“COVID-19 vaccines contain luciferase.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Disturbing Pfizer ad tells kids they’ll get superpowers from COVID jab.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Kamala Harris said only vaccinated people are hospitalized and dying from COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Italy drastically reduced the country's official Covid-19 death count by over 97%.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Most people who died with COVID-19 had other medical conditions that put them at higher risk. But internet posts misinterpret data about those conditions to claim that Italy has reduced its count of deaths. It hasn't.
“Vaccinated people will turn into robots in 10 years.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Bill Gates just admitted that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines don’t work well.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Gates never said that the vaccines don’t work well. His nonprofit, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called claims stating otherwise false.
“Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: "Our CEO’s wife is alive and well contrary to what was said on the Internet," a Pfizer spokesperson said. In addition, a search for news clips turned up no evidence to support the claim that Bourla’s wife died.
“Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There is no clear evidence COVID-19 vaccines have caused any deaths. Several hundred children have died from COVID-19.
“No new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to use of ivermectin”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There has not been a randomized controlled study of why cases went down in Uttar Pradesh, India. Ivermectin has not been proven to show benefits in managing COVID-19.
“Report finds increased risk of spontaneous abortion following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy” after correcting “major error” in CDC study.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A report misrepresents data from a CDC study on COVID-19 vaccination and spontaneous abortions by excluding the majority of the sample to produce inflated miscarriage rates.
“During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: To suggest that gay men and intravenous drug users were not considered pariahs during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s is extraordinarily inaccurate. The evidence of the opposite abounds.
“There is no added safety to the public if you're vaccinated.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Vaccination does more than help prevent infection among the vaccinated — it reduces the chances of COVID-19 spread among the general public.
“Italy drastically reduced the country’s official COV1D-19 death count by over 97%. This means Covid killed fewer people than an average seasonal flu.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Italy didn’t lower its COVID-19 death count by over 97%. The country’s official death toll exceeds 132,000 people.
“PM Modi’s pictures with Nita Ambani and Tulsi Gowda show the preferential treatment the rich get from Modi”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: PM Modi’s pictures with Nita Ambani and Tulsi Gowda show the preferential treatment the rich get from Modi
“Statistically, the numbers" of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths "are pretty much the same as they were before the vaccine.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The COVID-19 death rate for the unvaccinated is higher than the vaccinated. But Ben Swann claims that vaccines aren’t effective. But the charts he uses don’t distinguish between vaccinated and unvaccinated patients.
“The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The Biden administration can trumpet improvements in both employment and the coronavirus pandemic, but Klain’s numbers are off.
“I’m gonna have the best immunity possible now," because of COVID-19 infection.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: People who’ve been infected and who also have been vaccinated, or what’s sometimes called “hybrid” immunity, have the "best immunity," studies show.
“Merriam-Webster recently changed its definition of the word “vaccine” and removed the immunity portion.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The dictionary recently revised its definition of vaccine to be more detailed — and it didn’t eliminate the portion that deals with immunity.
“United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines weaken the body’s immune system.
“En septiembre, "the vast majority of people (7 out of 10) who died from the COVID-19 virus in the UK were fully vaccinated".”
FactCheck.org rated this: no toda la historia
FactCheck.org says: Esos son números brutos, entre una población altamente vacunada. El mismo informe muestra que las tasas de mortalidad son más altas entre los no vacunados que entre los vacunados.