Did a leading German medical doctor prove that 80% of those in the official tally of COVID-19 victims died of something else? No, that's not true: The claim relies on a newspaper interview in which Dr. Bertram Haussler was speculating abo
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Truth or Fiction?→ The Oklahoma Ivermectin Overdose Controversy
A viral September 5 2021 tweet thread “debunking” a series of stories about ivermectin use and hospitals shows that disinformation and the way it is delivered is mutating. Republican public relations strategist and freelance writer Drew Ho
FactCheck.org→ CDC: No Warning Issued for Acute Flaccid Myelitis in 2021
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis — a serious condition mainly affecting children — since 2014. The CDC hasn’t seen a reason for concern this year, but Fac
Full Fact→ No evidence one million people legally moved to Britain in 2020/2021
A post published on Facebook by student political organisation Turning Point UK (TPUK) claims that one million “legal migrants” came to Britain in the years 2020 and 2021, and raises concerns about pressures on housing, education and health
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘More People Have Died of COVID in Florida in the Past Two Weeks Than U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan in 20 Years’
As COVID-19 continued its grim progress in the second half of 2021, a September 1 2021 Imgur text post simply titled “Perspective” claimed that more people died in Florida “in the past two weeks” than in the totality of the war
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Draw Unsupported Conclusion on Afghan Helicopter Video
Quick Take Afghan journalists report that a video of a person suspended from a helicopter shows an operation in which the person was trying to change a flag. But critics of President Joe Biden have used the footage to claim the Taliban used U.S. equipm
FactCheck.org→ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s False Claim About Unvaccinated Black People
The majority of United States residents who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are white, according to available state data and survey research. That contradicts Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s claim that, “in most states,” Black
Snopes→ Three Senators Test Positive for COVID in Breakthrough Cases
Three senators said they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, a high-profile collection of breakthrough cases that comes as the highly infectious delta variant spreads rapidly across the United States.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Polio and Smallpox Never Reached Herd Immunity; They Were Eradicated by Vaccines’
On July 20 2021, a Facebook account shared the following image text, which contained the claim that polio and smallpox “never reached herd immunity”: Text across a nature-like background read: I don’t know who needs to hear this but
Health Feedback→ Face masks can filter small airborne particles, including respiratory droplets, and are effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19
REVIEW The wearing of face masks is one of the public health measures that has been adopted to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Multiple scientific studies have shown that mask-wearing is effective in reducing the number of infections. COVID-19 is tra
FactCheck.org→ Misinformation About Face Masks
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a raging — sometimes ill-informed — debate over the effectiveness of face masks as protection against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lindell’s ‘Truth vs. The Big Lie’ Numbers Flat-Out Contradict Douglas G. Frank’s Theories About Phantom Voters Being Used To Inject Votes
Did "corrected" vote totals from the 2020 election presented by Mike Lindell at his election fraud Cyber Symposium as "Truth" support the theory that fake ballots were injected into every state's official election returns? No, that's not
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.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Here’s How You Can Make Your Own "Mike Lindell Packet Capture Video"
In a video (archived here) published on Frankspeech on July 24, 2021 titled "Mike Lindell Releases First Packet Captures Ahead Of August 10, 11 and 12 Cyber Symposium", Mike Lindell showed a snippet of video claiming it showed packet capt
Full Fact→ NHS Test and Trace cost £13.5 billion in its first year
A photo on Facebook claiming that “Westminster’s “Track & Trace” system” is costing £37 billion, and building the Channel Tunnel only cost £12 billion, has gone viral on Facebook. How much has Test an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Non-Professional’s ‘Trend Analysis’ Does NOT Explain Away Recent Election Results, Prove Trump Won
Does this DIY statistical analysis explain away recent election results and prove Donald Trump won the 2020 election? No, that's not true: In at least one state addressed by the model, experts trained in the specifics of election data ana
FactCheck.org→ Vaccines Remain Largely Effective Against Delta Variant, Counter to Claims From Fox News Guest
SciCheck Digest Multiple studies show the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, even if the potency of the vaccines is somewhat reduced. But a guest on Fox News falsely claimed the delta
FactCheck.org→ Beds for Olympic Athletes Were Not Designed for COVID-19 Concerns
SciCheck Digest Participants in the 2020 Olympic Games will be subject to many COVID-19 rules. But social media posts and a news report falsely claim athletes will be sleeping on specially made, flimsy “anti-sex beds” to prevent intimacy an
Full Fact→ The EU doesn’t have a 40% tariff on African food imports
“On tariffs, [we’re] reducing the European Union’s 40% tariffs on food from Africa”. George Freeman MP, 13 July 2021. Following the government’s decision to reduce its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on
FactCheck.org→ More Trump Election Distortions
Continuing to claim there is “so much evidence” of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump offered two new distortions of the facts about election results in Georgia, a state where recounts showed he nar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Does NOT Correctly Describe Reasons For Vaccination Against COVID
