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PolitiFact says: Bill Gates didn’t post a tweet in support of adding vaccines to the food supply to solve vaccine hesitancy. This fake tweet appears to come from a site called NewsPunch, which featured the image in a false story.
FactCheck.org says: Health agencies disclosed a potential safety concern for strokes in those 65 and over with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but researchers haven’t found any causal relationship. Still, anti-vaccine proponents claim a link.
FactCheck.org says: Since his diagnosis in 1991, NBA player Magic Johnson has repeatedly said he contracted HIV through sexual transmission.
FactCheck.org says: An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant might be more likely than previous variants to infect vaccinated or previously infected people.
PolitiFact says: There is no credible evidence to support this claim. Current research shows that improved contraceptive use has helped reduce unintended pregnancies and decrease the rate of abortions.
PolitiFact says: Congress created the employee retention tax credit to incentivize employers to keep paying staff after business activity dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The credit is paid to eligible employers, not employees.
PolitiFact says: Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin experienced cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The cause of Hamlin’s cardiac arrest has not been released; doctors are still investigating what happened.
FactCheck.org says: The COVID-19 vaccines were tested in large, randomized controlled trials before the Food and Drug Administration authorized them for emergency use.
PolitiFact says: We took a closer look at the circumstances of the deaths of several doctors that were purportedly linked to COVID-19 vaccines and found no evidence the vaccines were the cause.
PolitiFact says: Younger people face less of a health threat from COVID-19, but vaccines reduce their chances of developing serious disease from the virus. Heart inflammation linked to coronavirus vaccination is rare.