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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence Bill Gates called for the “withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines.” The claim comes from an article that was prominently labeled as “satire” after misinformation spread about the piece.
Elizabeth Warren, Senator (D-Mass.)
Washington Post rated this: Lacks context
Washington Post says: This remains a theory. No administration or court has ever accepted this reasoning.
Occupy Democrats, advocacy group
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The post is correct on Texas’ rankings for women’s health insurance and school spending, and it’s close on child hunger. But the other claims are incorrect or unsupported by current data. The group corrected its post.
Chuck Schumer, Senate majority leader
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Schumer's spokesman said he misspoke. Around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan, officials say.
Jen DePice, Chiropractor
FactCheck.org rated this: Falso
FactCheck.org says: Estudios indican que las vacunas disponibles en la actualidad son en gran parte eficaces contra la variante delta del virus que causa el COVID-19. Pero un video que circula en Facebook dice erróneamente lo contrario.
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El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Verdad / Falta contexto
Chuck Schumer, U.S. senator
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Government officials say that fewer than 100 U.S. citizens, and an unknown number of U.S. legal permanent residents, who want to leave Afghanistan are still in the country.
Mark Pocan, U.S. Rep.
PolitiFact rated this: True
Jim Banks, U.S. representative
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: $82.9 billion is the total amount spent on the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund since the war began in 2001. Only a portion of that is equipment. And experts say much of the equipment has been used up or is inoperable.
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FactCheck.org rated this: False
Kevin McCarthy, U.S. representative
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: McCarthy was citing a preliminary administration figure that was later reduced significantly after it was vetted. The White House says there are 100 to 200 U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan who want to leave.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The alpha, beta, gamma and delta variants were first detected in unvaccinated populations. Most variants were detected before vaccines were approved for use.
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PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: A truck carrying Moderna vaccines did crash near Morgantown, W.Va., on Aug, 27. But the Pentagon didn't take over the crash response.
Gateway Pundit, Conservative website
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: The study found that people who had COVID-19 and got a shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine had more immunity against the delta variant. And other studies show vaccination provides stronger protection than past infection.
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FactCheck.org rated this: Engañoso
FactCheck.org says: El promedio del número de hospitalizaciones por COVID-19 en siete días en Estados Unidos ha aumentado en un 322% en dos meses, agotando la capacidad del personal médico para atender a pacientes en algunos estados.
Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The legal experts we reached, including a lawyer who worked for telecom firms on these issues for decades, said they could think of no law that matched McCarthy's claim.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The FDA reviewed thalidomide in the early 1960s, but withheld approval amid concerns about its effectiveness and side effects. The FDA approved thalidomide in 1998 for other conditions, but not for use by pregnant women.
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken were present at the Aug. 29 ceremony for 13 U.S. service members who were killed in Afghanistan.
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FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: Afghan journalists report that a video of a person suspended from a helicopter shows an operation in which the person was trying to change a flag.
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Noticias Telemundo rated this: Falso
Noticias Telemundo says: En los años 60 el medicamento no fue aprobado. La FDA lo avaló en 1997 sólo para el tratamiento de lesiones en pacientes con lepra y el mieloma múltiple, no para mujeres embarazadas.