A video from before EU's vaccine roll out is being shared with a false narrative. Both Dr. Ugur Sahin and his wife are vaccinated.
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccine related deaths in Taiwan are higher than those due to the virus.
The reports data doesn't include deaths explicitly due to vaccines. Autopsies confirmed that most people died due to preexisting conditions.
Washington Post→ Manchin’s ‘historic context’ for spending is using the wrong metric
The West Virginia senator is using inflation-adjusted dollars to compare Biden's agenda but the more appropriate measure is percentage of GDP.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Indigenous Elder Being Forced Into Van For Violation of Australia’s COVID-19 Vax Policies
Does a video posted online show an indigenous elder being forced into a van by law enforcement for violating Australia's COVID-19 vaccination policies? No, that's not true: The video shows an individual who was arrested during a gathering
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: First Bible Printed In America Was Not Printed By Congress For Use In Public Schools
Was the first Bible to be printed in America published by Congress? And was the intention for that Bible to be used in public schools? No, that's not true: This meme has several inaccuracies. The first complete Bible to be printed in the
Snopes→ No, Gwen Shamblin Lara Did Not Fake Her Death
The weight loss church leader was the subject of the HBO Max documentary series, "The Way Down: God, Greed and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden ‘Fair Share’ Clip Omits ‘Not Being Gouged’ From Gas Price Remarks
Did Joe Biden promise a gas price hike when he said "We're going to ensure the American people are paying their fair share for gas"? No, that's not true: The excerpt circulating on social media clipped off the rest of what he said: that h
Snopes→ Meadows Sues As Jan. 6 Panel Proceeds with Contempt Case
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday sued the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as the chairman of the panel pledged to move forward with contempt charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That 5G Millimeter Waves Cause Health Problems In Humans
Is there evidence that millimeter waves from 5G, the fifth generation of wireless networks, cause health problems in humans? No, that's not true: Although some researchers have expressed reservations regarding the rollout of 5G, many heal
Snopes→ Fox News Christmas Tree Burned
Police suspect a homeless person set the tree alight.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna Patent Does NOT Uncover ‘Nanocensor’ Contained In Its Vaccines
Does a Moderna patent reveal a nanosensor is contained in its COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: COVID vaccines contain no nanosensors. Patents for the mRNA vaccine and an ingredients list from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) s
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No, gas did not cost $1.86 a gallon when Donald Trump left the White House
Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.
Snopes→ Are Photos of John F. Kennedy’s Bloody Shirt Real?
The former president was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fake New Zealand poster targets vaccine refusers
A campaign poster for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with the slogan, “No jab. No job, no refunds.”
Snopes→ Coast Guard Diver Pulls Body from Car Above Niagara Falls
A U.S. Coast Guard diver braved death to enter a submerged vehicle stuck in rushing rapids just yards from the brink of Niagara Falls.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Variant of COVID-19 Is NOT ‘cov-AIDS’ And Does Not Contain HIV or AIDS
Does the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 contain HIV or AIDS? No, that's not true: Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of medicine in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, and Benjamin Neuman, a professor of biology and chief virol
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Kamala Harris didn’t call unvaccinated Americans ‘dirty Trump people’
Says Vice President Kamala Harris called the unvaccinated “dirty Trump people.”
Snopes→ Was a Girl Found in a Log Pile Cabin 7 Months After Going Missing?
These cabins really do look like log piles, but that's about the only true aspect of this rumor.
Snopes→ Beware of ‘No DUIs in Last 3 Years’ Refund Check Scams
We reached out to the Better Business Bureau to learn more.
Snopes→ Did Kyle Rittenhouse Say ‘F*** You, LeBron’ Over ‘Fake Tears’ Tweet?
LeBron James mocked Rittenhouse during his murder trial in November 2021.
Truth or Fiction?→ The Newsmax ‘Vlad the Great’ Cover
On December 7 and 8 2021, a Newsmax “Vlad the Great” cover photograph circulated on social media platforms like Imgur and Twitter: For anyone who thinks Newsmax is anything but Russian disinformation, here is the cover of Newsmax Magazine
Logically→ Thomas Hughes, the killer of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, has been attacked in prison.
