Many medicines, as well as prohibited harmful substances, are all termed "poison" under Australian legislation. COVID-19 vaccines are safe.
Poynter→ George Washington mandated Revolutionary War troops be inoculated against smallpox
President Joe Biden recently said he asked the Defense Department to explore “how and when they will add COVID-19 to the list of vaccinations our armed forces must get, drawing the criticism of people opposed to vaccine mandates. But those crit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence To Attribute Quote About Tolerance To Dostoevsky
Did the 19th century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky say or write this prediction: "Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles"? No, that's not true: This qu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Director Has NOT Said Vaccinated People Are ‘The COVID-19 Super-Spreaders’
Did the United States' public health agency say vaccinated people are "the super-spreaders" of COVID-19? No, that's not true: Although discoveries about the delta variant will continue to change knowledge about it as scientists learn from
Snopes→ Lindsey Graham 1st Vaccinated Senator to Test Positive for COVID-19
Sen. Lindsey Graham has become the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying he is “very glad” he received the vaccine, without which his current symptoms would be “far worse.”
Snopes→ US Hits 70% Vaccination Rate a Month Late and Amid a Surge
The U.S. finally reached President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults -- a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swamping hospitals and leading to new mask rules and mandatory
Snopes→ The Goodwill ‘Ghost’ Video from Nuke’s Top 5, Explained
For more than a year, viewers were puzzled by a "downright creepy" woman who appeared in a video on the ThriftSchool YouTube channel.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Win And Audits Do NOT Prove That He Is The President
Did Trump win and do the audits prove that he is the president? No, that's not true: Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Trump received 74 million votes to Biden's 81 million votes, and Biden received 306 ele
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Video Does NOT Prove That Trump Is Still Commander In Chief
Does a video posted on Facebook prove that former President Donald Trump is still commander in chief? No, that's not true: Although the video makes the claim in its headline, nothing in the video substantiates the claim. The claim appeare
Truth or Fiction?→ Lollapalooza Crowd 2021 Image
Between July 30 and August 1 2021, a purported photograph from the Lollapalooza 2021 music festival in Chicago went viral, hitting social media users a little differently against the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic. Perhaps the most prominent version w
PolitiFact→ Terry McAuliffe – McAuliffe claim about record education spending is flawed
“Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Reinfection rates do not tell the whole story about protection against COVID-19
“Thanks to (Israel's) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx'd."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Novak Djokovic did not refer to Simone Biles when he said ‘pressure is a privilege’
Says Novak Djokovic said of Simone Biles: “Pressure is a privilege, my friend. ...If you are aiming to be at the top of the game you better start learning how to deal with pressure…”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT ‘Just’ Tell Us They Found A Variant That ‘Evades The Test’
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "just" tell us they found a variant that "evades the test?" No, that's not true: The claim about Fauci was made in a tweet in March 2021, five month
Snopes→ Did Swedish Millionaire Johan Eliasch Buy 400K Acres of Amazon Rainforest?
He allegedly paid $14 million for the land as part of his own conservation efforts.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that Olympics barred gymnast Simone Biles from using a medication
"They didn't allow" Simone Biles "to take her ADHD medication."
Snopes→ A Road Not Taken: Verified Cormac McCarthy Account Is Fake
Sorry, Cormac McCarthy fans. That blue-checked Twitter account for the famous, and famously media-shy author is fake.
Snopes→ Did Ex-Judge Roy Moore Write Anti-Abortion Poem ‘America the Beautiful’?
"You think that God’s not angry, that our land’s a moral slum?" the poem asks. But who actually wrote it?
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, these former ‘Shark Tank’ contestants didn’t pitch CBD gummies
“Type-2 diabetes gummies nets the biggest deal in ‘Shark Tank’ history!”
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio – Why Rubio’s critique of Lloyd Austin’s face shield falls short
Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.
Snopes→ Ashley Judd Is Walking Again After Hiking Accident
"I walked up hill on uneven surfaces for an hour confidently," she said.
