Latest Fact-checks in Public Health 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 Erin Marie Olszewski stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: “It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.” Dan Stock stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines. 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. Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?" 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. Steve Deace stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance. 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 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The best way to avoid COVID altogether is to exercise, eat healthy and let your immune system beat it naturally.” Facebook posts stated on July 28, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “Thanks to (Israel's) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx'd." 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.” Viral image stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet: “George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.” 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.” X posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.” Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “CDC quietly deletes 6,000 COVID vaccine deaths from its CDC website total in one day.” Erin Marie Olszewski stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a post: Video montage shows Kamala Harris and others faking vaccination. Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: "People are being diagnosed with delta variant" even though "there is no delta variant test." 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.
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Erin Marie Olszewski stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: “It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.” Dan Stock stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines. 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. Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?" 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. Steve Deace stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance. 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 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The best way to avoid COVID altogether is to exercise, eat healthy and let your immune system beat it naturally.” Facebook posts stated on July 28, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “Thanks to (Israel's) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx'd." 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.” Viral image stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet: “George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.” 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.” X posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.” Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “CDC quietly deletes 6,000 COVID vaccine deaths from its CDC website total in one day.” Erin Marie Olszewski stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a post: Video montage shows Kamala Harris and others faking vaccination. Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: "People are being diagnosed with delta variant" even though "there is no delta variant test." 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.
Erin Marie Olszewski stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: “It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”
Dan Stock stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines.
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.
Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
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.
Steve Deace stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
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 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The best way to avoid COVID altogether is to exercise, eat healthy and let your immune system beat it naturally.”
Facebook posts stated on July 28, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “Thanks to (Israel's) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx'd."
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.”
Viral image stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet: “George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”
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.”
X posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.”
Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “CDC quietly deletes 6,000 COVID vaccine deaths from its CDC website total in one day.”
Erin Marie Olszewski stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.”
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a post: Video montage shows Kamala Harris and others faking vaccination.
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: "People are being diagnosed with delta variant" even though "there is no delta variant test."
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.
