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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers.
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook:
Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 19, 2021 in an interview:
"Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats."
False
By Brandon Mulder • August 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
Half-True
By Emily Tian • August 25, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 23, 2021 in an Instagram post:
75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“It is the vaccinated, NOT the unvaccinated, spreading mutant variants.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 20, 2021
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on August 9, 2021 in in a Twitter post:
“The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 20, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment."
Mostly True
By Andy Nguyen • August 19, 2021
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 18, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 17, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:
A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.”
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • August 17, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post:
There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 13, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter:
“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
True
By Madeline Heim • August 13, 2021
Erin Marie Olszewski
Erin Marie Olszewski
stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • August 11, 2021
Dan Stock
Dan Stock
stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image:
Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2021 in an executive order:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”
False
By Victoria Knight • August 10, 2021
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