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Full Fact→ Post makes misleading claims about Covid vaccines and animal trials
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that vaccines are unapproved and experimental, and that all the animals used in trials died. The author does not specify that they are discussing the Covid-19 vaccines, but the claims are very similar to ones
Snopes→ 27 People Aboard Carnival Cruise Test Positive for COVID-19
The Belize Tourism Board said 99.98% of the ship's crew was vaccinated, as well as 96.5% of its passengers.
Logically→ A Boston court has revoked custody of the parents of a 14-year-old child for not consenting to her COVID-19 vaccination.
There are no documents or reliable resources on the alleged case. It has only been featured on non-credible sites.
Logically→ The experimental mRNA Covid-19 vaccines cause permanent damange to the brain, kidneys, heart and other organs via inflammation and micro bloodclots.
There is no evidence to support this claim. Spike proteins created by mRNA cannot travel the body, do not damage the organs, and degrade quickly.
Health Feedback→ Family physician Daniel Stock repeated previously debunked misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and control strategies in a Mount Vernon School Board Meeting
REVIEW A viral Youtube video featured a speech by Daniel Stock, self-described as a functional family medicine physician, at a 6 August 2021 Board Meeting of the Mount Vernon Community School Corporation in Hancock County, Indiana. The video receive
Snopes→ Facebook Fails To Stem COVID Denialism Even as Delta Variant Surges
We documented a sampling of Facebook posts, comments, and a group that continue to push anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric, as well as COVID denialism.
Snopes→ No, Biden Isn’t Letting Thousands of ‘Illegal Immigrants’ into US Without COVID Testing
This is not the first time in history that immigrants have been accused of spreading disease.
Logically→ People need five doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be fully immunized.
Apart from the elderly and vulnerable groups requiring booster shots, there is no evidence to suggest people need five vaccine doses.
Logically→ It is safe for people who are allergic to bees to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
The COVID-19 vaccines are safe for people who have severe allergies to food, oral medications, latex, bee stings, or venom.
Poynter→ There’s no evidence that vaccines are causing the summer surge in COVID-19 cases
In a video from a school board meeting gone viral, an Indiana family doctor claims that this summer’s surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by COVID-19 vaccines. More specifically, Dr. Dan Stock blames “antibody mediated viral enhancement,”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Global Deaths Meme Does NOT Accurately Reflect The Severity And Scope Of COVID-19
Does a global deaths meme accurately reflect the severity and scope of COVID-19? No, that's not true: It considers a three-month period at the very start of the pandemic, before deaths from COVID-19 started to skyrocket. By cherry-picking
Snopes→ CDC Urges COVID Vaccines During Pregnancy As Delta Surges
Expectant women run a higher risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, including perhaps miscarriages and stillbirths.
AllSides→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-indiana-doctor-piles-on-bogus-covid-19-claims-in-viral-video/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor Addressing Indiana School Board Does NOT Accurately Represent Benefit Of COVID-19 Vaccines
Did Dr. Dan Stock present well-reasoned arguments to the Mt. Vernon, Indiana, school board against masking and vaccination as means to mitigate the spread and harm of COVID-19, and should his arguments apply universally as public health m
FactCheck.org→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
SciCheck Digest In a viral video, an Indiana physician baselessly claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines, which have been shown to be safe and effective, “fight the virus wrong and let the virus become worse than it would with native infection.”
Snopes→ Mississippi Back Near High for COVID Hospitalizations
Mississippi is approaching its pandemic high for COVID-19 hospitalizations as the coronavirus continues spreading rapidly in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT True PCR Test Failed To Distinguish Flu From COVID And That CDC Dropped FDA Application Because Of Errors
Did the CDC's PCR test fail to distinguish flu from COVID and did it cause errors in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallies by which the agency tracked the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections? No, that's not true. The claim was ma
Snopes→ No, a Canadian Court ‘Victory’ Didn’t Prove COVID ‘Is a Hoax’
A viral video is spreading false information about the pandemic on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccinated And Unvaccinated People Do NOT Face The Same Risks From COVID-19
Do vaccinated and unvaccinated people face the same risks from COVID-19? No, that's not true: People who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 have substantially better outcomes. They are much less likely than unvaccinated people to get s
Snopes→ Hospitals Run Low on Nurses As They Get Swamped with COVID
Some patients wait inside ambulances for up to an hour before hospitals in St. Petersburg, Florida, can admit them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fully Vaccinated Individuals In Italy Did NOT Burn Their COVID-19 ‘Green’ Certification Passes In Solidarity With Unvaccinated Individuals — There’s No Paper Pass
Did individuals in Italy who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 burn their vaccine "passes" in solidarity with unvaccinated individuals? No, that's not true: Italy's COVID-19 "green" certification is a digital pass -- not a green piece
Snopes→ Did Schwarzenegger Urge People to Trust Experts on COVID-19?
