Multiple posts shared thousands of times on Facebook compare the ground-breaking speed of the discovery of a Covid-19 vaccination to research into HIV, cancer and the common cold. The claim is misleading; experts told AFP the development of a Covid-19
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Health Feedback→ The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech is comprised of ingredients standard in many vaccines, including mRNA, lipids, sucrose, and salts
REVIEW With the initial rollout of the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the U.S., claims regarding the composition of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine began circulating on social media. Vaccine composition has been a subject of anti-vaccine misinformat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Does NOT Have Funds To Deliver Groceries and Cleaning Products To COVID-19 Patients In Quarantine
Can COVID-19 patients in quarantine call a CDC hotline to get free groceries and cleaning products delivered to their home? No, that's not true: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control does not have a special fund for home grocery deliveries
Snopes→ ‘Relieved’: US Health Workers Start Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
The first shipments of the newly-approved Pfizer vaccine arrived at hospitals around the country on Dec. 14.
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates on Facebook about British grandmother who received UK’s first Covid-19 vaccine outside clinical trials
Photos of a 90-year-old British grandmother who became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial have been shared repeatedly in multiple misleading Facebook posts in December 2020. The po
Snopes→ COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments Begin in Historic US Effort
Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will set in motion the biggest vaccination effort in American history at a critical juncture of the pandemic that has killed 1.6 million and sickened 71 million worldwide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ID Chip In Some COVID-19 Vaccine Syringes Would NOT Be Injected Into Patients; It Signals Vaccine Expiration Date
Will a Radio Frequency Identification Chip that may be on the ApiJect COVID-19 vaccine syringes be injected into patients and would it track who has been vaccinated and where they are? No, that's not true: The tiny RFID chips would be pla
Snopes→ US Says COVID-19 Vaccine to Start Arriving in States Monday
Trucks are expected to roll out Sunday morning as shipping companies UPS and FedEx begin delivering Pfizer’s vaccine to nearly 150 distribution centers across the states.
Snopes→ US Allows Emergency COVID-19 Vaccine in Bid to End Pandemic
Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days in the U.S.
Snopes→ US Allows Emergency COVID-19 Vaccine in Bid to End Pandemic
Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days in the U.S.
Logically→ Six people died as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine trials of Pfizer and BioNTech.
Out of six people who died during the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine trials, only two were given the vaccine, & none of the deaths were linked to the trial.
Snopes→ Did a Photo Show iPads Used for Virtual End-of-Life Visits Due to COVID-19?
A viral picture of a roomful of tablets alluded to the widespread emotional devastation caused by COVID-19.
AllSides→ Ingraham wrongly claims ‘no science’ suggests restaurants spread COVID-19
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/10/laura-ingraham/ingraham-wrongly-claims-no-science-suggests-restau/
Logically→ Corey’s Digs is spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
The website Corey's Digs is being used by COVID-19 deniers to spread misinformation among the public.
Full Fact→ Cambridge Covid-19 test results don’t mean PCR tests are inaccurate
In the past few days, claims about Covid-19 testing at the University of Cambridge have been spreading on Twitter and Facebook, specifically relating to the number of “false positive” results. These claims need some context. It is not
AFP Fact Check→ This is not a family photo of Covid-19 vaccine inventor Ugur Sahin
A photo has been shared tens thousands of times on multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter, alongside a claim that it shows an old family photo of Turkish-German scientist Ugur Sahin, who developed a Covid-19 vaccine. The claim is false; this photo does
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 foetal cells
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim it shows that the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 cells originally taken from an aborted human foetus. The claim is misleading: the Ast
Snopes→ Did First COVID-19 Vaccine Recipient Suspiciously Appear in News Report Months Earlier?
A right-wing social media activist saw evidence of conspiracy where there was none in photographs of Margaret Keenan from December 2020.
