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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2021 a Facebook post
“Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
Half-True
August 25, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 23, 2021 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 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 a Facebook post
“80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.”
False
August 24, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 13, 2021 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 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 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
August 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2021 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 an Instagram post
“Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
False
August 18, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 12, 2021 an Instagram post
“Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
Half-True
August 17, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 4, 2021 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 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 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 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 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!
August 11, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2021 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
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 7, 2021 a viral image
Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G.
False
August 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 8, 2021 a Facebook post
Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Mostly False
August 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 4, 2021 a viral image
"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
Half-True
August 9, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 18, 2021 a TikTok video
“The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.
False
August 9, 2021
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