Tromethamine is a stabilizing agent used to increase the storage time for pharmaceutical products, but not to stabilize a heart attack.
Logically→ Most adults and children are immune from COVID-19 since it is similar to other viruses.
Common cold can only briefly help fight COVID-19. With the onset of the Delta variant, higher number of kids reported infections and hospitalizations.
Poynter→ Schools aren’t giving kids the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent
Now that the U.S. has authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11, children across the country are getting vaccinated. But some people are claiming that schools can vaccinate kids without their parents’ consent. In a video by Infowar
Washington Post→ The claim that crime falls when states relax gun-control laws
The research on this is all over the place, but a conservative lawyer argued before the Supreme Court that it goes down. The answer is much more complex.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden botches claim about Virginia elections
“No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
Snopes→ Videos of Ahmaud Arbery Roaming Vacant Home Shown to Jury
Jurors in the trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing watched security camera videos that show other people entering a home under construction in the months before the 25-year-old Black man was chased and gunned down after running
Snopes→ Court Temporarily Delays Release of Trump’s Jan. 6 Records
A federal appeals court on temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, granting — for now — a request from former President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Did USA Today Post Article Mocking Kyle Rittenhouse for So-Called ‘Crocodile Tears’?
Rittenhouse appeared to break down while taking the stand during his murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in November 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mayo Clinic-Trained Pathologist Does NOT Explain How COVID Vax ‘Spike Proteins’ Are ‘Killing You’
Does a Mayo Clinic-trained pathologist explain how COVID-19 vaccine "spike proteins" are "killing you"? No, that's not true: mRNA COVID vaccines teach the body to make the distinctive spike proteins, which the immune system quickly identi
Snopes→ Defense Rests Its Case at Murder Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse
The defense rested its case at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, setting the stage for closing arguments in the shootings that left Americans divided over whether he was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante.
Snopes→ Did Workers Spot a Giant Snake with a Massive Bulge?
The story told of a veterinarian who supposedly cut into a giant anaconda at a construction site and found something inside its body.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Of 2020 Ballot Images Required By Law CANNOT Be Produced By Georgia Election Officials — But They Still Have All 5 Million Originals
Did Georgia election officials fall short of producing all the 2020 election ballot images required by law? Yes, that's true: A top Georgia election official says not all the scans of original ballots were transferred into the election ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘Virtually Every Person Who Has Recently Died From COVID-19 Was Vaccinated’ — It’s An Altered Video
Did Vice President Kamala Harris say "virtually every person who has recently died from COVID-19 was vaccinated"? No, that's not true: An edited excerpt from a video of a Harris speech replaces the word "unvaccinated" with the word "vacci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cow’s Milk Is NOT Pus, Blood And Whitening — Acidified Milk Curdles
Is cow's milk composed of 60% pus, blood and added whitening to mask the color of the blood? Are the separated white chunks sometimes seen in spoiled milk evidence that milk is full of pus? No, that's not true: When milk spoils, acids pro
Snopes→ Did CNN Compare Journalists to Soldiers on Veterans Day?
While this article was reshared on Veterans Day 2021, it was originally published in August 2018 and was unrelated to Veterans Day..
FactCheck.org→ Electric Vehicle Tax Credits in Democratic Plan
The House’s current Build Back Better plan calls for extending a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles, and it includes an additional $4,500 credit for electric vehicles built in the U.S. by union labor. In a press conference bl
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Make Unfounded Claims After Newsom Gets COVID-19 Booster
SciCheck Digest After getting the COVID-19 booster on Oct. 27, California Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled a trip and did not participate in any official public events for 12 days. Social media posts claimed, without evidence, that Newsom was suffering serio
Snopes→ Here’s What Biden Said About Satchel Paige
We give you the latest entry in the Biden Gaffes Hall of Fame.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Merriam-Webster Did NOT Change Definition of ‘Vaccine’ To Exclude Portion About Immunity — It Was Rephrased
Did Merriam-Webster change its definition of "vaccine" and remove a previous portion that mentioned "immunity" due to the controversy over COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Although Merriam-Webster did update its long-held definitio
Snopes→ Did Vermont’s COVID-19 Cases Rise 16,700% in 4 Months?
We took a closer look at the numbers in this viral tweet.
The Dispatch→ Can Colorado Hospitals Turn Away Unvaccinated Patients?