Snopes→ No, mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not ‘Alter Your DNA’
A viral bit of copypasta purporting to have been authored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr makes a series of erroneous claims about the science underlying two promising vaccines.
Snopes→ US Panel Endorses Widespread Use of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
In a 17-4 vote with one abstention, the government advisers concluded that the vaccine appears safe and effective for emergency use in adults and teenagers 16 and older.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates show high efficacy and a safe profile in clinical trials, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This 7 December 2020 video shows a series of 34 clips from individuals from different countries, claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and unnecessary because the COVID-19 pandemic is not real. First published on YouTube, the platform
Snopes→ Did 4 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Patients Develop Bell’s Palsy?
The FDA wrote: "The observed frequency of reported Bell’s palsy in the vaccine group is consistent with the expected background rate in the general population."
Health Feedback→ There is no risk of infertility from COVID-19 vaccines, as SARS-CoV-2 proteins and placenta proteins are different
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic motivated unprecedented efforts to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease. Towards the end of 2020, several vaccine candidates reached the approval phase. However, the rollout of these
AFP Fact Check→ Covid-19 vaccines don’t change your DNA
As Britain became the first Western country to roll out a mass coronavirus vaccine campaign, articles surfaced claiming various high-profile figures like Bill Gates and Robert F Kennedy Jr had warned the jabs can change a person's DNA. This is false; w
Snopes→ Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Faces Last Hurdle Before US Decision
The Dec. 10 meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel is likely the last step before a U.S. decision to begin shipping millions of doses of the shot, which has shown strong protection against the coronavirus.
AllSides→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/a-guide-to-pfizer-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine/ The first COVID-19 vacc
Logically→ The COVID-19 vaccine may cause side effects including fever.
Experts say COVID-19 vaccines could cause side effects such as headache, fever, muscle aches, and pain in the area injected.
Logically→ The COVID-19 vaccine may cause side effects including fever.
Experts say COVID-19 vaccines could cause side effects such as headache, fever, muscle aches, and pain in the area injected.
Full Fact→ Claims about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ingredients lack evidence
We’ve been asked to check a number of claims about the new Covid-19 vaccine and its ingredients. Several websites have claimed the Pfizer vaccine contains “PEG” which could cause large numbers of allergic reactions, and also that the
Poynter→ An inoculation strategy: Give people good information on COVID-19 vaccines
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Minding the gap Last week, Facebook announced it would be
Poynter→ An inoculation strategy: Give people good information on COVID-19 vaccines
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Minding the gap Last week, Facebook announced it would be
Poynter→ Citing an October CNN story, a conspiracy theory targets the first UK recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 8, 2020, news organizations around the world published stories about the first patient in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of trials: 90-year-old Margaret Keenan. Along with the stories came images showing Keena
AFP Fact Check→ New Zealand party spreads misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, attributed to anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr
A New Zealand political party has shared a claim on Facebook that the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine will “intervene directly in the genetic material of the patient and therefore alter the individual genetic material”. The post, shared hundreds of times a
Snopes→ Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Data Hacked during Cyberattack
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say data on their coronavirus vaccine were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack on the servers of the European Medicines Agency.
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how
AFP Fact Check→ Covid-19 vaccine not shown to cause female sterilization
Social media posts claiming that a Pfizer researcher found that the company’s Covid-19 vaccine will lead to infertility in women have been shared thousands of times. But independent medical experts and Pfizer said no sterilization was documented duri
Logically→ The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine negatively affects fertility.
There is no evidence that the Pfizer vaccine impacts fertility. Catching COVID-19, however, may impact fertility.
Logically→ Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine contains polyethylene glycol which causes fatal allergic reactions.
Pfizer's vaccine contains PEG in a small quantity. MHRA says anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food must not get the vaccine.
Logically→ Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine contains polyethylene glycol which causes fatal allergic reactions.
Pfizer's vaccine contains PEG in a small quantity. MHRA says anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food must not get the vaccine.