REVIEW A meme featuring Glinda the Good Witch from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, captioned with the words “If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”, began circulating in late December 2021 on Facebook, Insta
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Full Fact→ Are lateral flow test results included in headline Covid-19 case figures?
The government has announced that asymptomatic people who test positive for Covid-19 on a lateral flow device (LFD) test will no longer need to have a confirmatory PCR test. It said that this is a “temporary measure” while rates of Co
Full Fact→ A giant asteroid isn’t about to ‘crash into the Earth’s atmosphere’
It was recently reported by a number of online news outlets, including the Daily Star, Mirror, Irish Mirror, Bristol Live and Edinburgh Live that an asteroid bigger than Big Ben is set to “crash into the Earth’s atmosphere” on 11 Janu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rare Polio Vaccine Breakthrough Infections DO Happen
Are people who get two or three shots of the polio vaccine 100% protected, with no breakthrough cases ever? No, that's not true: The statement that someone would "have questions" if they had gotten two or three polio vaccines and still go
Snopes→ Scientists Explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier
A team of scientists is sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to get to” so they can better figure out how much and how fast seas will rise because of global warming.
Full Fact→ No evidence masks limit oxygen for children
A post on Instagram claims that “masks do nothing but limit oxygen and increase risk of bacteria and illness”, warning parents not to put masks on their children. The post contains a quote from Dr Brian Lamb, a doctor based in Pittsbu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Flurona’ Is NOT A New Disease — It’s Slang For Overlapping Flu And COVID-19 Infections
Is "flurona" a new cross-breed virus resulting from combination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and seasonal influenza? No, that's not true: Flu and SARS-CoV-2 can't combine their DNA to create a new virus, according to a professor of microbiolog
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer COVID Inoculations Are NOT Doing ‘More Harm Than Good’ As Canadian Anti-Vaccine Group’s Presentation Charges
Does the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination do more harm than good? No, that's not true: The video by the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA) in the Rumble post saying so recycles many previously debunked claims about the COVID vaccine. The Pfiz
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twins NOT Delivered By C-Section Because They Were Holding Hands — They Clasped Hands After Delivery
Were twins delivered by cesarean section because the sister was holding so tightly to her brother's hand? No, that's not true: The caption on this photo is misleading for several reasons. These identical twins born in 2014 are both girls.
Snopes→ Zach Roloff Death Hoax: False Suicide Claims Came from Obscure Website
Roloff and the rest of his family star in the long-running TLC reality TV show, "Little People, Big World."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Backing MATH+ Treatment Protocol For COVID-19 WAS Retracted After Hospital Questioned Data
Was a study supporting the MATH+ treatment protocol for COVID-19 retracted after a hospital questioned the data used in it? Yes, that's true: The study backing the experimental and controversial regimen was pulled December 15, 2020, after
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This ‘Our Planet From the Side of the Pacific Ocean’?
On January 4 2022, an Imgur user shared a purported image of Earth “from the side of the Pacific Ocean”: Underneath an image without a labeled source, text read: The Earth is almost never shown like this, and in the meantime, this is our p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There ARE Movie Theater Listings After January 6, 2022
Are there no movie theater listings after January 6, 2022? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, movie theaters in larger markets like New York and Los Angeles had posted showtimes for after Thursday, January 6, 2022. Some theaters
Full Fact→ Guardian didn’t deactivate ‘Person of the Year’ poll because J.K. Rowling took the lead
“Guardian ‘Person of the Year’ Poll Deactivated After J.K. Rowling Takes Lead” Breitbart, 29 December 2021. Breitbart has reported that the Guardian deactivated a “Person of the Year” poll shortly after Harry Potter
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, vaccines are not why flights have been canceled
Vaccines are why flights have been shut down worldwide.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Apparently in Luxembourg Your Commute Is Part of Your Workday …’
On January 2 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of the following tweet, describing putative paid commutes in Luxembourg: Apparently in Luxembourg your commute is part of your workday and that made me wonder how cities would look different if the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gematria Codes Used By Conspiracy Theories ALWAYS Result In Matches
Do gematria codes used by conspiracy theories always result in matches? Yes, that's true: Gematria is a form of numerology in which the letters of the alphabet are substituted with corresponding numbers. A single word or phrase can yield
Snopes→ Snow Storms and Pandemic Ground Flights, Delay Holiday’s End
More than 2,600 U.S. flights and more than 4,400 worldwide were grounded.
FactCheck.org→ Our Most Popular Articles in 2021
On the last day of the year, we look back at the most popular articles that we posted to our website in 2021. For the second consecutive year, COVID-19 tops our list. Seven of the 10 most popular articles were about the pandemic. Here’s the list,
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: 2021 Year In Review
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Say Vaccinated People Are More Likely To Be Infected With COVID-19 Than Those Without The Shot
Does a study say vaccinated people are more likely to become infected with COVID-19 than those who don't get the shot? No, that's not true: One of the study's co-authors says the writer of an article about their work got it wrong. "Interp
The Dispatch→ Do Pfizer Vaccines Contain Microchips?
