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PolitiFact says: Scientific evidence and studies show that unvaccinated people are more than five times more likely than vaccinated people to catch COVID-19, and over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19.
FACTLY says: The message was not given by Dr. Leong Hoe Nam. Dr. Leong Hoe Nam is an infectious diseases specialist from the Rophi Clinic at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore. Rophi Clinic, via Facebook, had confirmed tha…
FactCheck.org says: Florida's total COVID-19 case rate is higher than the national average and 10th highest in the U.S.
FACTLY says: A recent salmonella outbreak linked to onions was reported in the United States but there were no deaths reported because of this outbreak. According to the figures posted by the CDC on 29 October 2021, there were 808 i…
FactCheck.org says: The agency funded some research using beagles, but it denied funding the Tunisia project that went viral on social media because it involved sedated beagles whose heads were stuck in mesh cages with diseased sand flies.
FactCheck.org says: Those are raw numbers, among a highly vaccinated population. The same report shows the rates of death are higher among the unvaccinated than for the vaccinated.
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that either of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines used in the United States — Pfizer and Moderna — cause blood clots.
PolitiFact says: The statistic applies to England, not all of the U.K. The unvaccinated are still much more likely to die from COVID-19: The death rate — the number of deaths per 100,000 people — is much higher among the unvaccinated.
PolitiFact says: No evidence has established that vaccines cause SIDS.
FactCheck.org says: The number of U.S. plane accidents has been about the same this year as it was last year. But posts on social media falsely claim that there has been a significant increase due to pilot reactions to COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact says: The National Institutes of Health has not recommended ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The NIH says more research is needed to make a determination about whether ivermectin is effective against COVID-19.
PolitiFact says: A 1984 video clip shows Dr. Anthony Fauci reflecting on how AIDS emerged in the United States, not plotting the pandemic.
PolitiFact says: The greater threat to the unvaccinated is the unvaccinated. Unvaccinated people are more likely than the vaccinated to get COVID-19, more likely to spread it, and much more likely to become seriously ill or die.
FactCheck.org says: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is deploying contracted medical workers to understaffed hospitals, where they are required to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.