Latest False Fact-checks in Coronavirus Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: The “delta” in “delta variant” means “deep sleep.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference: 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.” Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: "If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits." Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.” Bob Good stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post.: “Wearing masks has not been demonstrated to make a significant impact in preventing the spread of COVID.” Viral image stated on August 2, 2021 in a viral image: It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin caused a substantial decrease in the excess mortality rate in Mexico. Facebook posts stated on August 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci just told us they found a (coronavirus) variant that ‘evades the test.’” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business. JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits. Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in social media: CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.” Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “60% of patients admitted to the hospital in the UK have been fully vaccinated” Viral image stated on July 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Emmanuel Macron said, “I no longer have any intention of sacrificing my life, my time, my freedom and the adolescence of my daughters, as well as their right to study properly, for those who refuse to be vaccinated.” Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ethylene oxide used in COVID-19 testing swabs “literally changes the structure of the building blocks of your own body.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a post: Video montage shows Kamala Harris and others faking vaccination. Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It makes no sense to require vaccinations for the previously infected.” Viral image stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says an NBC producer at the Olympics was caught on a hot mic saying “60% of people in this stadium will be dead within 10 days.” TikTok posts stated on June 16, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris distrusted COVID-19 vaccines. Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: The coronavirus can’t be so dangerous because there are no biohazard bins for COVID-19 masks and gloves. Bobby Scott stated on July 12, 2021 in a tweet.: “Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.” Viral image stated on July 16, 2021 in a viral image: “If the shot actually saved lives, they’d be priced so high that you literally could not afford them, you know like insulin.” Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on July 20, 2021 in remarks to reporters.: Questions about whether she’s been vaccinated are “a violation of my HIPAA rights.” Bloggers stated on July 11, 2021 in a blog post: “Canada prohibits all vaxxed pilots from flying.” Viral image stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows people protesting against “vaccine tyranny” in France. Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: Five JetBlue pilots died from the COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Some of you are being injected with saline because it would look too suspicious if everybody died at the same time.” Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post: Headlines show CNN published contradictory reports about hydroxychloroquine in 2020. Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly. Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.” Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: A study found an “82% miscarriage rate” among women between 30 days and 20 weeks pregnant who got an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
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Viral image stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: The “delta” in “delta variant” means “deep sleep.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference: 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.” Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: "If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits." Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.” Bob Good stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post.: “Wearing masks has not been demonstrated to make a significant impact in preventing the spread of COVID.” Viral image stated on August 2, 2021 in a viral image: It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin caused a substantial decrease in the excess mortality rate in Mexico. Facebook posts stated on August 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci just told us they found a (coronavirus) variant that ‘evades the test.’” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business. JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits. Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in social media: CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.” Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “60% of patients admitted to the hospital in the UK have been fully vaccinated” Viral image stated on July 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Emmanuel Macron said, “I no longer have any intention of sacrificing my life, my time, my freedom and the adolescence of my daughters, as well as their right to study properly, for those who refuse to be vaccinated.” Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ethylene oxide used in COVID-19 testing swabs “literally changes the structure of the building blocks of your own body.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a post: Video montage shows Kamala Harris and others faking vaccination. Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It makes no sense to require vaccinations for the previously infected.” Viral image stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says an NBC producer at the Olympics was caught on a hot mic saying “60% of people in this stadium will be dead within 10 days.” TikTok posts stated on June 16, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris distrusted COVID-19 vaccines. Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: The coronavirus can’t be so dangerous because there are no biohazard bins for COVID-19 masks and gloves. Bobby Scott stated on July 12, 2021 in a tweet.: “Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.” Viral image stated on July 16, 2021 in a viral image: “If the shot actually saved lives, they’d be priced so high that you literally could not afford them, you know like insulin.” Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on July 20, 2021 in remarks to reporters.: Questions about whether she’s been vaccinated are “a violation of my HIPAA rights.” Bloggers stated on July 11, 2021 in a blog post: “Canada prohibits all vaxxed pilots from flying.” Viral image stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows people protesting against “vaccine tyranny” in France. Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: Five JetBlue pilots died from the COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Some of you are being injected with saline because it would look too suspicious if everybody died at the same time.” Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post: Headlines show CNN published contradictory reports about hydroxychloroquine in 2020. Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly. Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.” Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: A study found an “82% miscarriage rate” among women between 30 days and 20 weeks pregnant who got an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Viral image stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: The “delta” in “delta variant” means “deep sleep.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference: 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.”
Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: "If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”
Bob Good stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post.: “Wearing masks has not been demonstrated to make a significant impact in preventing the spread of COVID.”
Viral image stated on August 2, 2021 in a viral image: It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.
Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin caused a substantial decrease in the excess mortality rate in Mexico.
Facebook posts stated on August 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci just told us they found a (coronavirus) variant that ‘evades the test.’”
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.
Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in social media: CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.”
Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “60% of patients admitted to the hospital in the UK have been fully vaccinated”
Viral image stated on July 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Emmanuel Macron said, “I no longer have any intention of sacrificing my life, my time, my freedom and the adolescence of my daughters, as well as their right to study properly, for those who refuse to be vaccinated.”
Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ethylene oxide used in COVID-19 testing swabs “literally changes the structure of the building blocks of your own body.”
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a post: Video montage shows Kamala Harris and others faking vaccination.
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It makes no sense to require vaccinations for the previously infected.”
Viral image stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says an NBC producer at the Olympics was caught on a hot mic saying “60% of people in this stadium will be dead within 10 days.”
TikTok posts stated on June 16, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris distrusted COVID-19 vaccines.
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: The coronavirus can’t be so dangerous because there are no biohazard bins for COVID-19 masks and gloves.
Bobby Scott stated on July 12, 2021 in a tweet.: “Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.”
Viral image stated on July 16, 2021 in a viral image: “If the shot actually saved lives, they’d be priced so high that you literally could not afford them, you know like insulin.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on July 20, 2021 in remarks to reporters.: Questions about whether she’s been vaccinated are “a violation of my HIPAA rights.”
Viral image stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows people protesting against “vaccine tyranny” in France.
Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: Five JetBlue pilots died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Viral image stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Some of you are being injected with saline because it would look too suspicious if everybody died at the same time.”
Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post: Headlines show CNN published contradictory reports about hydroxychloroquine in 2020.
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly.
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.”
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: A study found an “82% miscarriage rate” among women between 30 days and 20 weeks pregnant who got an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
