“FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Military arrests Hunter Biden!”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Russian president has said he opposes mandatory COVID-19 vaccination orders, but he has not stopped the many orders that have been in place in his country for months.
“The frequency (and strength) of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: There is no trend up or down for U.S. landfall hurricanes since 1900. Storm strength has increased since about 1980.
“The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: When counting weeks in pregnancy, the calendar begins with the first day of the woman’s last period. That means that a woman with a typical cycle is four weeks pregnant by the time she misses her period.
“Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence Bill Gates called for the “withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines.” The claim comes from an article that was prominently labeled as “satire” after misinformation spread about the piece.
“Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The post is correct on Texas’ rankings for women’s health insurance and school spending, and it’s close on child hunger. But the other claims are incorrect or unsupported by current data. The group corrected its post.
“All” Americans in Afghanistan who “have wanted to come out have come out.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Schumer's spokesman said he misspoke. Around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan, officials say.
“End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“It is the vaccinated, NOT the unvaccinated, spreading mutant variants.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The alpha, beta, gamma and delta variants were first detected in unvaccinated populations. Most variants were detected before vaccines were approved for use.
“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: A truck carrying Moderna vaccines did crash near Morgantown, W.Va., on Aug, 27. But the Pentagon didn't take over the crash response.
“Telecom and social media platforms risk breaking the law, and could see their US business suffer, if they comply with records requests from the Jan. 6 investigation committee.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The legal experts we reached, including a lawyer who worked for telecom firms on these issues for decades, said they could think of no law that matched McCarthy's claim.
“Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The FDA reviewed thalidomide in the early 1960s, but withheld approval amid concerns about its effectiveness and side effects. The FDA approved thalidomide in 1998 for other conditions, but not for use by pregnant women.
“The Biden White House had no representative” who came to honor the return of the 13 service members’ remains at Dover Air Force Base.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken were present at the Aug. 29 ceremony for 13 U.S. service members who were killed in Afghanistan.
“New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The claim suggests that people are better off going unvaccinated. But peer reviewed studies repeatedly have found that vaccinated people are more likely to avoid hospitalization or death if they become infected.
“A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
PolitiFact rated this: False