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 Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.” Dan Patrick stated on August 19, 2021 in an interview: "Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats." Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: 75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It is the vaccinated, NOT the unvaccinated, spreading mutant variants.” Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.” Instagram posts stated on August 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.” Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real. Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code." Candace Owens stated on August 9, 2021 in in a Twitter post: “The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.” Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.” Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.” TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.” Jack Posobiec stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet: The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.” Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” 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. Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a post: “Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.” Instagram posts stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups. 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.
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Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.” Dan Patrick stated on August 19, 2021 in an interview: "Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats." Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: 75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It is the vaccinated, NOT the unvaccinated, spreading mutant variants.” Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.” Instagram posts stated on August 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.” Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real. Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code." Candace Owens stated on August 9, 2021 in in a Twitter post: “The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.” Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.” Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.” TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.” Jack Posobiec stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet: The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.” Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” 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. Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a post: “Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.” Instagram posts stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups. 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 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
Dan Patrick stated on August 19, 2021 in an interview: "Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats."
Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: 75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It is the vaccinated, NOT the unvaccinated, spreading mutant variants.”
Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.”
Instagram posts stated on August 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.”
Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real.
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code."
Candace Owens stated on August 9, 2021 in in a Twitter post: “The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.”
Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.”
TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”
Jack Posobiec stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet: The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.”
Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”
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.
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a post: “Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated.”
Viral image stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”
Instagram posts stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: The survival rate for COVID-19 is over 99% for most age groups.
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.
