On March 23 2021, right-wing websites started pushing claims that Black Lives Matter protesters had “trapped” more than a hundred grocery shoppers inside a Rochester, New York Wegman’s supermarket: BREAKING: BLM Protesters Mob Stor
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Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are critical for controlling the pandemic; vaccines still offer partial protection against new variants of the virus
REVIEW On 6 March 2021, the independent consultant Geert Vanden Bossche published an open letter to the World Health Organization on Twitter. In it, Vanden Bossche claimed that COVID-19 vaccines “should not be used amid an epidemic” and
Health Feedback→ Jamaica already recorded tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases as of March 2021, contrary to viral meme suggesting that smoking cannabis prevents infections
REVIEW In late March 2021, the claim that Jamaica hadn’t experienced cases of COVID-19 circulated on Facebook. The COVID-19 situation in the Caribbean island was rarely featured in large international news outlets, which may have led people to bel
AFP Fact Check→ These photos were taken at a funeral home in Kenya in February 2020
Photos have been circulating on social media in Kenya with the claim that the images show security officers stationed at the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi on March 19, 2021. Some speculated that the heightened security indicated that a prominent official
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts misleadingly claim Austria halted its vaccination programme and destroyed all vaccines
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a graphic alongside a claim that Austria has halted its Covid-19 vaccination programme and destroyed all vaccines after the death of a 49-year-old nurse. The claim omits important context: Austria temporarily halted
The Dispatch→ Did Marvin Hagler Die From the COVID-19 Vaccine?
After former professional boxer Marvin Hagler died on March 13 at age 66, rumors began to spread online suggesting that he died from the COVID-19 vaccine. A widely shared Instagram post claims that “Marvin Hagler was allegedly in ICU fighting aft
The Dispatch→ Did Marvin Hagler Die From the COVID-19 Vaccine?
After former professional boxer Marvin Hagler died on March 13 at age 66, rumors began to spread online suggesting that he died from the COVID-19 vaccine. A widely shared Instagram post claims that “Marvin Hagler was allegedly in ICU fighting aft
Health Feedback→ Ivermectin isn’t a highly effective drug for treating COVID-19
REVIEW A YouTube video published on 6 March 2021 featured physician Tess Lawrie, who claimed that ivermectin reduces the risk of death from COVID-19. This claim was based on a meta-analysis and review that Lawrie conducted using 27 scientific studie
Snopes→ Prosecutor: Man Accused of 1 Murder Says He Really Killed 16
A man charged with beating to death a New Jersey resident he says sexually abused him as a child now claims he has killed a total of 16 people, including his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mr. Rogers Was NOT Photographed Wearing A Bob Ross T-Shirt While Hanging Out With Steve Irwin – It’s A Composite
Was children's show host Fred Rogers photographed wearing a Bob Ross T-shirt while hanging out with naturalist Steve Irwin? No, that's not true. The viral image is a composite of two different photos of Rogers and Irwin, both deceased. Th
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort CDC Study Supporting Mask Mandates to Reduce COVID-19
SciCheck Digest A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that state-issued mask mandates were associated with significant decreases in daily COVID-19 case and death growth rates. Yet some conservative outlets and social media u
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Turn Gates Foundation Into A Corporation To Carry Out U.S. Plot To Depopulate Developing Countries
Is the Gates Foundation a multinational corporation that profits from vaccines as part of a U.S. government plot hatched in the 1970s to depopulate developing countries? No, that's not true: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a re
FactCheck.org→ Facts on the House Gun Bills
After the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, the House passed two gun control measures: one extending background checks to private sales and the other extending the time limit to conduct background checks on gun purchasers. AR
AFP Fact Check→ Photo does not show Tanzania’s deputy leader visiting president in hospital before he died
Facebook posts claim to show Tanzanian's vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan visiting late president John Magufuli in hospital before the announcement of his death on March 17, 2021. But this is false: the picture shows Hassan and opposition leader
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Proof 2,000 People Died From The COVID-19 Vaccine And People Over 60 Do NOT Need To Have Someone With Them For 20 Days After The Shot For Health Precautions
Did 2,000 people die from the COVID-19 vaccine and do people over 60 need someone to stay with them for up to 20 days after getting the vaccine, as a health precaution? No, that is misleading. There is no proof that the deaths of people w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tom Hanks Did NOT Die Of Coronavirus In March Of 2020
Did Tom Hanks die of coronavirus in March of 2020? Or, were reports of his 'death' last year just a code to let certain people know that he had been indicted? Was Hanks then executed in May of 2020? Has the public been tricked with comput
Full Fact→ The infectious diseases in an ONS graph are not the ones you might expect
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a graph on 15 March 2021, which claimed to show deaths due to “infectious and parasitic diseases” in England and Wales from 1901 to 2020, along with the deaths due to Covid-19 in 2020. 
Poynter→ When will we reach herd immunity? Here’s what the experts say.
It’s been a long, dark winter of COVID-19 concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the American death tally exceeding 530,000 lives lost. But with three vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — now authorized f
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Cop Who Blamed a ‘Very Bad Day’ for Fatal Georgia Shootings Promote Racist Shirts?