A viral tweet has been circulating claiming that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has implied a connection between Pfizer vaccines and a microchip, based on a video clip of Bourla talking about the FDA’s approval of the “first electronic pill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Africa DID Have Half The COVID Deaths Of US In 2021, While Africa Has 4 Times The Population And Only 7% Vaccination Rate
Did Africa have half the COVID-19 deaths in 2021 that the United States had, with four times the population and just a 7% vaccination rate? Yes, that's mostly true, but not the whole story: The figures are ballpark, but there's no reason
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prayer Request For Greg Comer Is NOT Current — He Died In 2011
Did people come together in the last days of his life to pray for Greg Comer, a 41-year-old father in North Carolina who had been battling cancer, and also to pray for his family? Yes: A prayer chain was started in early January 2011 and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Vaccines Cause Brain Damage
Do vaccines cause brain damage? No, there's no evidence that's true: Although vaccines are not risk-free, there is an almost universal consensus in the medical community that they are safe and save millions of lives each year. A person is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mafia Assassins Were NOT Sent To Rome To Avenge Pope Francis’ ‘Death’ — He Wasn’t Killed
Were Mafia assassins dispatched to Rome during the Christmas holiday season to avenge the murder of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The pope was alive on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Additionally, the claim primarily relies on seve
Snopes→ What Will 2022 Bring in the Way of Misinformation on Social Media? Experts Weigh In
Misinformation concerning COVID-19 has cost countless lives all over the world.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Omicron Variant Is NOT Spreading Faster Than Any Other Virus In History – But It Is Close
Is the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading faster than any virus in history? No, that's not true: The omicron variant is extremely contagious but does not spread as quickly as measles, which is the most infectious virus. Dr. Claudia Hoy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICC Does NOT Have A ‘Case’ Before It Concerning Crimes Purportedly Related To COVID-19 — It Has A Complaint
Does the International Criminal Court (ICC) have a "case" before it concerning serious crimes related to COVID-19? No, that's not true: Although a complaint was filed alleging crimes committed against people in the United Kingdom related
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Testing Does NOT Instantly Detect Specific Variant — Further Analysis Is Needed
When a new variant is found to be spreading, does the old variant instantly disappear? Do people test positive for specific COVID-19 variants if they take a rapid antigen or a PCR test? No, neither of these assumptions are true: The initi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT ‘Odd’ That COVID-19 Vaccine Was Developed So Quickly
Is it "odd" that the COVID-19 vaccine was developed so quickly? No, that's not true: There are many reasons that explain how the vaccine was developed faster than other vaccines. Among those are that the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, th
Snopes→ Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Winner, Dies at 90
South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the country's moral conscience.
Health Feedback→ Joe Rogan interview with Peter McCullough contains multiple false and unsubstantiated claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
REVIEW The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by actor and comedian Joe Rogan, interviewed cardiologist Peter McCullough in December 2021. During the interview, which spanned about two hours and 45 minutes, McCullough made multiple inaccurate, m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Director-General Did NOT Say Countries Are Giving COVID-19 Booster Shots To Kill Children
Did the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus say that countries are administering COVID-19 booster shots to "kill children"? No, that's not true: A WHO spokesperson told Lead Stories that Gheb
Full Fact→ How many Covid-19 patients in ICU are unvaccinated?
We’ve seen several reports over the past month claiming “almost all” Covid-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are unvaccinated. While this used to be true, some of these claims were made when up to date figures were not availa
Full Fact→ Data likely overstates the number of house hunters per house
Analysis by an estate agent membership organisation claims that in November 2021 there were 29 house buyers for each property in the UK. The findings, published in a report by Propertymark, was picked up by the Press Association, the Daily Telegraph ne
FactCheck.org→ Early Data on Omicron
As many Americans and others around the globe prepare for holiday travel and get-togethers, the omicron variant continues to be a concern. While the available data on transmission, vaccine effectiveness and severity of disease are still preliminary, he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Female Afghan Pilot Was NOT Stoned To Death In Public — She’s Alive And In The US
Was a female Afghan pilot stoned to death in public? No, that's not true: The reports that claimed Afghanistan's second woman pilot, Safia Ferozi, was stoned to death by the Taliban came with a photograph of a different woman who was lync
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chef Jamie Oliver Did NOT Beat McDonald’s In Legal Battle Over Processed Beef — Not Used By McDonald’s Since 2011
Did McDonald's lose a legal battle with chef Jamie Oliver? Was it proven that lean finely textured beef treated with ammonium hydroxide was highly toxic or not fit for human consumption? No, neither are true: Oliver did not win a legal b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That ‘A Christmas Carol’ Character Made More Than Today’s U.S. Minimum Wage Worker
Does Bob Cratchit, a character from the Charles Dickens classic novella "A Christmas Carol" make the equivalent of $530.27 a week, which is more than the current weekly federal minimum wage in the United States? Probably not: The novella,