“The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Thousands of people with underlying health conditions were included in testing before COVID-19 vaccines were given authorization in the U.S.
“The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: A 2020 agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban called for the release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners who were held by the Afghan government.
“Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Walmart is “kidnapping kids” and selling them, and this can be proven by searching “girls shoes $5,000” on Walmart.com.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence Walmart has links to kidnappings or child sex trafficking. Walmart says the rumors are “simply untrue” and said the high prices that prompted suspicion were mistakes.
“Friendly reminder: Cigarettes are FDA approved.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The FDA has not approved any tobacco product, cigarettes included.
“Las autoridades sanitarias anunciaron que las PCR no son confiables para detectar el covid-19”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso / Engañoso
“The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: One measure rates delta’s contagiousness in the range of what the video states. But it is a theoretical measure that doesn’t take into account steps such as vaccination that reduce the risk of getting COVID-19.
“The Pfizer vaccine which is currently available is still under emergency use authorization and it still has the liability shield … The product that’s licensed … it’s called Comirnaty. … that’s the one that liability waiver will no longer apply to.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: Both versions of the vaccine have the same liability protections.
“When the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine becomes available "it will no longer have the liability shield.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“A new report from '60 Minutes' includes an interview with a scientist from the Pentagon who says that there is now a COVID microchip.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A company is developing sensors to monitor the wearer’s health and could potentially help to detect future disease outbreaks. But conspiracy theorists are falsely claiming that they are microchips that will track people.
“No one has called for flags to be flown at Half Mast in honor of our Marines that lost their lives.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden issued a proclamation honoring those who died at the Kabul airport Aug. 26 and calling for flags to be flown at half-staff. But a meme makes the false claim that no such order had been issued.
“Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that the plane was fake. The U.S. has flown more than 82,000 people out of Afghanistan in recent days.
“Under the Trump administration, the U.S. "didn’t need the Middle East" oil, and now “we’re going back to them asking them for help.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: About 9.8% of U.S. petroleum imports (most of it crude oil) came from Persian Gulf countries in 2020, according to the EIA. That has dropped to an average of about 6.6% in the first five months of 2021.
“California election officials "can literally see if you vote yes or no" in the recall election, "and they will throw it away if you vote yes.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The ballot design has been used before, and the holes help the vision impaired to sign the ballot envelope in private and allow election officials to make sure the ballot was "not left inside an envelope uncounted."
“During [Terry] McAuliffe’s tenure as governor, the murder rate went up 43 percent and the rape rate went up every year.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
“In Australia, "they’re already taking children out of homes that there’s possible risk of COVID in — they’re putting them in detainment camps.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False