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Checked by FactCheck.org25 May 2021United States
Joe Biden, President of the United States

“We used to invest more in research and development than any country in the world and China was ... number nine. We now are number eight and China is number one.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Not What Data Show

FactCheck.org says: Latest OECD data show government-financed spending on R&D was 0.66% of GDP (2018) for the U.S. and 0.46% for China (2019). The U.S. also leads in total R&D funding, which includes private business and nonprofit spending.

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.