Only 34 districts have been declared COVID-19 free so far. Several health bodies have warned against using Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.
Snopes→ Did Simone Biles Say She Should Have ‘Quit Way Before Tokyo’?
The Olympic gymnast also spoke about the toll of the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of Larry Nassar.
Full Fact→ How many more HGV drivers does the UK need?
“There are 100,000 vacancies for drivers.” Keir Starmer, 26 September 2021. “If you look at, for example, the distribution to petrol stations, the shortage of drivers is a much, much smaller number, 100, 200, 300.” Grant Shapp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 39 School Bus Drivers In Oswego, Illinois, Did NOT Quit Over Vaccine Mandate
Did 39 school bus drivers and monitors from School District 308 quit their jobs in defiance of a vaccine mandate on September 21, 2021? No, that's not true: Thirty percent of the district's school bus drivers did call in sick in the early
Snopes→ Did People Receive Unsolicited Masks from China?
These unsolicited packages were likely part of a "brushing scam."
Full Fact→ Woman filling bags with petrol was not filmed in south London
A video posted on Twitter appears to show someone filling up plastic bags of petrol at a petrol station and putting them in the boot of a car. The accompanying tweet says it was filmed at an Esso forecourt in Tooting, south London. This follows r
Full Fact→ We do know that Covid-19 vaccines work
A real video of Bill Gates from July 2020 is being shared on Instagram in a post from 23 September 2021. The post misleadingly uses the video to suggest that the Covid-19 vaccines may not work. The original video comes from 22 July 2020, and shows Mr G
Snopes→ US Military Leaders Favored Keeping Troops in Afghanistan
Top U.S. military officers acknowledged misjudging the fragility of Afghanistan's army and said they believed the U.S. should have kept at least several thousand troops in the country to prevent a rapid takeover by the Taliban.
Full Fact→ Ethylene oxide-sterilised swabs won’t cause harm during pregnancy
A post on Facebook shows a screenshot from the Public Health England (PHE) website about ethylene oxide, with an arrow pointing to a line that says “ethylene oxide may be harmful to the unborn child”. Text over the picture says “STERI
Logically→ VAERS, Yellow Card, and EudraVigilance data show that COVID-19 vaccines are killing people.
Reports of suspected adverse reactions to a vaccine are rarely sufficient to confirm that they are caused by the vaccine.
Full Fact→ Chevening isn’t “taxpayer-funded” in the usual sense
The Deputy Prime Minister is complaining about having to share his 115-room taxpayer-funded mansion Angela Rayner MP, 22 September 2021 The right honourable lady should check her facts, because Chevening is funded by a charity—not a penny of ta
Full Fact→ Red Cross hasn’t banned blood donation from vaccinated people
A post on Instagram claims the Red Cross has said people vaccinated against Covid-19 are prohibited from donating blood for certain purposes as the vaccine “wipes out” some antibodies present in blood. A video screenshotted in the post refe
AllSides→ 3 times internal docs contradicted Facebook’s public stance
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/politics/facebook-public-internal-contradict-wsj/index.html Over the pas
Full Fact→ Citric acid is not being used by ‘evil forces’ to harm population
A post on Facebook claims that citric acid is a poison derived from genetically modified black mould, which is being hidden in food and used in “spiritual warfare” by “evil forces in a direct attempt to lower the population’s vi
The Dispatch→ Was the Maricopa County Database ‘Wiped’ Before the Cyber Ninjas Audit?
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Full Fact→ Has Brexit caused higher gas prices?
We’ve seen a number of claims on Facebook that high gas prices in the UK are in large part down to Brexit, and namely the fact that the UK has left the EU’s Internal Energy Market. One says that in its coverage the BBC “forget to ment
Snopes→ Illinois Man Wins Marathon After 2 Leaders Take Wrong Route
An Illinois man unexpectedly won the Quad Cities Marathon this weekend when the two Kenyan runners who had far outpaced him were disqualified after being diverted off the course by a race volunteer bicyclist.
Full Fact→ Figures about Pfizer side effects for children need more context
A post on Instagram claims that 86% of children suffered an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in clinical trials. Specifically, it says that 86% suffered an adverse reaction after the first dose, with 78.9% suffering an adv
Snopes→ Ford to Add 10,800 Jobs Making Electric Vehicles, Batteries
Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025.
AllSides→ The Age of Progressive Misinformation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/the-age-of-progressive-misinformation/ How does a stupid and ri
Snopes→ Biden, McConnell Get COVID-19 Boosters, Encourage Vaccines
Both leaders said that even though the booster doses provide more enduring protection against the virus, they weren't the silver bullet to ending the pandemic.
