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Checked by FactCheck.org21 May 2021United StatesHealth
The Gateway Pundit, Website

“CDC Director Finally Admits that COVID Cases were Over-Counted in Hospitals - Just as Gateway Pundit and Donald Trump Reported in August.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The CDC director said the agency knew of 223 breakthrough fatalities among fully vaccinated individuals, but “not all … died of COVID.” She did not say “many, many hospitals” previously “overcounted” COVID-19 deaths.

Checked by FactCheck.org13 May 2021United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Wake up! Vaccine disaster ahead.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Experts disputed the idea that life-saving vaccines should be withheld based on a theoretical or hypothetical possibility that a variant might emerge that evades vaccine-induced immunity.

Checked by FactCheck.org17 Apr 2021United StatesHealth
Tucker Carlson, Fox News Host

“Why, for example, does [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director] Tony Fauci say you have to wear a mask after you get the vaccine?”

FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain Why

FactCheck.org says: CDC recommends vaccinated people wear masks in public for a few reasons, including a high rate of infection, concern about variants & the need for more research on whether asymptomatic vaccinated people can infect others