Latest 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 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination. TikTok posts stated on September 16, 2021 in social media platforms: Says President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves from hurricanes. TikTok posts stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” Ron DeSantis stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.: People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.” Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.” Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.” Viral image stated on August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows a child who tested positive for COVID-19 “being separated from their parents.” Instagram posts stated on August 31, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin." Instagram posts stated on September 8, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says the defense secretary texted all active military personnel saying they needed to get vaccinated by the following morning or “be court martialed.” Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2021 in Facebook posts: “27 U.S. Air Force pilots resign over COVID-19 vaccination mandate.” Viral image stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.” Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Ivermectin sterilizes the majority (85%) of the men who take it." Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.” Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!” Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children. Viral image stated on September 2, 2021 in a Bitchute post: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.” Bloggers stated on August 31, 2021 in a blog post: “Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined.’” Ted Cruz stated on August 4, 2021 in an interview: “In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country." Pramila Jayapal stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.” X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.” Terry McAuliffe stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.: Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.” Joe Rogan stated on August 20, 2021 in a podcast episode: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.” Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Friendly reminder: Cigarettes are FDA approved.” TikTok posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.” 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 August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
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Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination. TikTok posts stated on September 16, 2021 in social media platforms: Says President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves from hurricanes. TikTok posts stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” Ron DeSantis stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.: People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.” Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.” Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.” Viral image stated on August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows a child who tested positive for COVID-19 “being separated from their parents.” Instagram posts stated on August 31, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin." Instagram posts stated on September 8, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says the defense secretary texted all active military personnel saying they needed to get vaccinated by the following morning or “be court martialed.” Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2021 in Facebook posts: “27 U.S. Air Force pilots resign over COVID-19 vaccination mandate.” Viral image stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.” Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Ivermectin sterilizes the majority (85%) of the men who take it." Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.” Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!” Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children. Viral image stated on September 2, 2021 in a Bitchute post: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.” Bloggers stated on August 31, 2021 in a blog post: “Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined.’” Ted Cruz stated on August 4, 2021 in an interview: “In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country." Pramila Jayapal stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.” X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.” Terry McAuliffe stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.: Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.” Joe Rogan stated on August 20, 2021 in a podcast episode: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.” Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Friendly reminder: Cigarettes are FDA approved.” TikTok posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.” 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 August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination.
TikTok posts stated on September 16, 2021 in social media platforms: Says President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves from hurricanes.
TikTok posts stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.”
Ron DeSantis stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.: People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.”
Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.”
Viral image stated on August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows a child who tested positive for COVID-19 “being separated from their parents.”
Instagram posts stated on August 31, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin."
Instagram posts stated on September 8, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says the defense secretary texted all active military personnel saying they needed to get vaccinated by the following morning or “be court martialed.”
Facebook posts stated on September 4, 2021 in Facebook posts: “27 U.S. Air Force pilots resign over COVID-19 vaccination mandate.”
Viral image stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.”
Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Ivermectin sterilizes the majority (85%) of the men who take it."
Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.”
Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!”
Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children.
Viral image stated on September 2, 2021 in a Bitchute post: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.”
Bloggers stated on August 31, 2021 in a blog post: “Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined.’”
Ted Cruz stated on August 4, 2021 in an interview: “In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."
Pramila Jayapal stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.”
X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”
Terry McAuliffe stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.: Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”
Joe Rogan stated on August 20, 2021 in a podcast episode: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.”
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Friendly reminder: Cigarettes are FDA approved.”
TikTok posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.”
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 August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers.
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
