Latest False Fact-checks in Public Health Ron DeSantis stated on July 30, 2021 in an executive order: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.” Viral image stated on August 7, 2021 in a viral image: Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G. TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image: Unvaccinated people “are making the vaccinated people sick and die, but the unvaccinated people are not dead or sick.” Viral image stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image: Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. Instagram posts stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups. 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." 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.’” 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 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. Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: “California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.” 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. 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.” Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: Protest video shows “resistance” to “President Macron’s plan for mandatory COVID vaccinations of all French citizens.” Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.” 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. Instagram posts stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.” 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. Instagram posts stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: If COVID-19 was real, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wouldn’t have been “allowed to join 50,000 other football fans inside a stadium." Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: Charcoal activated tablets “will counteract most date rape drugs.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is "99% graphene oxide," which is "toxic to the human body and causes a number of problems. Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Mike Tyson wearing a T-shirt with an anti-vaccine message. Instagram posts stated on June 28, 2021 in an Instagram post: “CDC officials admit more hospitalizations of young people from vaccine than from the actual COVID virus.”
Ron DeSantis stated on July 30, 2021 in an executive order: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.” Viral image stated on August 7, 2021 in a viral image: Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G. TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image: Unvaccinated people “are making the vaccinated people sick and die, but the unvaccinated people are not dead or sick.” Viral image stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image: Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. Instagram posts stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups. 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." 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.’” 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 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. Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: “California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.” 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. 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.” Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: Protest video shows “resistance” to “President Macron’s plan for mandatory COVID vaccinations of all French citizens.” Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.” 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. Instagram posts stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.” 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. Instagram posts stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: If COVID-19 was real, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wouldn’t have been “allowed to join 50,000 other football fans inside a stadium." Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: Charcoal activated tablets “will counteract most date rape drugs.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is "99% graphene oxide," which is "toxic to the human body and causes a number of problems. Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Mike Tyson wearing a T-shirt with an anti-vaccine message. Instagram posts stated on June 28, 2021 in an Instagram post: “CDC officials admit more hospitalizations of young people from vaccine than from the actual COVID virus.”
Ron DeSantis stated on July 30, 2021 in an executive order: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”
Viral image stated on August 7, 2021 in a viral image: Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G.
TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.
Viral image stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image: Unvaccinated people “are making the vaccinated people sick and die, but the unvaccinated people are not dead or sick.”
Viral image stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image: Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.
Instagram posts stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups.
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."
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.’”
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 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.
Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: “California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.”
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.
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.”
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: Protest video shows “resistance” to “President Macron’s plan for mandatory COVID vaccinations of all French citizens.”
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.”
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.
Instagram posts stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.”
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.
Instagram posts stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: If COVID-19 was real, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wouldn’t have been “allowed to join 50,000 other football fans inside a stadium."
Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: Charcoal activated tablets “will counteract most date rape drugs.”
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is "99% graphene oxide," which is "toxic to the human body and causes a number of problems.
Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Mike Tyson wearing a T-shirt with an anti-vaccine message.
Instagram posts stated on June 28, 2021 in an Instagram post: “CDC officials admit more hospitalizations of young people from vaccine than from the actual COVID virus.”
