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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!
By Tom Kertscher • 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 10, 2021 an Instagram post
CNN had “Jeffrey Toobin on analyzing the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations as their legal expert.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2021 a Facebook post
A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • August 10, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 9, 2021 a speech.
“We actually have this critical race theory moved into all our schools in Virginia.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 6, 2021 an Instagram post
“Pfizer CEO’s Israel visit canceled because he is not fully vaccinated.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 9, 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 5, 2021 a viral image
Unvaccinated people “are making the vaccinated people sick and die, but the unvaccinated people are not dead or sick.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 5, 2021 a viral image
Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.
False
By Aaron Sharockman, Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2021 a post
“Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated.”
False
By Monique Curet • August 9, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 3, 2021 an Instagram post
“Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 6, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 3, 2021 an Instagram post
The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups.
False
By Jason Asenso • August 6, 2021
Steve Deace
Steve Deace
stated on August 2, 2021 a Facebook post
Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 31, 2021 a Facebook post
The “delta” in “delta variant” means “deep sleep.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 6, 2021
J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten
stated on July 21, 2021 a tweet
“By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
Mostly True
By Sabine Martin • August 6, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021
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