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“President Joe Biden was "falling asleep" during a meeting with the Israeli president.”

FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden met with the Israeli president and a clip circulating makes the false suggestion Biden was "falling asleep" during the meeting. The full video shows Biden was consulting notecards and wasn't asleep.

“Fox News showed a chyron that read: “SHOOTER DESCRIBED AS ‘MOSTLY WHITE ASIAN MALE.”

FactCheck.org says: After a fatal shooting at the University of North Carolina, Fox News displayed a photo of the suspect with this caption: “UNC Police Release Picture of Person of Interest.”

“SHOCKING: New Study proves Pfizer mRNA induced turbo cancer.”

FactCheck.org says: A co-author of the study cited in the social media posts told us, "our case report has been misinterpreted as evidence that Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine could cause ... 'turbo cancer.."

“Sources within the federal government say “new lockdowns are coming.”

FactCheck.org says: There is no indication that any kind of government-ordered COVID-19 restrictions are about to begin. The agencies of Jones' alleged sources denied the claims.

“Biden won 477 counties. Trump won 2,497 counties... Something isn't adding up.”

“The records show [Dr. Francis] Collins and [Dr. Anthony] Fauci got 58 royalty payments for allowing companies to use their COVID-19 vaccines.”

FactCheck.org says: Documents obtained by Open The Books show Fauci and Collins got 58 royalty payments from 2010 to 2021 for their research. Only three of the payments came in 2020 or 2021; the rest were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“United States Marines on Friday ‘neutralized’ a FEMA convoy.”

FactCheck.org says: The Federal Emergency Management Agency operates a Disaster Recovery Center on Maui. The bogus story originated on a satirical website.

“Referring to wind energy, "windmills ... don’t work, and they’re all — most of them — made in China.”

FactCheck.org says: Wind turbines do work, and by dollar value, more than half of the parts used in onshore U.S. wind projects are domestically sourced.

“Viral video suggests COVID-19 vaccines are causing people to suddenly collapse.”

FactCheck.org says: A video repeats the claim that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the sudden onset of various visible ailments — such as fainting — is making the rounds, again. But there's no support for that claim.

“This information, directly from CDC, tells us that more babies are going to die from receiving nirsevimab than they will from RSV.”

FactCheck.org says: The Food and Drug Administration recently approved an antibody injection for babies to protect them during the RSV season. There isn’t evidence the shots have killed any babies, contrary to social media claims.

“This was no wildfire … Wildfires do not completely burn out vehicles, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”

FactCheck.org says: Wildfires often will burn out structures and vehicles but leave surrounding trees, utility poles, and other vegetation unscathed.

“The military is standing down" in response to the wildfires in Maui.”

FactCheck.org says: The Department of Defense has provided more than 400 troops, air support and other resources in firefighting and recovery efforts.

“Unemployment has been below 4 percent for the longest stretch in over 50 years -- 50 years.”

FactCheck.org says: Had Biden set the threshold a tick higher, at or below 4% — instead of simply below 4% — then “the longest stretch in over 50 years” would have occurred under President Donald Trump.

“Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, "told us in his transcribed [congressional] interview that he heard Hunter Biden speak to Joe Biden more than 20 times about their business deals.”

FactCheck.org says: In his congressional testimony, Archer made a point to note that in those phone calls, Joe Biden never discussed business and only exchanged pleasantries.

“Florida high schools are now removing Shakespeare, including the full text of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ to comply with Republicans’ new law restricting ‘sexual content.”

FactCheck.org says: Not all Florida high schools have removed “Romeo and Juliet," though some are allowing only excerpts of the play to be studied in class.

“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never Nuked.”

FactCheck.org says: The United States dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing hundreds of thousands of people to force Japan’s surrender in World War II.

“They had to destroy ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and discredit it, and they had to tell everybody it’s not effective because if they had acknowledged that it’s effective … the whole $200 billion vaccine enterprise would have collapsed.”

FactCheck.org says: FDA authorization/approval for a treatment would not impact authorization/approval of a safe and effective vaccine. Several large, randomized controlled trials have found these drugs don't work for COVID-19.

“1989 is the year the [autism] epidemic began. It’s a red line. And 1989 was the year the vaccine schedule exploded. That doesn’t mean that’s a correlation. It does not mean causation, but it is something that should be looked at.”

FactCheck.org says: It's not possible to pinpoint the start of the increase in autism diagnoses to 1989. One vaccine was added to the vaccine schedule in 1989. And extensive research has failed to find a link between autism and vaccines.

“Vaccine companies get immunity “no matter how negligent they are … no matter how reckless the behavior, no matter how shoddy their manufacturing and testing process is.”

FactCheck.org says: Claims for manufacturing defects, negligence and fraud can be taken to court if one first goes through the vaccine compensation program and it either takes more than 240 days for a response or one rejects the decision.

“I guess they say that she [Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis] was after a certain gang and she ended up having an affair with the head of the gang or a gang member.”

FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence for Trump's claim, and the Trump campaign did not provide any support for it.