The Georgia law enforcement spokesperson who drew criticism for apparently downplaying the motive behind a rash of fatal shooting attacks on March 17 2021 came under even more scrutiny online, after reports that he promoted shirts pushing a racist R
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Misrepresents FDA Document About Monitoring Vaccine Safety
Quick Take A Food and Drug Administration presentation on monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines listed possible adverse events the agency might track. But an Instagram post misrepresents the document, falsely claiming it shows the vaccines are kno
Snopes→ Did Robert A. Long Post China ‘COVID Cover-Up’ Message Before Mass Shooting?
While police investigated the motive behind the shooting deaths of eight people in Atlanta, social media users were quick to assign their own motive.
FactCheck.org→ Hagler’s Widow Refutes Rumors About How He Died
Quick Take Hall of Fame boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler “died on March 13 of natural causes,” according to a statement posted on his official website. In a Facebook post, his widow, Kay Hagler, wrote that his death was not the result
Full Fact→ Germany has spent far more than £48m on test and trace
A Facebook post shared thousands of times claims the cost of the UK’s Test and Trace system was £32 billion, compared with £48 million for the system in Germany. This despite Germany having a larger population and about half as many C
FactCheck.org→ Senator Johnson Distorts Report on Violence in Defense of His Remarks on BLM, Antifa
Sen. Ron Johnson, as he predicted, got himself in trouble for saying he “never felt threatened” by those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, but he “might have been a little concerned” if they were “tens of thousands of Bl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hank Aaron, Marvelous Marvin Hagler Were Killed By The COVID-19 Vaccine
Were the deaths of baseball great Hank Aaron and famed boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, there's no publicly available evidence that's true: Hagler's wife said the vaccine "for sure" did not cause the death
Full Fact→ Clapham protester is not same woman injured in Parsons Green Tube attack
It has been claimed in a post shared hundreds of times on Facebook that a woman who was arrested during the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common in March 2021 is the same woman who was injured during an attack on a London Underground train in Pars
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benadryl Is NOT An Effective Or Helpful Treatment For Venomous Snakebite
Is Benadryl a helpful first-aid treatment for venomous snakebites? No, that's not true: This anecdote about using Benadryl as a part of first-aid care for a person who has been bitten by a venomous snake is not supported by evidence or th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’
Are COVID-19 vaccines "weapons of mass destruction"? No, that's not true: There's no public evidence the vaccines put the future of mankind at risk. To the contrary, medical authorities widely agree the vaccines represent one of our best
Health Feedback→ Oxygen in the air doesn’t prevent people from getting tetanus through cuts with dirty or rusty objects; the vaccine is important to prevent infection
REVIEW On 7 March 2021, a video discussing the causes and consequences of tetanus was posted on Facebook by chiropractor Steven Baker, who runs the Facebook page named “Dr. Baker2.0”. The video makes several claims that are inaccurate or
Snopes→ 2 Charged in Assault of Capitol Officer Who Died After Riot
U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether it caused the officer's death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Lawmaker Did NOT Say Theft Is ‘Equitable Distribution’ And Criminals’ Guns ‘Provide An Incentive To Cooperate’
Did state Rep. Terry Meza support her proposed amendment to Texas' "Stand Your Ground" law by saying robberies are "equitable distribution of wealth" and that home intruders only carry guns "to provide an incentive to cooperate"? No, that
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Prime-Time Address
In his remarks to the nation after signing the latest COVID-19 relief legislation, President Joe Biden stretched the facts, particularly when boasting of the increase in vaccinations on his watch. Biden spoke on March 11, marking a year since the natio
AFP Fact Check→ Article misrepresents CDC study on mask mandate effectiveness
An article from One America News Network shared thousands of times on Facebook claims that a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found face masks do little to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This is false; the research exam
AllSides→ Fact-checking Biden’s address to the nation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/11/fact-checking-bidens-address-nation/ President Biden
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Video Pushes Known Vaccine Misrepresentations
Quick Take A video stoking fears of the COVID-19 vaccines in the Black community is being promoted online. But the film repeats misrepresentations about vaccines, generally, and exploits historical cases of unethical medical conduct to suggest without
Truth or Fiction?→ On a ‘Scroll That Has 470+ Names of People Killed by MN Police,’ Was Derek Chauvin Involved in Five?
On March 7 2021, a tweet about the upcoming trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd appeared and started to quickly spread: The day before Derek Chauvin goes on trial in Minneapolis for the murder of George Fl
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading Facebook posts claim woman died from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Japan
Facebook posts circulating in the Philippines share a news report about a “victim” of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine who died after receiving the jab in Japan. However, the posts are misleading; they exclude the part of the news report that
The Dispatch→ Is the Effort to Recall Gavin Newsom About ‘Telling People to Wear Masks’?
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Please DO NOT Offer Yarn, String or Human Hair for Birds to Build Nests!
In March 2021, a Facebook post circulated, warning readers not to leave certain materials for birds to use in their nests: Please DO NOT offer yarn, string or human hair for birds to build nests! Every year we see both young and adult birds… Pos
Full Fact→ There are no mouse brains in Covid-19 vaccines
A post on Facebook makes a number of claims about the ingredients in vaccines and the reactions to those ingredients. It’s not clear whether the post is talking about vaccines in general or one of the Covid-19 vaccines, so where we have informati