Ted Cruz, Senator
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: Southwest Airlines' flight cancellations fueled partisan claims that workers were protesting COVID-19 vaccine requirements and causing the cancellations. But there's no evidence that workers staged protests.
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Multiple studies show that a vaccinated person is significantly less likely to pass the coronavirus to someone else than an unvaccinated person is. However, the transmission risk is not reduced to zero.
Social media posts
First Check rated this: False
Abner Afuang
Vera Files rated this: Unproven
Vera Files says: A Joint International Team convened by the World Health Organization has analyzed four possible scenarios of the origin of the COVID-19 virus — including a laboratory incident, which it said was "extremely unlikely."
Kimberly Klacik, Conservative commentator
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Advocates have not promoted vaccines as guaranteed. A study found that the effectiveness of Pfizer’s vaccine in preventing infection decreased over time, but remained 90% effective in preventing hospitalization.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The two women shown in the TikTok video were not shoppers, but were among a large group of anti-vaccine protesters in Paris who forced their way into a mall that required proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The CDC has not reported data for children showing a higher death rate from COVID-19 vaccines than from COVID-19. There is no clear evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have caused any deaths in the U.S., the CDC says.
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida
FactCheck.org rated this: Migrants Not Driving Surge
FactCheck.org says: Infectious disease experts say low vaccination rates, resistance to protective measures such as wearing a mask and the highly transmissible delta variant are driving the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Medical experts said the blood test results in the video didn’t come close to showing an immune system that has crashed. This wasn’t observed in the COVID-19 vaccine trials where blood counts were obtained, experts said.
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Claims about who will be “exempt” from federal vaccine mandates have been circulating. Workers at the White House and in agencies within HHS are subject to the executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated
10 Republican Louisiana lawmakers, Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The FDA approved the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine under the brand name Comirnaty. It's the same vaccine.
Will Cain, Fox News host
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
FactStream rated this: False
FactStream says: According to the CDC, in the U.S. the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19. There is no clear evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have caused any deaths in the U.S., the CDC says.
Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The count is about right, but the standard for the courts is deeply held, sincere religious beliefs.
Ron Johnson, U.S. senator
FactStream rated this: False
Ron Johnson, U.S. Sen.
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: According to the CDC, in the U.S. the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19. There is no clear evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have caused any deaths in the U.S., the CDC says.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The 86% figure is wrong because it ignores cases among people under 20. The post diverts attention away from serious cases, where the unvaccinated are at 10-20 times greater risk.
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Sen., I-Vt.
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The group of more than 1,400 lobbyists Sanders is citing includes more than just those representing drugmakers, and some of them actually support his policy.
Social media posts
FactStream rated this: False
FactStream says: According to the CDC, in the U.S. the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19. There is no clear evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have caused any deaths in the U.S., the CDC says.