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“On Sunday 05 September 2021, be ready… receiving news saying Hun Sen is in critical and ready for emergency surgery at Calmette Hospital as medical experts in Singapore stopped providing medical treatment for him.”
Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen was not hospitalized for any surgery in early September. The Cambodia’s premier showed up in a virtual summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion hosted on September 9. The image used along…
“Basketball star Bradley Beal said he “would like an explanation” as to why people who have received vaccines “are still getting COVID.”
FactCheck.org says: No vaccine is 100% effective, but the COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to be very effective at preventing serious illness.
“Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.”
“Breaking!!! Hun Sen is in critical, being sent to ICU and then sent off to a hospital in Singapore.”
Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: The video clip does not show PM Hun Sen. The man seen in the video clip is Ouk Bunchhoeun – one of Cambodia’s Senators from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party – who was sent off to get treatment abroad in early Septemb…
“The vaccination campaign” increased COVID-19 deaths by 175% in one year.”
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.
“Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.”
PolitiFact says: The Pfizer drug now being studied is structurally different from ivermectin.
“National Medical Commission (NMC) recently notified about an eligibility certificate for students studying abroad”
FACTLY says: No such notification was issued by National Medical Commission (NMC) notifying students studying abroad about an eligibility certificate. PIB Fact Check debunked the claim that students who started studying in foreign m…
“A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine.”
“A funeral home used a truck to advertise the message "Don't get vaccinated.”
PolitiFact says: The images are real, but the truck in question was part of a pro-vaccination campaign by an advertising agency in Charlotte. No funeral home was involved.
“Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States.”
PolitiFact says: The United States Supreme Court has not issued any ruling related to the COVID-19 vaccines or universal vaccinations, and there is currently no case on its docket involving challenges to vaccine mandates.
“Women who shave their underarms and apply antiperspirant increase their risk of breast cancer because of tiny injuries and skin irritations, making way for harmful chemical components to penetrate more quickly into the body.”
“The Washington Court has ordered to train Modi on Covid safety measures! Modi met the American delegates without wearing a mask properly. Hence the Court has ordered to train him on Covid safety measures.”
“Doherty Institute modelling predicts that even with 70 per cent of the population vaccinated, 80 people will die each day from COVID once the outbreak reaches six months after it started. That is 2,240 who will die each month.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Palaszczuk's claim is misleading. The outcome the Premier selected refers to a graph in the modelling report, which contains the results of just one of the scenarios modelled by the Doherty Institute. The graph conta…
“CDC says expect a polio-like outbreak coming in children in the next four months.”
“If the [COVID-19] vaccine works — and they assure us adamantly that it does work and they punish us if we question how well it works — then how can the unvaccinated possibly pose a threat to the vaccinated?”
FactCheck.org says: Vaccines are not 100% effective, so there is a chance that an unvaccinated person could infect a vaccinated person -- particularly the vulnerable, such as elderly and immunocompromised individuals.
“One in 30 teenagers who catch COVID is ending up in hospital.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Butler's claim is not the full story. Official figures for teenagers — those aged from 13 to 19 — are not available. National data available when Mr Butler made his claim showed 2.9 per cent of those aged from 10 to …