4 People 25504 Fact-checks 7894 Articles People (4) Jeremy Bird American Bird Conservancy Department of Government Efficiency More Perfect Union Fact-checks (25504) Instagram posts stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.” By Madison Czopek• June 28, 2024 Instagram posts stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” By Jeff Cercone• May 24, 2024 Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office." By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The NEXT pandemic is here and children are the target, says Bill Gates.” By Jeff Cercone• May 25, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the Asian, Hong Kong, swine and bird flus each “killed more people than coronavirus.” By Tom Kertscher• April 14, 2020 Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing: The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.” By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020. By Emily Venezky• March 11, 2020 Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in a Facebook post: Pfizer sued Barbara O’Neill “because she exposed secrets that will keep everyone safe from the bird flu outbreak.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 31, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.” By Vivian Lam• December 8, 2021 John Sharp stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech in Austin: Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people." By Sue Owen• September 25, 2012 The Gateway Pundit stated on October 06, 2021 in articles and social media: Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.” By Tom Kertscher• October 14, 2021 Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates." By Jon Greenberg• October 16, 2014 Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: ”America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years, yet the news tells you it’s new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask.” By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2020 Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs: “Egg prices came down 50%” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 4, 2025 Rush Limbaugh stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show: “The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.” By Bill McCarthy• February 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person” By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.” By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2022 Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2022 in an Instagram post: The CDC finally admits its COVID-19 test can’t tell the difference between the virus and the flu By Jeff Cercone• January 3, 2022 Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!" By Miriam Valverde• March 15, 2020 Bloggers stated on November 04, 2021 in a video: "Spike protein goes to nucleus and impairs DNA repair." By Vivian Lam• November 23, 2021 Articles (7894) What to know about the latest bird flu outbreaks By Sara Swann• April 12, 2024 Bird flu: What to know about latest outbreaks after U.S. reports first severely infected person By Sara Swann• December 19, 2024 Bird flu might impact price, but not safety of Thanksgiving turkey By Grace Abels• November 21, 2025 What we know about the COVID-19 variants and how they impact vaccine efficacy By Samantha Putterman• February 3, 2021 What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness By Sara Swann• August 10, 2023 Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know By Tom Kertscher, Noah Y. Kim• May 17, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed? By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022 Fact-checking Donald Trump's 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2025 Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025 The White House says boosters for all. Here’s what you need to know. By Sarah Jane Tribble• August 18, 2021 HIV/AIDS: A PolitiFact sheet By Joseph Cariz• July 7, 2016 Doctors still recommend flu shot despite sneaky new strain By Grace Abels• January 6, 2026 A new side effect of H1N1 virus: exaggeration By Robert Farley• October 14, 2009 'Flurona' is just a new buzzword, not new strain of COVID-19 or new phenomenon By Monique Curet• January 6, 2022 Killing chickens, banning TikTok: Six times Trump criticized Democrats for things he also supported By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic is not over. How will we know when it is? By Bill McCarthy• January 13, 2022 Fact-checking President Donald Trump on the coronavirus By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2020 Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus By Daniel Funke• May 8, 2020 Top 10 uncertainties about the coronavirus By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 18, 2020 Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’ By Tom Kertscher• July 10, 2020
Instagram posts stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.” By Madison Czopek• June 28, 2024 Instagram posts stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.” By Jeff Cercone• May 24, 2024 Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office." By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The NEXT pandemic is here and children are the target, says Bill Gates.” By Jeff Cercone• May 25, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the Asian, Hong Kong, swine and bird flus each “killed more people than coronavirus.” By Tom Kertscher• April 14, 2020 Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing: The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.” By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020. By Emily Venezky• March 11, 2020 Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in a Facebook post: Pfizer sued Barbara O’Neill “because she exposed secrets that will keep everyone safe from the bird flu outbreak.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 31, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.” By Vivian Lam• December 8, 2021 John Sharp stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech in Austin: Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people." By Sue Owen• September 25, 2012 The Gateway Pundit stated on October 06, 2021 in articles and social media: Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.” By Tom Kertscher• October 14, 2021 Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates." By Jon Greenberg• October 16, 2014 Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: ”America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years, yet the news tells you it’s new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask.” By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2020 Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs: “Egg prices came down 50%” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 4, 2025 Rush Limbaugh stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show: “The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.” By Bill McCarthy• February 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person” By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.” By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2022 Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2022 in an Instagram post: The CDC finally admits its COVID-19 test can’t tell the difference between the virus and the flu By Jeff Cercone• January 3, 2022 Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!" By Miriam Valverde• March 15, 2020 Bloggers stated on November 04, 2021 in a video: "Spike protein goes to nucleus and impairs DNA repair." By Vivian Lam• November 23, 2021
What to know about the latest bird flu outbreaks By Sara Swann• April 12, 2024 Bird flu: What to know about latest outbreaks after U.S. reports first severely infected person By Sara Swann• December 19, 2024 Bird flu might impact price, but not safety of Thanksgiving turkey By Grace Abels• November 21, 2025 What we know about the COVID-19 variants and how they impact vaccine efficacy By Samantha Putterman• February 3, 2021 What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness By Sara Swann• August 10, 2023 Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know By Tom Kertscher, Noah Y. Kim• May 17, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed? By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022 Fact-checking Donald Trump's 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2025 Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025 The White House says boosters for all. Here’s what you need to know. By Sarah Jane Tribble• August 18, 2021 HIV/AIDS: A PolitiFact sheet By Joseph Cariz• July 7, 2016 Doctors still recommend flu shot despite sneaky new strain By Grace Abels• January 6, 2026 A new side effect of H1N1 virus: exaggeration By Robert Farley• October 14, 2009 'Flurona' is just a new buzzword, not new strain of COVID-19 or new phenomenon By Monique Curet• January 6, 2022 Killing chickens, banning TikTok: Six times Trump criticized Democrats for things he also supported By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2025 The COVID-19 pandemic is not over. How will we know when it is? By Bill McCarthy• January 13, 2022 Fact-checking President Donald Trump on the coronavirus By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2020 Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus By Daniel Funke• May 8, 2020 Top 10 uncertainties about the coronavirus By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 18, 2020 Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’ By Tom Kertscher• July 10, 2020
