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FactCheck.org says: The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a novel coronavirus, first isolated in Jan. 2020. But a viral video has been spreading a conspiracy theory that the pandemic has actually been a plot to poison people with snake venom.
PolitiFact says: Frank James wasn't out of jail because of "leftist justice reform." His prior arrests in NY were in the ’90s, most occurring when Republican Rudy Giuliani was NYC’s mayor and well before current justice reform efforts.
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that Ukraine was behind the Kramatorsk train station attack. The claim has been spread by pro-Kremlin accounts and contradict earlier Russian media posts that initially took credit for the bombing.
PolitiFact says: Data from the 10 largest cities in each of the three states shows no clear pattern. While some findings support her claim, others do not.
PolitiFact says: Oz campaigns as a gun owner who supports the Second Amendment, but for years he supported gun-control measures.
FactCheck.org says: After George Floyd's murder, McCormick emailed his staff, urging them to "be agents of change” and to show "solidarity by denouncing and eradicating structural bigotry around us." The email didn't mention BLM.
FactCheck.org says: McDonald's said it does not use xylitol in its ice cream, and the sweetener does not appear in the list of ingredients on the company website.
FactCheck.org says: The information needed to make the claim that Disney Plus was losing subscribers in a matter of days is not publicly available and the company's stock has only faced a 2% decline in a month.
Washington Post says: Biden is referring to the impact of energy on monthly inflation
PolitiFact says: “Ballot harvesting” generally refers to someone collecting absentee ballots on behalf of others and then submitting them to an official drop box. The claim that "widespread illegal ballot harvesting” happened in Georgia
PolitiFact says: Initial results were reported election night in France however experts told us that it’s not so simple to compare France and the U.S. because there are key differences in how their elections are administered.
FactCheck.org says: The unvaccinated are more prone to serious illness from COVID-19 and are dying at higher rates than those who are vaccinated, but partisan social media accounts continue to suggest the vaccines are unnecessary.
PolitiFact says: McDonald’s soft serve ice cream, found in the fast-food chain’s cones and other desserts, does not contain xylitol, the company said.
Washington Post says: This is an inflated number
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence to support baseless claims that the mass shooting in a Brooklyn subway was a staged event. The attack was real.
FactCheck.org says: Georgia officials are investigating claims of illegal “ballot harvesting” during the 2020 elections and the January 2021 runoffs. That's not evidence that "harvesting" elected Georgia's two Democratic U. S. senators.
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that shows that over 350,000 Disney+ subscriptions were canceled “in the last five days.” The figure comes from unsourced social media posts.