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“Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.”

PolitiFact says: The percentage of Americans who are fully vaccinated is 40%, not 50%, and five other countries have higher rates for full vaccination than the United States does.

“People with the COVID-19 vaccine are being "tracked in real time via 5G cellular, and all that data can be hacked into to track you.”

PolitiFact says: None of the COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips that are used to track people who get vaccinated.

“The CDC in mid-May quietly changed its international travel recommendations to require fully vaccinated people to test negative for COVID-19 before flying to the United States.”

“The Lancet peer-reviewed study confirms vaccine efficacy, not as 95% stated by the vaccine companies, but as: AstraZeneca 1.3%; Moderna 1.2%; J&J 1.2%; Pfizer 0.84%.”

“Things NOT being offered to take the Covid jab: Liability when something goes wrong.”

FactCheck.org says: A meme claims that there is no liability for COVID-19 vaccine makers, which is largely true. But it ignores the fact that there is a compensation program for those rare cases when someone is harmed by a vaccine.

“All vaccinated people will die in 2 years; Vaccines create more variants; Vaccination leads to more deaths – Luc Montagnier’”

FACTLY says: Luc Montagnier expressed concerns about mass vaccinations in a recent interview. However, he did not claim that all vaccinated people will die in 2 years. Also, there is not enough scientific data to show vaccination le…

“Body parts of newly-aborted fetuses are chopped up and grown in laboratories to make COVID-19 vaccines”

“Claim: satire post was misunderstood by users that new corona hospital built up in Gujarat”

“Constant sex kills coronavirus”

“AIIMS, Delhi released a symptom list for COVID-19”

“People are getting calls from scammers who purport to have personal data about them – including information about their medical appointments - after the cyber attack on the HSE.”

TheJournal.ie says: It’s impossible to say whether the scam is actually happening to people in Ireland, and a A spokesperson for the HSE would not confirm whether it had received any reports of scam calls like the one described on WhatsApp

“Recent photo of Pragya Singh Thakur getting admitted to a hospital after drinking cow urine”

FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is an old one. This photo was captured in January 2013 when Pragya Singh Thakur was taken for medical examination at the Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. However, …

“SM-102, an ingredient in the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, is not meant for "human or veterinary use.”

FactCheck.org says: A widely shared video is spreading the falsehood that SM-102, an ingredient in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, is harmful. But the warning label it shows is for chloroform, not SM-102.

“The Red Cross said that people who’ve been vaccinated cannot donate blood plasma.”

“Thousands of Hindu idols were discarded by Indians for failing to protect them against COVID-19”

“An Ohio doctor died from a COVID-19 vaccine.”

“Anthony Fauci’s wife has “a secret plan to put psych drugs in drinking water” to get people vaccinated.”

“Beneficiaries of a person who dies after getting the vaccine cannot collect life insurance payments.”

FactCheck.org says: Insurance companies do not deny claims when someone dies after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the American Council of Life Insurers.

“COVID cases in India plummet after government promotes ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine use.”

PolitiFact says: India's COVID-19 cases began to drop only after a nearly vertical spike. Neither drug is approved in the US for COVID-19. The FDA and the World Health Organization recommend not using them to prevent or treat the virus.

“Texas has reported no COVID deaths since March 2”