Latest Fact-Checks In Science

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 28, 2021 a post on Facebook
“Thanks to (Israel's) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx'd."
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • August 2, 2021
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 16, 2021 a video on Facebook
Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
False
July 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2021 a Facebook post
“Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.”
False
By Shasha Hupka • July 16, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 14, 2021 a story
Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak.
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 25, 2021
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 21, 2021 a tweet
“The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 Speech
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 21, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.”
False
February 24, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on January 12, 2021 Twitter
"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021
Jon Rosenthal
Jon Rosenthal
stated on January 5, 2021 a tweet
Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.”
Mostly True
By Brandon Mulder • January 15, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2020 a tweet
Says that guidance urging vaccinated people to avoid travel and continue wearing masks is "profoundly anti-science."
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • December 18, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 15, 2020 a blog post
“NASA confirms earth will go dark for 6 days in December 2020.”
Pants on Fire!
December 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 6, 2020 a Facebook post
“40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 10, 2020
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 Twitter
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
False
By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 17, 2020 an Instagram post
Vaccines “will remove parts of your DNA and replace it with GENETIC CODING (TECHNOLOGY)” that will “cause people to HAVE to cooperate with the New World Order.”
Pants on Fire!
November 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2020 a press conference
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2020 a community meeting
“A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • September 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!”
Half-True
June 18, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV segment
"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 22, 2020 a post on Facebook
“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 30, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 18, 2020 an Instagram post
Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020
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