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“Recent video of a cardiologist suffering a massive heart attack while on duty in Vinayak Hospital in Mumbai”
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows an old incident that took place at Vinayak Hospital in Bangalore, Karnataka. On 26 November 2017, Heart Specialist Dr. Sunitha while on duty had a massive heart stroke and passed away …
“Your diet or the usage of sunscreen can lead to skin cancer”
“A WhatsApp voice message warns people not to consume beef, loose milk, and yoghurt due to the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) that has infected cattle in Karachi.”
“Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died from a COVID-19 vaccine.”
“It hasn't been mandatory that any adverse events are reported" to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System following COVID-19 vaccination.”
FactCheck.org says: A CDC report found that side effects following a booster of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were less frequent than after the second dose. But a Facebook video misrepresents that report’s findings.
“Joe Biden’s announcement that the Justice Department will name a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud means “the government is going to investigate itself.”
“Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine permanently alters human DNA”
“Worldwide data has confirmed the vaccinated are developing COVID vaccine-induced Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.”
“Covid vaccine causing Japanese encephalitis virus”
“the British government show the COVID-19 vaccination increases the chance of death from virus”
“COVID-19 vaccine has a "reverse" effect and exposes people to infection.”
Vera Files says: Vaccination against COVID-19 does not expose people to infection. This is an oft-repeated false claim amid the pandemic debunked by health experts around the world. In fact, several health authorities say that getting t…
“Joe Biden was holding a medical device in a photo he tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics.”
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden was not holding a medical alert device in a photo he took with first lady Jill Biden. It was a black COVID-19 face mask.
“Says Gov. Tony Evers gave $2.4 million in COVID relief money to Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Wisconsin “to bail them out and fund abortions.”
“At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”
PolitiFact says: Blackburn’s statement creates an impression that Jackson advocated for releasing incarcerated defendants en masse, and that’s wrong. She cites only part of a ruling by Jackson.
“I have never seen the CDC coming out saying" children should get four doses of the polio vaccine.”
FactCheck.org says: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it "recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine," with the last dose given between ages 4 and 6.
“The model Marianna … posed for the photo shoots in the ruins" of the maternity hospital in Mariupol.”
FactCheck.org says: Russian planes bombed a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, killing three people and injuring at least 17, including two pregnant women seen in photos.
“There are more COVID-19 cases now than before there was a vaccine”
MediaWise says: Parts of the meme are true — like the fact that we are seeing more COVID-19 cases now than in 2020, but this meme could lead people to believe that it’s the vaccines causing this to happen, which experts have repeatedly…