Truth or Fiction?→ Statue of Buddha in a Flood
On August 2 2021, an Imgur account shared a TikTok clip, which purportedly showed a Buddha statue carried through floodwaters down a busy street: Later Fools! Shared by u/GIFBATTLECADDLE, the clip was titled “Later Fools!” On August 1 202
Snopes→ Did Billie Eilish Say She ‘Wanted to Be Poor’ to Relate to Her Fans?
"I have no problem with a joke as long as people know it’s a joke," her brother said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get Subpoenas For Arizona Routers, They Could NOT Pave The Way To Reinstatement
Did former President Donald Trump get subpoenas for routers associated with Arizona's voting-counting machines and does that pave the way for Trump to be reinstated as president? No, that's not true: While Arizona's senate is attempting t
Snopes→ The Fake Jim Carrey Quote That Just Won’t Die
A quote widely misattributed to the comedian offers words of wisdom about being the odd one out in a family.
Snopes→ US Employers Ratchet Up the Pressure on the Unvaccinated
A growing number of employers are imposing rules to make it more onerous for employees to refuse vaccinations.
Snopes→ Did U.S. Military Arrest Bill Gates?
A website dedicated almost solely to headlines about famous people being arrested and tried by military tribunals says the Microsoft co-founder has been arrested and will be tried by a military tribunal.
Snopes→ Simone Biles’ ‘Net Worth’ Appears in Deceptive Ad; We Saved You 226 Clicks
The deceptive internet ad about Biles' finances led to 226 clicks and some deceptive coding by whoever created the website.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Military Did NOT Execute Tom Hanks
Did a military tribunal find Tom Hanks guilty of pedophilia and child endangerment, and then execute him because of it? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer confirmed to Lead Stories that the claim was "completely false." The orig
Snopes→ Giant Panda in French Zoo Gives Birth to Female Twins
China for decades gifted friendly nations with its unofficial national mascot in what was known as “panda diplomacy.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shrek The Sheep Was NOT Attacked By Wolves Who Tried To Eat Him Through His 60 Pounds Of Wool
Did wolves attack Shrek the Sheep (archived here), a Merino sheep who escaped from a sheep station only to be found 6 years later covered in approximately 60 pounds of wool? No, that's not true: there are no native wolves in New Zealand,
Snopes→ Cormac McCarthy Imposter Account Fools Twitter, Again
Fake Cormac McCarthy accounts have been fooling social media users since 2012.
Full Fact→ The government’s numbers on savings for wine drinkers don’t add up
The government recently announced that changes in the regulation on the imports of wine would save consumers £130 million per year. The claim was reported by the Telegraph and the Express and the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-M
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A social media post about a passenger on Rosa Parks’ bus is satire
Says the white man who wanted Rosa Parks’ seat on the bus was suffering from ADHD and anxiety.
Full Fact→ Costa sign demanding vaccine proof to sit in wasn’t taken in UK
Pictures of a sign outside a Costa Coffee store, telling customers that if they want to dine in they need to be able to show proof of immunity and photo ID, have gone viral on social media. What might not be clear on an initial glance is that the pictu
Snopes→ Kathy Griffin Says She is Undergoing Surgery for Lung Cancer
“It’s been a helluva four years, trying to get back to work, making you guys laugh and entertaining you, but I’m gonna be just fine,” the comedian wrote.
Snopes→ Did This MiG Land on a Dam?
A video supposedly showing a fighter jet landing on a dam racked up more than 100,000 views in July 2021.
Snopes→ Evictions Expected to Spike As Pandemic Moratorium Ends
Most expect the wave of evictions to build slowly over the coming weeks and months as the bureaucracy of removing people from their homes restarts.
Logically→ Autonomous armed groups still operate in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
There are some armed groups that operate in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. One of them is identified as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Snopes→ American Star Simone Biles to Return for Balance Beam Finals
“We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow — Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t wait to watch you both!” USA Gymnastics said in a statement.