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Checked by FACTLY29 Jan 2021IndiaHealth
Social media posts

“Rahul Gandhi eating food with his mask on”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: This photo was clicked when mask-clad Rahul Gandhi was talking to women next to him after having lunch in Erode, Tamil Nadu during the election campaign. Rahul Gandhi did not wear a mask during the meal. News videos of …

John Kerry, special presidential envoy for climate

“The fastest-growing job in the United States before covid was solar power technician. The same people can do those jobs, but the choice of doing the solar power one now is a better choice. And similarly, you have the second-fastest-growing job pre-covid was wind turbine technician.”

Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The former secretary of state said solar and wind are two of the fastest-growing occupations. But the number of potential jobs is a pittance.

Checked by Vishvas News29 Jan 2021IndiaHealth
Social media posts

“This is an important announcement that schools are not going to open from September. It is postponed to November as Covid cases in the state are not yet controlled, further details will be announced.”

Vishvas News rated this: FALSE

Vishvas News says: Vishvas News found in its investigation that the viral tweet is fake. Assam chief minister’s office has clarified that this was not tweeted from the official handle of the CM. This post is fake.

Checked by FactCheck.org28 Jan 2021United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Social media users suggest there is a direct link between baseball legend Hank Aaron getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and then dying more than two weeks later.”

FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence

FactCheck.org says: Hank Aaron died from natural causes, according to the medical examiner’s office in Fulton County, Georgia. There’s no evidence that his death was a result of being vaccinated against COVID-19 in early January.

Checked by PolitiFact27 Jan 2021United StatesHealth
Ron Klain, chief of staff to President Joe Biden

“The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The Trump administration planned to get the vaccines developed and then send them to locations chosen by states. States wrote their own plans, and they were responsible for setting up places to get vaccines into arms.