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Full Fact→ Covid variants weren’t planned
A video claims the different Covid variants have been planned and correspond with stages of sleep hypnosis. The video shows a table with letters of the Greek alphabet under the column “Cepa/variante” (strain/variant) alongside a column titl
FactCheck.org→ Misinformation About Face Masks
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a raging — sometimes ill-informed — debate over the effectiveness of face masks as protection against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Full Fact→ PCR tests are not ‘a fraud’
A Facebook post shows a meme with a picture of Kary B Mullis and the text: “Covid test a fraud?” It goes on to say “These PCR tests cannot detect free infectious viruses” and seems to attribute the quote to Dr Mullis, who
Full Fact→ Post makes misleading claims about Covid vaccines and animal trials
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that vaccines are unapproved and experimental, and that all the animals used in trials died. The author does not specify that they are discussing the Covid-19 vaccines, but the claims are very similar to ones
Full Fact→ Messi didn’t double PSG’s Instagram followers
A Facebook post claims Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) Instagram followers more than doubled in the 24 hours after the club signed Lionel Messi, increasing by over 20 million. The picture shows two images of PSG’s Instagram account side-b
Full Fact→ Snapchat doesn’t secretly learn the time you were born
A post on Facebook implies the social media app Snapchat independently gathers information about their users, specifically their time of birth. The post includes a screenshot of the app which shows the birthday of a Snapchat user, their time of b
Full Fact→ Grant Shapps misspoke about double vaccinated people on BBC Breakfast
A Facebook video post shares a clip of the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps saying: “We know that double vaccinated, fully vaccinated people are much more likely to get and also carry the coronavirus". It follows this with another video showing a
Full Fact→ Registering as a car’s keeper doesn’t automatically mean you don’t own it
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that car registration documents reveal car owners in the UK don’t actually own their vehicles. The document, known as a V5C, describes the named driver as the “registered keeper” which, the
Snopes→ 27 People Aboard Carnival Cruise Test Positive for COVID-19
The Belize Tourism Board said 99.98% of the ship's crew was vaccinated, as well as 96.5% of its passengers.
Logically→ A Boston court has revoked custody of the parents of a 14-year-old child for not consenting to her COVID-19 vaccination.
There are no documents or reliable resources on the alleged case. It has only been featured on non-credible sites.
Logically→ The experimental mRNA Covid-19 vaccines cause permanent damange to the brain, kidneys, heart and other organs via inflammation and micro bloodclots.
There is no evidence to support this claim. Spike proteins created by mRNA cannot travel the body, do not damage the organs, and degrade quickly.
Logically→ Portugal has shown that decriminalizing drugs is effective in tackling addiction problems and drug-related crime.
While some aspects of the effects of decriminalization have been contested, it has nonetheless led to a drop in drug related deaths and offences.
Poynter→ Cities are requiring restaurants to ask staff and customers for proof of vaccination. Will this be a trend?
Covering COVID-19 is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas about the coronavirus and other timely topics for journalists, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. If there is one ci
Poynter→ Conservative pundits say Biden and Democrats want more lockdowns. That’s not accurate
Some right-wing commentators are warning that the White House and Democrats around the country are plotting another round of stay-at-home orders and business closures, public-health measures that devastated the economy and divided the nation in 2020, e
Health Feedback→ Family physician Daniel Stock repeated previously debunked misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and control strategies in a Mount Vernon School Board Meeting
REVIEW A viral Youtube video featured a speech by Daniel Stock, self-described as a functional family medicine physician, at a 6 August 2021 Board Meeting of the Mount Vernon Community School Corporation in Hancock County, Indiana. The video receive
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Your Wake Up Call’ Film Does NOT Back Extraordinary Claims Of Election Hack, Chinese Control, With Commensurately Solid Evidence
Was the fifth Mike Lindell election fraud video correct in claiming a major American voting machine company is controlled by Chinese Communist Party investors and that voting machines used in the 2020 election were hacked via the internet
Snopes→ Facebook Fails To Stem COVID Denialism Even as Delta Variant Surges
We documented a sampling of Facebook posts, comments, and a group that continue to push anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric, as well as COVID denialism.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Microwaving A Penny For 1 Minute Does NOT Make A ‘Mini Coin’
Does microwaving a penny for one minute cause it to shrink into a mini coin? No, that's not true: Metals expand when heated -- not shrink. Also, microwaving any metallic item, such as a coin, is dangerous as it can cause sparks and, ultim
Snopes→ Census Shows US Is Diversifying, White Population Shrinking
The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
Snopes→ Britney Spears’ Father To Step Down from Conservatorship
Britney Spears' father agreed Thursday to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years, according to reports.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marine Gen. Berger Did NOT Rebuke Defense Secretary, Did NOT Say ‘No Mandatory Vaccinations for My Marines’
Did the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, reject Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin's announcement that COVID-19 vaccinations will soon be a requirement for all service members, saying, "There will be no mandatory va
Snopes→ No, Bill Lee Did Not Sanction ‘Quarantine Camps’ for Unvaccinated Tennesseans
Pastor Greg Locke either fundamentally misunderstood, or grossly misrepresented, the contents of Executive Order 83, signed by the Republican governor in August 2021.
