The shortages are widespread, impacting produce and meat as well as packaged goods such as cereal.
PolitiFact→ Ask KHN-Politifact: Is my cloth mask good enough? The 2022 edition
Ask KHN-Politifact: Is my cloth mask good enough? 2022 edition
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tiny Amount of Sodium Azide In Covid-19 Test Liquid NOT Able To Poison People — It Doesn’t Touch Patient
Is a lethal drug included in over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits? Yes, but that is misleading. In the Abbott Laboratories home kit, the drug sodium azide is in the liquid in a dropper bottle, with the liquid placed on the paper test card
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Conjoined Hensel Twins Are Now Separated
Are Abby and Brittany Hensel, conjoined twins who grew up in the public eye, now separated? No, that does not appear to be true: Although there are few readily available pictures of the twins taken in the past few years, there is no evide
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Washington state isn’t considering involuntary COVID-19 quarantines
Washington’s State Board of Health will discuss mandatory COVID-19 quarantines and vaccine requirements for schoolchildren at a Jan. 12 meeting.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, that wasn't Sotomayor at dinner with Dems. It was Schumer's wife
Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was photographed at dinner with Democratic lawmakers.
Truth or Fiction?→ Barilla Spotify Pasta Timers
On January 11 2022, an Imgur user shared Twitter screenshots pertaining to pasta maker Barilla’s spotify playlists: Promote the marketing team In the screenshots, the Twitter account (@SYSCAbout, “shit you should care about”) was vi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, high tech refrigerators at Walgreens aren’t scanning for ‘the mark of the beast’
Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”
Snopes→ Pilot Rescued from Wreckage in LA Moments Before Train Hits
Bodycam video showed the officers working furiously to disentangle the bloodied pilot from the cockpit of the crumpled Cessna 172.
PolitiFact→ Iowa Senate Democrats – Iowa broadband touted by Republicans was funded by Democratic votes for American Rescue Plan
Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.”
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – New Zealand didn’t OK euthanasia for COVID-19 patients. Voters passed a law for the terminally ill
“New Zealand okays euthanasia for COVID patients.”
FactCheck.org→ Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory Centers on Baseless Claim About Ray Epps
Quick Take James Ray Epps was at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But there is no evidence that he was an FBI plant assigned to instigate the riot, as a conspiracy theory — embraced by at least two members of Congress — claims. There is ev
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About a Statement by Rochelle Walensky
On Monday, a video went viral in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of [COVID-19] death, over 75%, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities.” RNC
Truth or Fiction?→ Diane Sawyer’s Special Report, ‘Made in China’
In January 2022, Facebook posts describing a Diane Sawyer “special report” about items “made in China” circulated on social media, either in copied and pasted posts or screenshots: A variation shared to a Facebook group (̶
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Misinterpreted CDC Director Quote About 75% COVID Deaths With 4+ Comorbidities Was About Vaccinated People
Did Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "confess" that over 75% of COVID deaths occurred in people with at least four comorbidities? No, that's not true: The percentage is correct but extreme
Snopes→ Betty White’s Death Caused by Stroke Suffered 6 Days Earlier
The beloved actor died as the result of a Dec. 25 cerebrovascular accident, the medical term for a stroke, according to the LA County death certificate
Logically→ Swami Vivekananda and Ramana Maharshi influenced the Indian revolt of 1857.
Swami Vivekananda and Ramana Maharshi were born years after the Indian revolt of 1857 ended.
Snopes→ North Pole High School Bathroom Incident: the Facts
The story from 2019 found new life on Reddit in 2022.
Snopes→ Did Sotomayor Say 100K Children Are in Serious Condition with COVID?
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor grossly overstated COVID-19 statistics during a hearing on the Biden administration's workplace vaccine mandates.
Logically→ The Lancet published an article in November 2021 about 89 percent of new COVID-19 cases occurring among fully vaccinated people in the U.K.
About 89 percent of people were vaccinated among those over 60 years infected by COVID-19, and not everyone among the fully vaccinated in the U.K.
Snopes→ Was Alexander the Great Falsely Declared Dead?
The conqueror died at the young age of 32.
Full Fact→ What were the rules on outdoor parties in May 2020?
ITV News has reported that around 40 staff, including the Prime Minister, allegedly gathered for a drinks party in the garden of 10 Downing Street on the evening of 20 May 2020. The report includes an email allegedly sent by the Prime Minister’s
Snopes→ The Great Resignation: It’s Not as Great as Screaming Headlines Suggest
The latest figures came out on Jan. 4, 2022, and showed 4.5 million people voluntarily left their positions in November.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump says Democrats are trying to 'ban voter ID.' That’s misleading.
Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
Logically→ Nearly 96 percent of Omicron cases were among the fully vaccinated, German government reports.
The German institute's report summarized numbers of cases of those vaccinated and unvaccinated. It did not provide any classifications.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no evidence Ginni Thomas organized Jan. 6 events
"Clarence Thomas’s wife was one of the organizers of Jan 6th"
Snopes→ Do 75% of All Covid Deaths Involve People With 4 Comorbidities?
Important context was edited out of a viral video featuring CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
Snopes→ In 1st, US Surgeons Transplant Pig Heart into Human Patient
A Maryland hospital said that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
Logically→ The IHU variant of COVID-19 was discovered before Omicron.
The new COVID-19 variant IHU was discovered before Omicron. It has not spread widely, and so researchers say it is not of significant concern.
The Dispatch→ Did China Launch an ‘Artificial Sun’ Into Space?
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Snopes→ Home COVID Tests to Be Covered by Insurers Starting Saturday
Private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans.
AllSides→ Sotomayor Claims 100,000 Children ‘in Serious Condition,’ on ‘Ventilators’
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/01/07/fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators/
AllSides→ Fact Checking Claims About VAERS and COVID-19 Vaccine Data
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-claims-about-vaers After Twitter suspended Georgia Re
Snopes→ US Mint Begins Shipping Quarters Honoring Maya Angelou
The United States Mint said it has begun shipping the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program.
Snopes→ Georgia Snaps 41-Year Title Drought with 33-18 Win over Bama
Confetti rained down on Georgia.
Logically→ Nearly 96 percent of Omicron cases were among the fully vaccinated, German government reports.
The German institute's report summarized numbers of cases of those vaccinated and unvaccinated. It did not provide any classifications.
Logically→ This is Harshitha creating this claim for testing purpose.
Harshitha here for testing
Poynter→ Dana Perino falsely claimed a Virginia law that restricts military-gear purchases hurt I-95 recovery efforts
Hundreds of motorists were left stranded in freezing temperatures on Interstate 95 in Virginia, some for more than 24 hours, after heavy snowfall led to multiple crashes and slowed emergency response. The […] The post Dana Perino falsely claime
Logically→ Those fully vaccinated will contract AIDS by February 2022, according to U.K. government data.
The data is being misrepresented to show vaccines degrade the immune system making people vulnerable to AIDS.
Washington Post→ The Senate battle over whether election laws signify a new ‘Jim Crow’
We’ve combed through the lawsuits and countersuits to identify the key provisions that are under dispute in four states — and why.