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“People who receive a COVID-19 vaccine develop a magnetic field due to a genetically engineered magnet protein in the drug”
“Polio vaccine was introduced in India in 1995. Nehru, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi could not start the vaccination during their prime ministership”
FACTLY says: The polio vaccine was introduced in India much before 1995. It was part of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI, 1978) and Universal Immunization Programme (UIP, 1985). So, the polio vaccination was implemented i…
“The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated.”
PolitiFact says: While it’s true the CDC are no longer officially scrutinizing asymptomatic breakthrough infections, the agency has not “lowered” the general cycle threshold for determining COVID-19.
“Vice President Leni Robredo volunteered to appear with President Rodrigo Duterte in an infomercial to help boost public confidence in the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).”
Vera Files says: Contrary to the claim of Palace Spokesman Harry Roque, Vice President Leni Robredo did not volunteer but only expressed willingness to appear in a COVID-19 vaccine infomercial with President Duterte in response to a pro…
“An email from Dr. Anthony Fauci shows "everyone was lied to" about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”
PolitiFact says: A social media post using old Fauci email falsely claims that Fauci ‘lied’ about mask wearing
“Emails show "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured.”
PolitiFact says: One credible researcher noted the possibility of an engineered virus, but said more work was needed.
“Video clips of Indians throwing the idols of their Gods on the streets due to their anger over Coronavirus”
FACTLY says: The first video clip in the post was captured in 2019, in Ahmedabad city in Gujarat. The second video clip was shot at Telangana’s Beechupally village in 2015. Both the video clips were shot well before the first COVID-…
“Video of Patanjali’s Balkrishna admitted to hospital by Baba Ramdev recently”
FACTLY says: The visuals in the video are from a 2019 YouTube video uploaded by ‘News360Live’ of Acharya Balkrishna being treated in AIIMS, Rishikesh. According to the then news articles, Balkrishna was brought to the emergency ward…
“China Government revealed the details of the first person who got infected with the COVID-19 virus”
FACTLY says: The message shared in the post is a joke. ‘Lay Lee Sab Kee’ is a Hindi sentence that means ‘take off everyone’. It is a sarcastic message that was being shared on social media at least since May 2020. According to a few…
“He is an ambulance driver… he stopped the oxygen cylinder line at the Nizamabad Hospital in Telangana. When the police caught and questioned him, he said that no one had died for three days, so he did it because he has no work and money as no one died.”
“The one good thing about the antibodies if you’ve had it, is it actually is even better than the vaccine, and here's why. With the vaccine you can still transmit, with the antibodies you can't transmit.”
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence in the available scientific research of Covid-19 or the authorized vaccines to support this claim.