Logically→ Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi was a singer before he entered politics.
Chief Minister Charanjit Channi's name is wrongly linked with his namesake. The Chief Minister was never a professional singer.
Logically→ Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi was a singer before he entered politics.
Chief Minister Charanjit Channi's name is wrongly linked with his namesake. The Chief Minister was never a professional singer.
Logically→ There has been a 20-fold increase in cancers among vaccinated individuals.
Reports about vaccinated people being more prone to cancer are unsubstantiated and propagated by anti-vaxxers to undermine the vaccination process.
Poynter→ Viral images of Border Patrol on horses and Haitian migrants have sparked outrage. Here’s what we know.
The Biden administration is invoking a Trump-era public-health rule to expel more than 1,000 Haitian migrants who have illegally crossed the border in Del Rio, Texas, sending them back to a country reeling from natural disasters and political upheaval.
Washington Post→ Biden’s claim that his spending plan ‘costs zero dollars’
Biden promises to pass a deficit-neutral plan but he's already in the hole because of the infrastructure bill.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Is Not Rated ‘Toxic,’ No Evidence For ‘Eugenics’ Conspiracy Theory
Are COVID vaccines toxic and did mysterious "globalists" seek to kill off the weak and enslave the rest of the world's population by triggering the pandemic? No, that's not true: Both are recycled conspiracy theories, being repeated in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report ‘Rogue Special Operations Team Exits Afghanistan’
Did Fox News publish a report stating "Rogue Special Operations Team Exits Afghanistan"? No, that's not true: The claim appeared on a counterfeit newsroom account using a fake name. A Fox News representative told Lead Stories, "FOX News d
Snopes→ GOP Blocks Bill to Keep Government Going; New Try Ahead
Republican senators blocked a bill to keep the government operating and allow federal borrowing, but Democrats aiming to avert a shutdown pledged to try again — at the same time pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big plans to reshape government.
Snopes→ Yes, ‘The Office’ Filmed a Scene During an Earthquake
The moment was caught on video and happened while the NBC show was filming an episode for its fifth season.
Truth or Fiction?→ DHS Report Confirms Border Officials’ Surveillance Against Journalists and Activists
Federal officials say border authorities wrongfully conducted surveillance against journalists and activists crossing between the United States and Mexico — but the United States stopped short of commenting on whether they broke the law in doing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Ninjas Report For Arizona Audit Does NOT Show Thousands Of Illegal Ballots
Did the Cyber Ninjas' Arizona audit report show thousands of illegal ballots? No, that's not true: The Republican-commissioned audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County -- Arizona's most populous county -- did not prove that more than
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dozens of Massachusetts State Police Resign over Vaccine Mandate?
A September 27 2021 claim that “dozens” of members of Massachusetts law enforcement resigned over a vaccine mandate was reported broadly across networks, with articles by The Hill and Breitbart registering as virally popular on Trendolizer.
Snopes→ Is ‘Church of Dirt’ a Real Wedding Venue?
"I am almost hesitant to post about [it] so it will stay low key," a Google reviewer said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Preprint Article Withdrawn — Ottawa Study Had NOT Found Myocarditis In One Of Every 1,000 Vaccinated People
Did a study conducted at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, which was posted as a preprint on medRxiv.org, show the incidence of myocarditis after a COVID-19 vaccination was one in a thousand -- a much higher incidence than other s
Snopes→ No, Winnie the Pooh Wasn’t ‘Banned’ from a Playground
A discussion about which character should be the mascot for a local playground in a tiny Polish town went viral.
Snopes→ Did FedEx Fire a Driver Who Refused To Deliver to Pro-Biden Homes?
Vincent Paterno bragged online about refusing to deliver packages to left-leaning customers. Online reports say he was fired as a result. He says otherwise.
Snopes→ Parody Account Fools Twitter Users with Candace Owens and Stacey Dash Tweet
The Twitterverse reacted as expected, with a split between people who thought the mismatched photo and text were serious and others who realized it was all just a joke.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Covid Killed 47 Out Of Every 100,000 People’ in ‘Counties Where Trump Got over 70 Percent of the Vote’
As COVID-19 continued to rage through the United States in late September 2021, a tweet (later shared to Imgur) claimed that the virus killed 47 out of 100,000 people in counties where former U.S. President Donald Trump received 70 percent or more of
Snopes→ R&B Superstar R. Kelly Convicted in Sex Trafficking Trial
A jury of seven men and five women found Kelly guilty of racketeering on their second day of deliberations.