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“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 …

“Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “officially recommends administering ivermectin as presumptive therapy (giving medication without a diagnosis) to refugees.”

FactCheck.org says: The CDC recommends the use of ivermectin as a treatment for arriving refugees to treat parasitic infections, not COVID-19.

“COVID-19 vaccines could cause men to become "impotent.”

FactCheck.org says: Public health experts have explained erectile dysfunction is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines, but a viral tweet from Nicki Minaj spread the unfounded claim that it is. There is no evidence to support the claim.

“Why is the Taliban banning the [COVID-19] vaccines?”

FactCheck.org says: Afghanistan has implemented a COVID-19 vaccination program, but some conservative purveyors of misinformation in the U.S. have made false claims about vaccination efforts and the impact of the pandemic in Afghanistan.

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “warning of [a] polio-like outbreak coming in children this fall.”

FactCheck.org says: A CDC spokesperson said the agency "has not issued an official warning" for acute flaccid myelitis in 2021.

“New Israeli Study Finds Fully Vaccinated People are at ‘Greater Risk of Hospitalization’ and 13 TIMES MORE LIKELY to Catch Covid-19 Than Those Who Have Recovered and Have Natural Immunity.”

FactCheck.org says: The study found that people who had COVID-19 and got a shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine had more immunity against the delta variant. And other studies show vaccination provides stronger protection than past infection.

“Clive Palmer confirmed today that the actions [of] Premier Mark McGowan to introduce an interstate vaccination passport for people travelling to WA was in breach of section 117 of the Australian constitution,".”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Palmer's claim is doubtful. Experts told Fact Check that in order to mount a successful challenge to WA's border restrictions under section 117 of the constitution, Mr Palmer would need to demonstrate discrimination …

“When the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine becomes available "it will no longer have the liability shield.”

“A new report from '60 Minutes' includes an interview with a scientist from the Pentagon who says that there is now a COVID microchip.”

FactCheck.org says: A company is developing sensors to monitor the wearer’s health and could potentially help to detect future disease outbreaks. But conspiracy theorists are falsely claiming that they are microchips that will track people.

“In Australia, "they’re already taking children out of homes that there’s possible risk of COVID in — they’re putting them in detainment camps.”

“Did you know that White House staff is not required to get vaccinated?”

FactCheck.org says: Federal employees, including White House staff, must attest to being vaccinated against COVID-19—or comply with strict mitigation measures, including routine testing.

“Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated.”

FactCheck.org says: The majority of U.S. residents who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are white, according to an analysis of available state data and a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

“Marine Corps Gen. David Berger “rebuked” the vaccine mandate for the military.”

FactCheck.org says: "A Marine Corps spokesperson said, "there is absolutely no truth" to the claim.

“If there were truly a pandemic that was ‘overwhelming hospitals,’ then hospitals wouldn’t be laying off thousands of nurses who refuse to take an experimental vaccine,”

FactCheck.org says: The seven-day average of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. has increased by 322% in two months, straining the ability of medical staff in some states to care for patients.

“It’s not healthy for these students to be sitting there all day, 6-year-old kids in kindergarten covered in masks.”

FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence of adverse health effects from mask-wearing. “For many years, health care providers have worn masks for extended periods of time with no adverse health reactions,” the Mayo Clinic Health System notes

“If an employer mandates COVID-19 vaccination, don't quit. "Make them fire you. That way, you get unemployment benefits.”

FactCheck.org says: In most states, workers fired for violating company policy aimed at workplace safety are not entitled to unemployment benefits.

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was photographed holding a shirt reading, "Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”

FactCheck.org says: Image has been manipulated.

“The CDC is creating camps for individuals at high-risk of complications from COVID-19.”

“The COVID-19 vaccines “fight the virus wrong and let the virus become worse than it would with native infection.”

FactCheck.org says: Antibody-dependent enhancement of disease, or ADE, hasn’t been an issue in the animal studies and clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccines — not to mention their real-world rollout.