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“Says COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code.”

PolitiFact says: The Facebook post is based on the false premise that COVID-19 vaccinations are medical experiments and that’s not true. Also, the vaccines have been tested in clinical trials with people who gave their consent.

“Says George Floyd’s criminal history includes “23 arrests,” “3 car thefts” and many violent crimes.”

PolitiFact says: A post exaggerates George Floyd’s criminal history, and adds crimes that he was not charged with.

“Says the white man who wanted Rosa Parks’ seat on the bus was suffering from ADHD and anxiety.”

PolitiFact says: A social media post about a white male passenger on Rosa Parks’ bus is satire. Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing a bus driver’s order to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott to protest segregation.

“The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”

PolitiFact says: One expert says aircraft and other U.S. military equipment left in Afghanistan are likely worth less than $10 billion. Biden has not called for taking away 9-millimeter pistols from Americans.

“There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”

PolitiFact says: Experts say it's too soon to calculate this in an ongoing pandemic. The level of risk from COVID-19 varies because of many factors, including a person’s age, health status and where they live.

“We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”

“Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.”

“Says his administration has issued several thousand special visas to Afghan translators.”

PolitiFact says: The number is about right, but most of the visas went to family members of people who worked for American agencies or the U.S. military.

“The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.”

PolitiFact says: Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is a top campaign donor to DeSantis, but his firm isn’t a major investor in Regeneron, a company that makes a treatment for COVID-19 that DeSantis endorses.

“Vaccine “lotteries haven’t worked in other states.”

PolitiFact says: Academic studies of early vaccine lotteries do provide reason for skepticism about how successful such programs have been. However, the studies so far have produced mixed findings, rather than unanimously negative ones.

“Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.”

PolitiFact says: Trump signed a deal with the Taliban that, subject to conditions, would have ended in the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 2021. We found no statements in which Trump said he trusted the Taliban.

“Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”

PolitiFact says: He didn't doubt the findings of a preliminary study on the effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. He cautioned not to use the study to make decisions about which vaccine to take for a booster shot.

“The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan.”

PolitiFact says: The U.S. envoy chosen by President Donald Trump, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly confirmed that he secured the release of senior Taliban official Abdul Ghani Baradar from prison in Pakistan ahead of negotiations.

“Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”

PolitiFact says: The study of people who received at least one dose of the two-shot vaccines said Pfizer’s effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 dipped to 42% in July. Pfizer and Moderna are highly effective in preventing hospitalization.

“Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.”

“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”

“Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”

PolitiFact says: The gun industry doesn’t have blanket immunity from lawsuits. They can be sued under certain circumstances.

“It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”

PolitiFact says: Experts say that it’s not unusual for a hospital to operate close to its capacity since hospitals continually adjust their available beds and staffing levels to meet patient needs. But COVID-19 adds unusual burdens.

“The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car.”

PolitiFact says: It’s unknown whether such a fee, if one is created, would replace or be in addition to federal gasoline taxes, or whether it would be set at a rate that would make driving a car too costly.

“The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.”

PolitiFact says: The White House and Democratic governors say they’re focusing on promoting masks and vaccinations to avoid the need for a shutdown.