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 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.” 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." Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports. 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 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real. 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.” Instagram posts stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.” Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment." Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.” Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.” Instagram posts stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.” TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.” Gwen Moore stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.” 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.
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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.” 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." Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports. 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 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real. 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.” Instagram posts stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.” Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment." Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.” Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.” Instagram posts stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.” TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.” Gwen Moore stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.” 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.
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.”
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."
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
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 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real.
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.”
Instagram posts stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.”
Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment."
Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
Instagram posts stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.”
TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a TikTok post: There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”
Gwen Moore stated on August 3, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
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.