Snopes→ Do Pez Dispensers Automatically Remove Wrappers?
Many children have attempted this method. Many children have failed.
FactCheck.org→ Biden and Buttigieg Overstate Jobs Impact from Infrastructure Bill
President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg overstated the impact of the bipartisan, Senate-approved infrastructure bill on job creation, likely citing instead an economic forecast that includes the much larger and partisan “h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lindell’s ‘Truth vs. The Big Lie’ Numbers Flat-Out Contradict Douglas G. Frank’s Theories About Phantom Voters Being Used To Inject Votes
Did "corrected" vote totals from the 2020 election presented by Mike Lindell at his election fraud Cyber Symposium as "Truth" support the theory that fake ballots were injected into every state's official election returns? No, that's not
Truth or Fiction?→ Goatse Ring
In late July and early August 2021, screenshots of the following tweet circulated with a blast from the past — they appeared to depict a “Goatse ring” purportedly available for retail purchase: When you're a jewelry artist who m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Vaccine Bandits’ Are NOT Taking Over Los Angeles’ Streets — It’s A Joke
Are "vaccine bandits" abruptly giving unsuspecting pedestrians COVID-19 vaccines and taking over Los Angeles' streets? No, that's not true: The idea was a joke started by a known satirical account on TikTok. The creator of the original vi
Snopes→ About That ‘Nazi Eagle’ on Donald Trump’s Cards
Eagles are common in national symbology, including that of the United States.
Snopes→ The Do’s and Don’ts of Flu Prevention from 1918
A hundred years later and this simple advice still rings true.
Snopes→ Space Station Supplies Launched with a Pizza Delivery for 7
The 8,200-pound (3,700-kilogram) shipment includes fresh apples, tomatoes and kiwi, along with a pizza kit and cheese smorgasbord for the seven station astronauts.
Truth or Fiction?→ Robin Williams ‘Penpal’ Story
On August 9 2021, a Facebook account shared a screenshot of a comment by a person claiming to have been a penpal to Robin Williams, with a story that included a chance meeting at Disney World (or Disneyland): The text on the screenshot read: As a kid
FactCheck.org→ Post Offers Misleading Advice on Mandatory Vaccines and Unemployment Benefits
SciCheck Digest As some companies mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees, a social media post misleadingly tells workers who don’t want the vaccine that they can collect unemployment benefits if they are fired. In most states, workers fired for viol
AllSides→ Biden White House Falsely Accuses Donald Trump of Telling People to Inject Poison to Cure Coronavirus
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/11/biden-white-house-trump-inject-poison17474354/ CLAIM: Whi
Snopes→ More Than 9,000 Anti-Asian Incidents Since Pandemic Began
The frequency of anti-Asian incidents reported in the United States so far this year seems poised to surpass last year despite months of political and social activism.
AllSides→ Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/aug/11/examining-false-claims-got-rand-paul-marjorie-tayl/ Two
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Suggest ‘People Inject Versions Of Poison Into Their Veins’
Did Donald Trump suggest "people inject versions of poison into their veins"? No, that's not true: Although he speculated in 2020 that injecting disinfectant could have a curative effect on COVID-19, he stopped short of telling people to
Logically→ Vaccines are a means of population control.
Vaccines are the means of providing active acquired immunity against diseases.
Snopes→ No, Biden Isn’t Letting Thousands of ‘Illegal Immigrants’ into US Without COVID Testing
This is not the first time in history that immigrants have been accused of spreading disease.
Logically→ People need five doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be fully immunized.
Apart from the elderly and vulnerable groups requiring booster shots, there is no evidence to suggest people need five vaccine doses.