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FactCheck.org→ SciCheck Featured on Podcast About COVID-19 Misinformation Directed at Latinos
FactCheck.org staffer Catalina Jaramillo was featured on the latest episode of “A Better Life?,” a podcast that explores how COVID-19 has made immigrants’ lives harder. Jaramillo, a bilingual journalist and native of Chile, joined Fac
Truth or Fiction?→ Sweden Twitter ‘My Best Advice …’ Meme
On November 10 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a 2014 tweet apparently from Sweden’s @sweden Twitter account — which looked like it was offering up advice on improving one’s fellatio skills: The tweet was prefaced by the n
Snopes→ Texas A&M Student Hurt at Astroworld Dies; Death Total at 9
A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, making her the 9th person to die after throngs of fans surged toward the stage during a performance by headliner Travis Scott.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Of Argument Over Vaccination Status On A Plane Is NOT Real — It’s An Ad-Eligible Skit Film With Actors
Did a scene between a passenger, flight attendant and airline captain erupt on a plane about the passenger not wanting to sit next to someone who had not been vaccinated? No, that's not true: The scene was staged and filmed, and listed on
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘John Tyler, America’s Tenth President, Was Born in 1790. He Has A Living Grandson’
On November 11 2021, Reddit user u/thenewyorkgod shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that America’s tenth president John Tyler, born in 1790, had a living grandson as of late 2021: This shook me from Damnthatsinteresting
Snopes→ Biden Salutes Troops As ‘Spine of America’ on Veterans Day
President Joe Biden saluted the nation’s military veterans in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Health Feedback→ Italy didn’t change its definition of COVID-19 deaths, the disease killed more than 130,000 Italians
REVIEW In early 2020, during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy became one of the hardest hit countries in the world. As of 9 November 2021, the country totalized more than 130,000 deaths from COVID-19. In November 2021, several websit
Snopes→ Why Is Veterans Day Observed on Nov. 11?
The annual federal holiday recognizes U.S. military veterans.
Snopes→ Scientists Describe ‘Dancing Molecules’ Capable of Repairing Spinal Cord Injuries
Paralyzed mice given the treatment were able to walk within one month.
Snopes→ Biden Announces Plan to ID, Treat Vets’ Ills from Toxic Air
President Joe Biden is using his first Veterans Day in office to announce an effort to better understand, identify and treat medical conditions suffered by troops deployed to toxic environments.
Logically→ The Italian Ministry of Health has reduced its official COVID-19 death toll from over 130,000 to under 4,000.
The Italian ministry data had segregated the number of people with preexisting conditions dying of COVID and those without comorbidities.
Full Fact→ SARS-CoV-2 does exist
A post on social media claims that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) has “never been: isolated, purified, sequenced, characterised” or “proven to exist”. As we have written before, SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated ma
Full Fact→ This picture of a bus warning about childhood strokes wasn’t taken in the UK
Several posts on Facebook have shared an image of a bus with a poster saying “Kids have strokes too” and telling people to “know the warning signs”. The posts suggest that these posters have been put up by the UK governmen
Snopes→ Did Einstein Warn the Moon Could Crash into Earth?
Einstein's "prediction" is coming to theaters in 2022.
Full Fact→ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has not been arrested for vaccine data fraud
A blog post from 6 November on the “The Truth is Where” website claims that Pfizer chairman and chief executive officer Dr Albert Bourla was arrested on the morning of 5 November at his home in Scarsdale, New York on fraud charges for &ldqu
Full Fact→ You can’t recharge an electric car by attaching a generator to the wheel
A post on Facebook claims to show an electric car self-charging as it is driven, using a generator attached to the wheel to harness the energy generated as it spins. The post claims that this is “something that no [electric vehicle] manufacturer
Logically→ Deaths at the Astroworld music festival in Houston were caused by 5G and COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines approved in the U.S. do not contain graphene oxide. Nor is there any evidence that the deaths took place because of 5G.
Snopes→ Thousands of Red UK Phone Boxes to Be Protected from Closure
The public payphone boxes may look like obsolete relics in an age of ubiquitous smartphones, but regulator Ofcom said they can still be a “lifeline” for people in need.
Full Fact→ Photo of smiley face in forest is real
A photo posted on Facebook shows an image of an orange smiley face in the middle of a forest. A caption states “David Hampton planted larch trees in the Douglas fir forest in Oregon to create a smiley face. It returns each fall and makes a