"If you're house is on fire, you don't go to YouTube, you call the damn fire department."
Poynter→ There’s no truth that VAERS system shows 6,000 ‘died because of’ COVID vaccines
A TikTok video liked more than 936,000 times claims that COVID-19 vaccines have killed some 6,000 people in the United States. “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the vaccine,” the user s
Snopes→ Did CDC Say 74% of COVID Cases Tied to Provincetown Event Were Fully Vaxxed?
Some social media users misconstrued a statistic to suggest that COVID-19 vaccinations didn’t work.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: If Your Employer Requires COVID-19 Vaccination, You Should NOT Make Them Fire You In Order To Receive Unemployment Benefits
If your employer requires you to be vaccinated against COVID-19, should you make them fire you in order to receive unemployment benefits? No, that's not true: in many states, unemployment benefits applicants who are fired are not eligible
Snopes→ Did Anti-Vaccine Radio Host Dick Farrel Die of COVID-19?
The right-wing radio host had repeatedly expressed skepticism about the virus, and opposition to vaccines, before his death in August 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Newspaper Bild Did NOT Apologize For ‘Covid Hysteria’
Did Germany's biggest tabloid newspaper, Bild, issue an apology for "Covid hysteria" or "Covid deception" during the coronavirus pandemic? No, that's not true: In a video published in May 2021, Bild's editor in chief Julian Reichelt asked
The Dispatch→ Does a Photo Show Sen. Rand Paul Getting a COVID Vaccination?
Sen. Rand Paul went viral online with a video in which he encouraged the American people to resist the “mandates, lockdowns, and harmful policies of petty tyrants and bureaucrats,” referring to mask mandates and vaccine requirements institu
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are a much safer way of acquiring immunity than infection, which requires exposing the person to risks from the disease
REVIEW On 20 December 2020, Israel launched the fastest COVID-19 vaccination campaign seen in the world so far. In only two months, half of the country’s population had received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This also
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines do not contain graphene oxide nanoparticles.
None of the WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines contain graphene oxide nanoparticles.
Snopes→ Pentagon to Require COVID Vaccine for All Troops by Sept. 15
The memo reflects similar decisions by governments and companies around the world, as nations struggle with the highly contagious delta variant that has sent new U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths surging to heights not see since the peaks last wi
Snopes→ Did Rand Paul Get COVID-19 Vaccination in Viral Photo?
In 2015, Paul invited a reporter to photograph him getting a vaccine because he was annoyed that he was "being characterized as someone who’s against vaccines."
AllSides→ Posts Misinterpret CDC’s Provincetown COVID-19 Outbreak Report
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-posts-misinterpret-cdcs-provincetown-covid-19-outbreak-report/
Poynter→ Why the COVID-19 survival rate is not over 99%
With COVID-19 infections surging in the United States because of the more contagious delta variant, some have downplayed the number of deaths from the virus and the effectiveness of vaccines. To minimize the importance of vaccination, an Instagram pos
Health Feedback→ New York Magazine article on children’s risks from COVID-19 is accurate, but more context regarding difference in risk between young and older children would be helpful
REVIEW On 12 July 2021, New York Magazine published an article by journalist David Wallace-Wells, titled “The Kids Are Alright: Why now is the time to rethink COVID safety protocols for children — and everyone else”. The article discussed the
Snopes→ Fauci Hopeful COVID Vaccines Get Full OK by FDA Within Weeks
The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.
Logically→ The White House is recruiting young social media influencers to promote the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
Village Marketing, a marketing firm, approached social media influencers to promote awareness of COVID-19 vaccination on behalf of the White House.
Snopes→ Some in US Getting COVID-19 Boosters Without FDA Approval
While Pfizer has said it plans to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for booster shots, health authorities say that for now, the fully vaccinated seem well protected.
Snopes→ US Now Averaging 100,000 New COVID-19 Infections a Day
The U.S. was averaging about 11,000 cases a day in late June.