“Only Reuters” reported that the doctor who detected the omicron variant said its symptoms are “very mild.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“The omicron variant’s name is evidence the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“We know in November 2021 that “none of your previous vaccines will protect you now from the emerging variant omicron.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Data from around the world suggests that omicron favors the fully vaccinated.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Infectious disease experts said that the omicron variant of COVID-19 does not favor people who are vaccinated, though omicron is more resistant to vaccine protection than other variants.
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Paul made the claim in a reelection ad. Two studies published before the ad began running cited hundreds of omicron hospitalizations. Paul’s campaign took the ad down.
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The number of coronavirus-positive pediatric hospitalizations has risen with the spread of the omicron variant. However, Sotomayor’s number was way off.
“The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The obscure book’s publication date is listed as Dec. 5, 2021, weeks after public health authorities announced that the omicron variant had been discovered.
“A list of athletes injured by COVID-19 vaccines "shows that there may be something wrong with the vaccine.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: A partisan website used a list of supposedly vaccine-injured athletes to claim "there may be something wrong with the vaccine." But there's no proof that the listed athletes were harmed by the vaccines.
“Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“By the way, standard gargle, mouthwash, has been proven to kill the coronavirus. If you get it, you may reduce viral replication.”
FactCheck.org rated this: More Studies Needed
FactCheck.org says: In the laboratory, some mouthwashes have been shown block infectivity or suppress SARS-CoV-2, but studies involving people using mouthwash are not conclusive.
“Symptoms of the omicron variant include "Heart failure, Arrhythmia, Heart inflammation, Blood clots, Strokes, Peripheral Nerve Damage, Multi Organ Failure," and are actually caused by COVID-19 vaccines.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The list actually refers to complications of COVID-19.
“Heart complications are one symptom “listed” for the omicron variant and are being “used to cover up effects” of COVID-19 vaccines.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A South Africa doctor credited as being among the first to detect the variant has described its symptoms as mild. Heart complications are not a “listed” symptom of omicron.
“Omicron variant began with a person with HIV”
FactRakers rated this: NEEDS CONTEXT
FactRakers says: There are no findings to date to confirm Patient Zero was HIV-positive
“Image of Phantom cartoon which predicted the coronavirus back in 1957”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The original comic strip which was initially published in 1957 actually comes with the text which reads ‘Tie it on as I do this will protect you from the ‘sleep death’ in the valley’. This original strip is digitally al…
“The Biden administration plan would kill 5,248 children via Pfizer mRNA shots in order to save 45 children from dying of coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: Rogers' figures rely on distorting VAERS reports and using a problematic concept known as the number needed to vaccinate, which is used to assess benefit of vaccines.
“Italy drastically reduced the country's official Covid-19 death count by over 97%.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Most people who died with COVID-19 had other medical conditions that put them at higher risk. But internet posts misinterpret data about those conditions to claim that Italy has reduced its count of deaths. It hasn't.
“The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The Biden administration can trumpet improvements in both employment and the coronavirus pandemic, but Klain’s numbers are off.
“I’m gonna have the best immunity possible now," because of COVID-19 infection.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: People who’ve been infected and who also have been vaccinated, or what’s sometimes called “hybrid” immunity, have the "best immunity," studies show.
“This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Scientific evidence and studies show that unvaccinated people are more than five times more likely than vaccinated people to catch COVID-19, and over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19.
“The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False