Latest Fact Checks By Gabrielle Settles

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COVID-19 deaths of Broward County teachers did happen, despite claims otherwise

By Gabrielle Settles
August 20, 2021
Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real.
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The CDC’s not going to put people at high risk of catching COVID-19 into camps

By Gabrielle Settles
August 20, 2021
“The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.”
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People wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at Cyprus' State Fair in Nicosia, Cyprus, Aug. 13, 2021. (AP)

Fact-checking a TikTok post about a 0.05% risk of dying from COVID-19

By Gabrielle Settles
August 13, 2021
There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”
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An American Airlines flight attendant hands out snack bags aboard a Boeing 737 Max jet before taking off from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (AP)

No evidence airline crews walking off flights to protest vaccine mandate

By Gabrielle Settles
August 12, 2021
Flights across America are backed up because airline crews are “refusing the mandated jab” and walking off boarded flights.
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A social media post about a passenger on Rosa Parks’ bus is satire

By Gabrielle Settles
August 2, 2021
Says the white man who wanted Rosa Parks’ seat on the bus was suffering from ADHD and anxiety.
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The refurbished George Floyd statue in Brooklyn is unveiled after it was vandalized following its Juneteenth installation, Thursday, July 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A post exaggerates George Floyd’s criminal history

By Gabrielle Settles
July 28, 2021
Says George Floyd’s criminal history includes “23 arrests,” “3 car thefts” and many violent crimes.
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Discarded biohazard bags fill a trash can at Genetworx Clinical Lab in Richmond, Va. April 24, 2020 (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Why masks for COVID-19 don’t need to go in biohazard bins

By Gabrielle Settles
July 22, 2021
The coronavirus can’t be so dangerous because there are no biohazard bins for COVID-19 masks and gloves.
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Police stand guard near the National Capitol building in Havana, Cuba, July 12, 2021 (AP)

Cuba can trade with other countries. But here’s some context

By Gabrielle Settles
July 19, 2021
U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”
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Capitol rioters on January 6, 2021. (Mihoko Owada/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 2/4/21 via AP)

Jan. 6 defendants were armed with guns, other weapons, documents show

By Gabrielle Settles
July 13, 2021
“There were no guns whatsoever” at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
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A 700-pound bronze statue of George Floyd is seen in Newark, N.J., 6/22/21 (STRF/STAR MAX/IPx via AP)

Evidence shows George Floyd’s death was not the result of a fentanyl overdose

By Gabrielle Settles
July 8, 2021
Says George Floyd died "because he had a system full of fentanyl and meth," and “beat women and held guns to their pregnant bellies.”
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Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament, August 2, 2019

Photo of Mike Tyson with anti-vaccine T-shirt was altered

By Gabrielle Settles
June 30, 2021
A photo shows Mike Tyson wearing a T-shirt with an anti-vaccine message.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 28, 2021 (AP)

There’s no Trump cease-and-desist order against vaccines

By Gabrielle Settles
June 24, 2021
“Our legal president, President Trump, has signed a cease and desist order for the COVID vaccines.”
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