Health

“Dr. Anthony Fauci has never taken care of patients.”

FactCheck.org says: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Fauci still makes regular Clinical Rounds at the NIH Clinical Center, including COVID-19 patients.

“Natural infection ... is giving profound immunity and then giving an immunity better than the vaccine.”

FactCheck.org says: Early research on omicron doesn’t show natural immunity having an advantage against this variant. Fully vaccinated individuals who receive a booster shot have the strongest immune response, research shows.

“Pictures of Rahul Gandhi eating food with a mask on his face”

FACTLY says: The photos shared in the post were taken during two different campaigns by Rahul Gandhi. These photos were shot during Rahul Gandhi’s visit last year to Tamil Nadu’s Erode and from his recent visit to Punjab. These phot…

“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”

“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”

PolitiFact says: People who are immunocompromised are prioritized for oral COVID-19 treatments regardless of race. Non-white race and Hispanic ethnicity are part of a long list of risk factors providers should consider.

“Incidental COVID-19 hospitalization data proves that hospitalization numbers are inflated and that the situation isn’t as dire as health officials are making it seem.”

PolitiFact says: Not all incidental COVID-19 hospitalizations are the same. For some, infection is mild and their visit unrelated to COVID. But others may be hospitalized to treat issues that were caused or exacerbated by the virus.

“Kris Aquino died after her health deteriorated into a critical condition.”

“There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court.”

PolitiFact says: Stockton’s claim is not backed up by any scientific evidence. There have been no reports linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths in athletes. Sports cardiologists said they haven’t seen athletes collapse after vaccination.

“We now know that the pandemic is over.”

“Claim: indian govt not spent 1880 crore for sonia treatment in 2011”

“If you’re white, you don’t get the [COVID-19] vaccine or if you’re white, you don’t get [COVID-19] therapeutics.”

FactCheck.org says: There are enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to vaccinate everyone. NY state says health providers should consider being Black or Hispanic a risk factor when prioritizing therapeutics, but no one is denied care based on race.

“President Rodrigo Duterte said getting more than two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous”

“‘NDTV’ report of Omicron virus spread from poultry”

FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is a morphed one. There is no scientific evidence to confirm the COVID-19 virus spread from poultry. In 2020, when a similar rumour went viral on social media, GHMC issued a press release cl…

“Claim: MK Stalin not infected with covid 19”

“Justice Sonia Sotomayor tested positive for COVID-19, according to Facebook post showing image with altered CNBC headline.”

FactCheck.org says: A CNBC spokesperson said the outlet didn’t publish the story.

“The common cold and the Omicron and Delta variants of COVID-19 can be determined through the symptoms experienced by patients.”

Vera Files says: While the common cold and COVID-19 have many similar signs and symptoms, health experts other than Ong said only genome sequencing could determine with certainty whether someone has the Omicron or the Delta variant.

“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”

PolitiFact says: World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stumbled over his words, first mispronouncing the word “children” with “kil/cil.” He then corrected himself and pronounced the word “children.”

“Even the WHO has conceded that the (SARS- CoV-2) virus … is no more dangerous than the common flu, with an infection fatality rate of 0.14%.”

PolitiFact says: The WHO did not say that COVID-19 is no worse than the flu.

“Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development.”

“The CDC revealed that "over 75%" of all COVID-19 deaths "occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities.”

FactCheck.org says: The CDC director cited a study that found the few vaccinated people who died from COVID-19 had multiple risk factors. But her quote was cut and partisans misleadingly claimed she was talking about all COVID-19 deaths.