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 Facebook posts stated on January 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it. Jon Rosenthal stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.” Viral image stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.” Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.” Viral image stated on December 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 vaccines have “experimental technology never before used on humans” and that some “contain nanochips which can electronically track recipients." Facebook posts stated on December 28, 2020 in a photo caption: Cornell University professor Robert Oswald said “COVID-19 was imaginary and fictitious.” Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID. X posts stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70. Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.” Bob Good stated on December 12, 2020 in a speech.: “This is a phony pandemic.” Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet: "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases." Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This whole COVID thing? It’s a SIMULATION.” Rush Limbaugh stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment: The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19. James Gallagher stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.” Donald Trump stated on December 8, 2020 in comments made during a White House Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit: The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is “a very powerful vaccine in itself.” Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.” David Perdue stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview: Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown." Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused four of the eight “deadliest days in American history.” Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: "If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine." Laura Ingraham stated on December 8, 2020 in a TV handoff: "You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that." Facebook posts stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: “40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?” Bloggers stated on December 2, 2020 in a blog post: “Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.” Bloggers stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com: "The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death." Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN: "People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low." Viral image stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram: “The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection." Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post: The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”
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Facebook posts stated on January 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it. Jon Rosenthal stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.” Viral image stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.” Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.” Viral image stated on December 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 vaccines have “experimental technology never before used on humans” and that some “contain nanochips which can electronically track recipients." Facebook posts stated on December 28, 2020 in a photo caption: Cornell University professor Robert Oswald said “COVID-19 was imaginary and fictitious.” Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID. X posts stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70. Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.” Bob Good stated on December 12, 2020 in a speech.: “This is a phony pandemic.” Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet: "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases." Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This whole COVID thing? It’s a SIMULATION.” Rush Limbaugh stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment: The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19. James Gallagher stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.” Donald Trump stated on December 8, 2020 in comments made during a White House Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit: The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is “a very powerful vaccine in itself.” Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.” David Perdue stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview: Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown." Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused four of the eight “deadliest days in American history.” Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: "If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine." Laura Ingraham stated on December 8, 2020 in a TV handoff: "You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that." Facebook posts stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: “40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?” Bloggers stated on December 2, 2020 in a blog post: “Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.” Bloggers stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com: "The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death." Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN: "People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low." Viral image stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram: “The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection." Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post: The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”
Facebook posts stated on January 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it.
Jon Rosenthal stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.”
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.”
Viral image stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.”
Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge.
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.”
Viral image stated on December 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 vaccines have “experimental technology never before used on humans” and that some “contain nanochips which can electronically track recipients."
Facebook posts stated on December 28, 2020 in a photo caption: Cornell University professor Robert Oswald said “COVID-19 was imaginary and fictitious.”
Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID.
X posts stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70.
Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.”
Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet: "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases."
Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19.
Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This whole COVID thing? It’s a SIMULATION.”
Rush Limbaugh stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment: The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.
James Gallagher stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
Donald Trump stated on December 8, 2020 in comments made during a White House Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit: The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is “a very powerful vaccine in itself.”
Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.”
David Perdue stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview: Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown."
Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused four of the eight “deadliest days in American history.”
Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: "If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine."
Laura Ingraham stated on December 8, 2020 in a TV handoff: "You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."
Facebook posts stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: “40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”
Bloggers stated on December 2, 2020 in a blog post: “Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.”
Bloggers stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com: "The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death."
Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN: "People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low."
Viral image stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram: “The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection."
Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter: “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post: The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”
