confusing Flier
Did Valley County, Montana, government officials order people to wear "government-issued" pink armbands, which "denote the customer has been in the area more than 14 days and submitted to quarantine protocol?" No, that's misleading. the Valley
Snopes→ Did Country Singer Joe Diffie Die from Lung Cancer?
The country music star passed away on March 29, 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Meme Advising How To ‘Legally Decline’ A Vaccine Is NOT Accurate
Can a U.S. citizen "legally decline" a government-ordered vaccine by asking if it contains "MRC-5" or a possibility of an "iatrogenic reaction"? No, that's not true: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government can force vaccinations, and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jay Leno NOT Dead at 71
Did former Tonight Show host Jay Leno pass away at the age of 71, and was he a lifelong Republican and Trump supporter? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans in
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claims about Pelosi and Chinatown
President Donald Trump is making false and exaggerated claims about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Feb. 24 trip to San Francisco’s Chinatown. Pelosi urged people to shop and eat there at a time when tourism was suffering because of the novel
Truth or Fiction?→ Viral ‘Ohio State House COVID-19 Protest’ Image
On April 14 2020, images of a large crowd gathered in Ohio to protest COVID-19 social distancing measures (while clearly violating those measures) circulated on social media: Trump supporters protest against #Quarantine policies in Ohio. #Covid_19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soap And Hand Sanitizer Can’t Be Used to Kill Coronavirus Inside Your Body
Why is it so difficult to kill the novel coronavirus once it is inside of the body, especially since simple soap and sanitizer can kill it outside the body? A meme that went viral asks just that question. While medical officials do recommend s
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Choose’ or ‘Pick’ Your ‘Quarantine House’ and Other Engagement Bait During COVID-19
Chances are in early April 2020 you saw many “choose your quarantine house” or “pick your quarantine house” memes on social media, the global pandemic version of “would you live in a cabin with no wifi for a month for a m
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers April 2020 Update
Editor’s Note: This update reflects only a small part of the huge economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused millions of layoffs and shut down much of the economy before many of these statistics were collected. Summary Since Donald Tr
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Deadly Coronavirus Vaccine Trial in Africa
Quick Take Posts across social media are falsely claiming that a vaccine trial for the novel coronavirus in Senegal resulted in the death of seven children. The video behind those claims does not show that. And there is no clinical trial for a potentia
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Latest Voter Fraud Misinformation
President Donald Trump continues to add false and exaggerated statements to his already lengthy list of bogus voter fraud claims. There is no evidence to back up Trump’s blanket claim that “mailed ballots are corrupt.” Voting experts