Checked elsewhere

Checks published by other fact-checking organisations. We did not do these checks. Each one names who did, shows their rating in their own words, and links to their full article.

Their rating
Checked by FactCheck.org10 Nov 2021United StatesHealth
Ben Swann, Conservative commentator

“Statistically, the numbers" of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths "are pretty much the same as they were before the vaccine.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts

FactCheck.org says: The COVID-19 death rate for the unvaccinated is higher than the vaccinated. But Ben Swann claims that vaccines aren’t effective. But the charts he uses don’t distinguish between vaccinated and unvaccinated patients.

White Coat Waste Project, Taxpayer watchdog group

“Fauci’s NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia ... to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hundreds of infected sand flies.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Didn't Fund That Project

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.

Checked by FactCheck.org28 Oct 2021United StatesHealth
Dr. Jane Ruby, Commentator with a doctor of education degree

“A Delta Air Lines pilot died in flight shortly after getting the COVID-19 vaccine and "there's a lot of risk right now" for air travel.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported

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.

Checked by FactCheck.org20 Oct 2021United StatesHealth
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Trade group

“Negotiating drug prices in Medicare means politicians will "decide which medicines you can and can't get regardless of what your doctor prescribes.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: The ad inaccurately portrays recent legislation to allow for negotiated Medicare drug prices. The leading proposal does not let the government decide which medications Medicare recipients can get.

Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida

“No elected official is doing more to enable the transmission of COVID in America than Joe Biden with his open borders policies.”

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

“Exempt from Biden's vaccine mandates: Congress/legislative branch, Congressional staff, Judicial branch, White House staff, CDC employees, FDA employees, USPS employees, NIAID employees, Pfizer employees, Moderna employees, Illegal aliens.”

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

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier

“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 rated this: Misleading

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…