“Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Video shows Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer laughing at Novak Djokovic after he was stuck in an Australian airport.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Warnings about heart problems and blood clots in cold weather are to cover up COVID-19 vaccine side effects.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“We know in November 2021 that “none of your previous vaccines will protect you now from the emerging variant omicron.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“When a person cries, if the first drop of the tears come from the right eye, it’s happiness. But when it comes from the left eye, it’s pain.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A tragic end today” for CNN’s Sanjay Gupta”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Dr. Sanjay Gupta is alive. He appeared on CNN in the days after his alleged death. The hoax in the Facebook post linked to a spam advertisement that falsely claims Gupta is the CEO of a company that sells CBD gummies.
“Asked of Dr. Anthony Fauci, "Would you be willing to submit to Congress and the public a financial disclosure [form] that includes your past and current investments?”
FactCheck.org rated this: Fauci Files Annual Reports
FactCheck.org says: Senator Marshall appeared unaware that federal law already requires Fauci to submit annual financial disclosure reports and those reports are publicly available.
“New Zealand okays euthanasia for COVID patients.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: An assisted-dying law was passed by New Zealand voters in 2020. But while some COVID-19 patients may be eligible under the law, the legislation was not introduced for COVID-19.
“Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence she said that.
“The CDC director just said that 75% of ‘Covid deaths’ occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An edited clip omitted the context that the study involved only vaccinated people, leaving the false impression that the 75% statistic reflected all COVID-19 deaths and that the pandemic’s severity had been exaggerated.
“The filibuster is “the tradition of the Senate here in 232 years now. … We need to be very cautious what we do. … That’s what we’ve always had for 232 years. That’s what makes us different than any place else in the world.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The use and practice of the filibuster has changed often in the Senate's history
“Video claims Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Cooler Screens are designed to provide targeted advertising and promotions based on shoppers’ behaviors and other factors. They are not scanning people for a specific “mark.”
“You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Available CDC data indicates the unvaccinated are 17 times more likely to be hospitalized and 20 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than those who are vaccinated.
“Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Senate Democrats’ Freedom to Vote Act includes a list of more than one dozen forms of ID that should be accepted in states that require an ID to vote. It also includes a workaround for voters who lack ID.
“The Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 may have been incited by Ray Epps as part of a secret government plot.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: James Ray Epps was at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But there is no evidence that he was an FBI plant assigned to instigate the riot, as a conspiracy theory — embraced by at least two members of Congress — claims.
“Una lista de atletas lesionados por las vacunas contra el COVID-19 “muestra que puede haber algo malo con la vacuna".”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorsiona los hechos
FactCheck.org says: No hay ninguna prueba de que las vacunas hayan perjudicado a los atletas de la lista, la mayoría de ellos, de hecho, retirados.
“A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Hochul is an “interim Governor.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The state constitution gives the full powers and duties of the governorship to a lieutenant governor who becomes governor after a resignation.
“En dos años de pandemia nadie tuvo gripe y covid al mismo tiempo”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“Data from around the world suggests that omicron favors the fully vaccinated.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Infectious disease experts said that the omicron variant of COVID-19 does not favor people who are vaccinated, though omicron is more resistant to vaccine protection than other variants.