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TheJournal.ie says: Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid-19 does not genetically manipulate recipients of the vaccine. The image shared on social media does not show a document from Pfizer with guidance on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines as it…
TheJournal.ie says: This is not a real poster published by the HSE. The HSE confirmed that the poster is fake.
FACTLY says: While it is true that Indian is one of the countries which made the COVID-19 vaccine, many countries (more than five) are part of the development and manufacturing of the various COVID-19 vaccines. As of today, there is…
FACTLY says: Covaxin which is being developed by Bharat Biotech is the only indigenous vaccine that is approved for emergency use. It is not currently distributed among other countries as Bharat Biotech is not among the signatories …
FACTLY says: Even the US and UK are inoculating their citizens with COVID-19 vaccine free of cost. The governments of these nations are paying for the vaccine manufacturing companies, though the respective government programs
FactRakers says: Clinical trials did not test whether the vaccines would block viral transmission
PolitiFact says: The Tennessee Department of Health has no record of any licensed nurses who go by the name given in a viral video. There is no evidence of a direct link between the coronavirus vaccine and Bell's Palsy.
TheJournal.ie says: Anti-Corruption Ireland’s FOI request was refused because the HSE did not need to prove the existence of a virus that had already been found to be circulating, and therefore did not create any relevant records. In the s…
PolitiFact says: COVID-19 is not a hoax. The virus has killed more than 332,000 Americans.
PolitiFact says: The screengrab of a doctored CNN chyron containing this claim comes from a satirical news website.
PolitiFact says: The journal article in question found people with symptoms were more contagious than those without, but asymptomatic people did transmit the virus.
PolitiFact says: In the early days of the pandemic, every US agency dismissed the protective gains of masks, and urged people to avoid using the limited supply of high-quality masks needed by health care workers.