“The CDC is creating camps for individuals at high-risk of complications from COVID-19.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
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“The COVID-19 vaccines “fight the virus wrong and let the virus become worse than it would with native infection.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Antibody-dependent enhancement of disease, or ADE, hasn’t been an issue in the animal studies and clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccines — not to mention their real-world rollout.
“CEO of Pfizer is not fully vaccinated and had to cancel his trip to Israel”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, was fully vaccinated in March 2021. He received the second dose of the ‘Pfizer/BioNTech’ COVID-19 vaccine in the month of March 2021 itself. The news of Albert Bourla’s Israel visit can…
“Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A chart from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is presented without its disclaimer — that the hospitalization data are for 14 states, not the entire U.S. Nationally, COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising.
“The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System accepts unverified reports of possible side effects from taking vaccines. No evidence has established that a COVID-19 vaccine caused any deaths.
“Unvaccinated people “are making the vaccinated people sick and die, but the unvaccinated people are not dead or sick.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Officials say COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are occurring overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated. Rarely, vaccinated people are hospitalized or die after becoming infected, but it’s not known who infected them.
“Videos published in July show 79 people in the U.K. got blood clots after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Vaccines contain Graphene Oxide”
THIP Media rated this: False
“CDC study shows 74% of people infected in MA Covid outbreak were fully vaccinated debunking the ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ narrative.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: As vaccination rates increase, it’s entirely expected for a larger and larger proportion of people who are infected to be vaccinated. It doesn’t mean the vaccines don’t work.
“No elected official is doing more to enable the transmission of COVID in America than Joe Biden with his open borders policies.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: There is little evidence to support this claim. Undocumented immigrants found to be covid-positive are quarantined until they are well.
“Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Illegal immigration may be a contributing factor to the coronavirus’ spread, but the available evidence suggests another explanation: low vaccination rates.
“Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Sweden went light on restrictions. It recorded a small number of COVID-19 deaths in July 2021. Its death rate is more than twice as high as it was 10 months earlier and is higher than its neighbors'. Infections are up.
“The CEO of Pfizer had to cancel a planned trip to Israel because he was not fully vaccinated. Let me repeat: BECAUSE HE WAS NOT VACCINATED.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: The CEO of Pfizer posted a photo of himself getting the second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 10. But an Aug. 5 tweet from Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson misleadingly suggested he isn’t vaccinated.
“7 exercises to prevent Covid by Dr. Manish Sharma”
THIP Media rated this: False
“90 percent of educators and staff who belong to the American Federation of Teachers have been vaccinated.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Missing context
“Democrats have a history of vaccine misinformation and not trusting science.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The clips are misleadingly edited.
“AYUSH ministry approve Dr. Biswaroop’s NICE protocol for Covid treatment”
THIP Media rated this: False
“Dr. NK Arora, the head of Government’s vaccine advisory panel said that the initial batches of Covaxin administered to people were not of right quality”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Government’s vaccine advisory panel head, Dr. NK Arora did not say that the initial batches of Covaxin administered to people were not of right quality. Dr. NK Arora, the Chief of National Immunization Technical Advisor…
“It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The chances of contracting COVID-19 and dying from it are much greater for unvaccinated people. There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines have caused deaths.
“Ayush Ministry has approved Dr Biswaroop Roy Choudhury's N.I.C.E Protocol for treatment of COVID-19.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE