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FactCheck.org says: The post misrepresents case number projections for 2022 and 2023 to falsely claim they show a dramatic rise in early-onset breast cancer — and then baselessly ties its faulty comparisons to COVID-19 vaccines.
FactCheck.org says: Research suggests gender dysphoria is caused by a combination of factors, including hormone exposure before birth. But social media posts claim it’s caused by vaccines with DNA from an aborted fetus of the opposite sex.
FactCheck.org says: A study didn’t find that more COVID-19 vaccine doses caused a higher risk of infection. Rather, this finding was an association that could be due to multiple other factors.
FactCheck.org says: The video misrepresents early research on common coronaviruses and cites unrelated patents to falsely suggest U.S. scientists created the viruses that cause SARS and COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: The percentage was similar for those in the placebo group. And these adverse events are any health events, not necessarily events caused by the vaccine.
FactCheck.org says: Pfizer partnered with BioNTech, a German-based company, on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, which became available at the same time in several countries, including the U.S., Canada and in the European Union.
FactCheck.org says: This claim stems from a new study, but a co-author of the study told us the idea that ventilators are dangerous and caused nearly all COVID-19 deaths is a misinterpretation of his data.
FactCheck.org says: It cites criticized study to falsely imply the vaccines are harmful and don’t work. Studies have shown the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in preventing severe disease and death from COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: Defense Department spokesperson said errors in a military database sparked the inaccurate claim.
FactCheck.org says: Posts claim that medical institutions in North Carolina are “transitioning toddlers,” which they call an “experimental treatment.” For prepubescent children, there are no recommended gender-transition drugs or surgeries.
FactCheck.org says: Dozens of studies support the use of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which have a good safety profile and work well in preventing severe disease and death. Malhotra cites a single, flawed paper.
FactCheck.org says: The bill would bar states from prohibiting abortion after a fetus is viable outside the womb in cases where the patient’s life or health is at risk.
FactCheck.org says: The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 would cut total discretionary funding, starting in fiscal year 2024. It does not identify which discretionary programs would or would not see future spending cuts under the proposal.
FactCheck.org says: Excess deaths associated with the pandemic continued in 2021 and 2022, but there is no evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused this phenomenon. COVID-19 continued to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans in those two years.
FactCheck.org says: Flu cases were fewer in 2020-21 because of measures adopted to slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, like handwashing. But online posts spread the false claim that the dip in cases means COVID-19 was a hoax.
FactCheck.org says: Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system -- and nothing suggests anything as severe as an immunodeficiency.
FactCheck.org says: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told us that “any undercount” in overall drug overdose deaths “should be relatively small.”
FactCheck.org says: The $9 million grant was reviewed and scored by groups of independent scientists prior to public disclosure of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
FactCheck.org says: A Cochrane review concluded that it’s uncertain from randomized controlled trials whether mask interventions in the community help slow the spread of respiratory illnesses, not that masks "don't work" for COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: President Vladimir Putin has said he received three doses of the vaccine, and the government continues to urge Russians to get vaccinated against the disease.