Do people need to "remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from the virus they got vaccinated against because you're not vaccinated"? No, that's not true. Mocking public health advice, this meme leaves out the pri
FactCheck.org→ Meme Trumpets Falsehood About Delta Variant
SciCheck Digest The delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads more quickly than the original virus and has been classified as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. It is now the dominant variant in the U.S.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 and flu comparisons reappraised
“We are going to have to learn to accept the existence of Covid and find ways to cope with it - just as we already do with flu” Sajid Javid, 4 July 2021. As England looks to relax all Covid restrictions on 19 July, the new health secretary
Health Feedback→ Retracted study misused statistics and adverse event reports to claim that COVID-19 vaccines don’t offer “clear benefit” and caused deaths
REVIEW A study published in the journal Vaccines in late June 2021 claimed that there were two deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccines for every three lives saved by the vaccines, and concluded that COVID-19 vaccination showed a “lack of clear benefit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alabama Power Company Did NOT Issue a Press Release Advising People To Stay Out Of Lewis Smith Lake
Did the Alabama Power Company issue a press release warning boaters and swimmers to stay out of the company's Lewis Smith Lake because flesh-eating bacteria is present? No, that's not true: The Alabama Power Company released a statement d
FactCheck.org→ The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happen
Health Feedback→ PCR tests are reliable to detect and monitor COVID-19 infections, which are real and had caused millions of deaths worldwide
REVIEW On 10 June 2021, the podcast War Room: Pandemic, hosted by Steve Bannon, published this video interview with lawyer Reiner Fuellmich. First published on Facebook, the video was later removed, but it continued to circulate on other platforms l
Truth or Fiction?→ 2020 Arizona Ballots Sent to a Lab in Montana
On June 16 2021, news appeared that an ongoing, disinformation-riddled “audit” of 2020 ballots from Arizona had been moved to a remote cabin in Montana for purported further “analysis”: The "secured" Arizona ballots
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Official Data Does NOT Show More People Have Died From The Vaccines Than From COVID-19
Does official data show that more people have died from the vaccines than from COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim misconstrues what the statistics show. It discounts the deaths of people with COVID-19 and pre-existing conditions and
Health Feedback→ Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
REVIEW On 1 June 2021, Washington Post and Buzzfeed News published reports on several thousands of emails sent by Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails, sent during the first half o
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
SciCheck Digest Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists’ Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly ab
Health Feedback→ Vaccines are a safer alternative for acquiring immunity compared to natural infection and COVID-19 survivors benefit from getting vaccinated, contrary to claims by Peter McCullough
REVIEW An interview featuring Peter McCullough, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Texas A & M University, conducted by writer John Leake on 19 May 2021, was published as a video on Rumble by Fleccas Talks, a channel run by political co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell’s ‘Absolutely 9-0’ Movie Does NOT Present Credible Evidence of Election Fraud
Does the movie "Absolutely 9-0" released by Mike Lindell contain credible evidence of a Chinese cyberattack against the U.S. election? No, that's not true: he reuses the same debunked data he already showed in his previous movies "Absolut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Private Email On Masks, Dated February 2020, Does NOT Conflict With What He Was Saying Publicly Around That Time
Does Dr. Anthony Fauci's private email on masks, dated February 2020, conflict with what he was saying publicly around that time? No, that's not true: His email was consistent with the guidance given then. Since the start of the COVID-19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Batch Of 950 Military Ballots For Biden In Fulton County, Georgia, Is NOT Proof Of Election Fraud
Is a batch of 950 military ballots for Joe Biden in Fulton County, Georgia, proof of election fraud? No, that's not true: Posts making that claim say the ballots were in sequential order but ballots aren't numbered, according to a county
FactCheck.org→ Story Twists Facts on Diagnosing Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases
SciCheck Digest A viral headline shared on social media falsely asserts that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed testing thresholds to “virtually eliminate” COVID-19 cases among vaccinated individuals. That’s wrong.
FactCheck.org→ The Wuhan Lab and the Gain-of-Function Disagreement
A disagreement between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci has put $600,000 of U.S. grant money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology back into the spotlight, while making “gain-of-function” research a household term — all am
Full Fact→ Freedom March video littered with false claims about Covid-19 cures
A video posted on Facebook of anti-lockdown influencer and professor at University College Dublin Dolores Cahill at the 15 May “Freedom March” has been viewed more than 220,000 times. It includes claims about a number of disputed treatments
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
SciCheck Digest Animal testing and clinical trials were conducted before the COVID-19 vaccines were granted emergency use authorization in the U.S. But a state senator in Texas falsely claimed at a hearing that animal tests were “stopped” b
FactCheck.org→ So Far, Vaccines Remain Effective Against Variants
SciCheck Digest So far, COVID-19 vaccines have been effective against variants of the coronavirus. Scientists are monitoring the situation carefully, with updated or new vaccines a possibility in the future, if need be. Social media claims blaming vacc