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FactCheck.org says: The daily number of people getting vaccinations had slid near a low point when President Joe Biden announced sweeping vaccine mandates.
FactCheck.org says: The ad inaccurately portrays recent legislation to allow for negotiated Medicare drug prices. The leading proposal does not let the government decide which medications Medicare recipients can get.
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. is providing humanitarian aid through independent organizations in Afghanistan, not the Taliban government.
FactCheck.org says: Las cancelaciones de vuelos avivaron argumentos de que los trabajadores del transporte estaban protestando contra los requisitos de vacunación. No hay evidencia de que los trabajadores hayan organizado protestas.
FactCheck.org says: The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic officially lasted just two months and ended in April 2020.
FactCheck.org says: The White House did not identify the study Biden mentioned. According to OECD data, the U.S. places 11th place among the 38 OECD countries in the percentage of residents 25 to 34 years old with a postsecondary degree.
FactCheck.org says: Los empleados de la Casa Blanca y de agencias adscritas al Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) están incluidos en el decreto de Biden que exige a los empleados federales vacunarse.
FactCheck.org says: Merck's investigational COVID-19 antiviral pill, molnupiravir, is a new drug and completely different from ivermectin.
FactCheck.org says: Biden's plan would tax heirs on the gain in value for assets, but would defer such taxes unless or until a farm is sold or no longer operated by the family.
FactCheck.org says: Southwest Airlines' flight cancellations fueled partisan claims that workers were protesting COVID-19 vaccine requirements and causing the cancellations. But there's no evidence that workers staged protests.
FactCheck.org says: The bill would create a voluntary pilot program to study per-mile user fees, not a tax. And there is no mention of any specific per-mile amount in the infrastructure bill.
FactCheck.org says: Ninguna vacuna es 100% efectiva, pero los ensayos clínicos y las investigaciones muestran que las vacunas contra el COVID-19 son muy efectivas para prevenir enfermedades, particularmente enfermedades graves.
FactCheck.org says: Infectious disease experts say low vaccination rates, resistance to protective measures such as wearing a mask and the highly transmissible delta variant are driving the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
FactCheck.org says: A Biden administration proposal would require financial institutions to report the total annual inflows and outflows for all business and personal accounts worth at least $600 -- not individual transactions or purchases.
FactCheck.org says: Claims about who will be “exempt” from federal vaccine mandates have been circulating. Workers at the White House and in agencies within HHS are subject to the executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated
FactCheck.org says: U.S. ports slowed by pandemic-induced labor and equipment shortages cannot keep up with Americans’ demand for imported goods, resulting in cargo ship backups on both coasts.
FactCheck.org says: No vaccine is 100% effective, but the COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to be very effective at preventing serious illness.
FactCheck.org says: Las vacunas no son 100% efectivas, por lo que existe la posibilidad de que una persona no vacunada pueda infectar a una persona vacunada, tales como ancianos e individuos inmunodeprimidos.
FactCheck.org says: That’s not entirely accurate. Former President Donald Trump also didn’t listen to his top military advisers.
FactCheck.org says: Afirmaciones dudosas de que la medicina esteriliza al 85% de los usuarios varones fueron incorrectamente atribuidas a un estudio cuestionado del 2011 sobre hombres nigerianos con oncocercosis.