The Ministry of Justice denied all reports of a physical assault on Thomas Hughes behind bars.
Snopes→ Museum to Fix ‘Ripples’ in Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’
Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting “The Night Watch” will be restretched to get rid of deformations in its top left corner.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Many reporters are covering the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, despite claims otherwise
“There’s only one reporter on site” at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.
Full Fact→ Do police normally investigate things that happened a year ago?
The police don't normally look back and investigate things that have taken place a year ago. Dominic Raab MP, 5 December 2021. A clip of justice secretary Dominic Raab appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show has been widely shared online after M
Full Fact→ Lionel Shriver is wrong to say that Covid-19 vaccines can’t stop the virus spreading
[Vaccination] reduces death and hospitalisation, but can’t stop Covid from spreading. Lionel Shriver, 20 November 2021. The novelist Lionel Shriver misrepresented the evidence about Covid-19 vaccines in a column for the Spectator on 20 November
Full Fact→ Lorraine Kelly and her guests were wrong about Covid-19 patients
90% of people in hospital are unvaccinated right now with Covid. Dr Hilary Jones, 6 December 2021. 90% of people in hospital [with Covid] have not been vaccinated. Lorraine Kelly, 6 December 2021. 90% of the people that are in hospital [with Covid]
Snopes→ Did Trump Say ‘If You’re Innocent, Why Are You Taking the Fifth Amendment?’
Trump has offered conflicting opinions of the Fifth Amendment over the years.
Snopes→ QAnon Group Holed Up in Dallas Awaits Trump and JFK’s Return (Still)
Some are calling the group in Dallas a cult.
Snopes→ New York City Poised to Give Voting Rights to Noncitizens
New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is on the cusp of becoming the largest places in the country to give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections.
Health Feedback→ No, a fence in a shopping mall wasn’t used to segregate vaccinated and unvaccinated people; photo was taken in Romania, not Germany
REVIEW A Facebook post published by the political activist group Young Americans for Liberty claimed that a photo showed a fence being used to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated shoppers in Germany. That post received more than 4,600 engagements f
Full Fact→ Father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has not been attacked in prison
A number of Facebook posts, including one with over 90,000 shares, claim that Thomas Hughes has been attacked in prison and is in “critical condition”. Hughes was recently jailed for 21 years and his partner, Emma Tustin, was jailed for a m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Merriam-Webster Did NOT Change Definition Of ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ To Include Section About Mandates — It Was Already There
Did Merriam-Webster change the definition of "anti-vaxxer" during the COVID-19 pandemic to include a section about opposing vaccine mandates? No, that's not true: The section discussing opposition to vaccine mandates has been included in
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Trump wasn’t inaugurated president in 2021
“Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.”
AllSides→ Post Makes Unfounded Claims About Omicron ‘Symptoms’ and COVID-19 Vaccines
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/scicheck-post-makes-unfounded-claims-about-omicron-symptoms-and-covid-19-vaccines/
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a photo of a German mall separating vaccinated and unvaccinated shoppers
Photo shows “a German mall separating the vaccinated and unvaccinated.”
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines are weakening immune systems.
Vaccines do not weaken immune systems.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show A German Mall Fencing Off The Unvaccinated — Latvian Mall Fences Outlets By ‘Epidemiological Conditions’
Does a Facebook post show a German shopping mall separating vaccinated shoppers from the unvaccinated ones, using a temporary barrier that looks like a fence? No, that's not true: The mall is not in Germany but Riga, the capital of Latvia
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A claim that viruses and other pathogens always evolve to become less lethal is false
"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”
Snopes→ Congressional Leaders Reach Deal to Hike Debt Limit
Congressional leaders reached an elaborate deal that will allow Democrats to lift the nation’s debt limit without any votes from Republicans, likely averting another last-minute rush to avoid a federal default.