Latest False 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 Infowars stated on November 4, 2021 in a video: “Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie." Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." Instagram posts stated on October 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: "National Guard to fill in for cops who refuse to get vaccinated." Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection. Viral image stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "There is no such thing as a booster. There is a failed product that is sometimes used again in hopes of a different outcome.” Alex Berenson stated on October 19, 2021 in an article: In the United Kingdom, “70-plus percent of the people who die now from COVID are fully vaccinated.” Viral image stated on October 26, 2021 in an Instagram post: “79.4% of babies who die of ‘SIDS’ had a vaccine the same day.” Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2021 in an Instagram post: With COVID-19, vaccinated people "are the real threat to" unvaccinated people. Instagram posts stated on October 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “There’s been no” TV commercials for the COVID-19 vaccines because “they are required by law to list all adverse side effects.” Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC." Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2021 in an article: In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.” Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" YouTube videos stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video: A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose. Will Cain stated on October 1, 2021 in a Fox News segment: "You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS." 10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.” Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview: “We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.” Instagram posts stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: "New data shows that death is proportional to dose" for COVID-19. Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois. Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine contains an “undisclosed ingredient. … How is informed consent possible?” Viral image stated on September 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The vaccination campaign” increased COVID-19 deaths by 175% in one year. Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in in Instagram posts: “Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.” Bloggers stated on September 28, 2021 in a blog post: "Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin. Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine." Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States." Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television. Facebook posts stated on September 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: A "Liability Warning Acknowledgement Form" allows a worker to sue their company if they get injured from the COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on September 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Peak active cases” of COVID-19 for 2020 vs. 2021 show “this is not a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.'"
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Infowars stated on November 4, 2021 in a video: “Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie." Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." Instagram posts stated on October 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: "National Guard to fill in for cops who refuse to get vaccinated." Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection. Viral image stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "There is no such thing as a booster. There is a failed product that is sometimes used again in hopes of a different outcome.” Alex Berenson stated on October 19, 2021 in an article: In the United Kingdom, “70-plus percent of the people who die now from COVID are fully vaccinated.” Viral image stated on October 26, 2021 in an Instagram post: “79.4% of babies who die of ‘SIDS’ had a vaccine the same day.” Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2021 in an Instagram post: With COVID-19, vaccinated people "are the real threat to" unvaccinated people. Instagram posts stated on October 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “There’s been no” TV commercials for the COVID-19 vaccines because “they are required by law to list all adverse side effects.” Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC." Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2021 in an article: In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.” Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" YouTube videos stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video: A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose. Will Cain stated on October 1, 2021 in a Fox News segment: "You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS." 10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.” Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview: “We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.” Instagram posts stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: "New data shows that death is proportional to dose" for COVID-19. Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois. Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine contains an “undisclosed ingredient. … How is informed consent possible?” Viral image stated on September 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The vaccination campaign” increased COVID-19 deaths by 175% in one year. Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in in Instagram posts: “Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.” Bloggers stated on September 28, 2021 in a blog post: "Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin. Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine." Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States." Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television. Facebook posts stated on September 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: A "Liability Warning Acknowledgement Form" allows a worker to sue their company if they get injured from the COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on September 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Peak active cases” of COVID-19 for 2020 vs. 2021 show “this is not a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.'"
Infowars stated on November 4, 2021 in a video: “Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Aaron Rodgers stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show: "This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."
Instagram posts stated on October 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: "National Guard to fill in for cops who refuse to get vaccinated."
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!”
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection.
Viral image stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "There is no such thing as a booster. There is a failed product that is sometimes used again in hopes of a different outcome.”
Alex Berenson stated on October 19, 2021 in an article: In the United Kingdom, “70-plus percent of the people who die now from COVID are fully vaccinated.”
Viral image stated on October 26, 2021 in an Instagram post: “79.4% of babies who die of ‘SIDS’ had a vaccine the same day.”
Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2021 in an Instagram post: With COVID-19, vaccinated people "are the real threat to" unvaccinated people.
Instagram posts stated on October 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “There’s been no” TV commercials for the COVID-19 vaccines because “they are required by law to list all adverse side effects.”
Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC."
Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2021 in an article: In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.”
Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
YouTube videos stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video: A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Will Cain stated on October 1, 2021 in a Fox News segment: "You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS."
10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.”
Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview: “We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”
Instagram posts stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: "New data shows that death is proportional to dose" for COVID-19.
Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois.
Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine contains an “undisclosed ingredient. … How is informed consent possible?”
Viral image stated on September 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The vaccination campaign” increased COVID-19 deaths by 175% in one year.
Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in in Instagram posts: “Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.”
Bloggers stated on September 28, 2021 in a blog post: "Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.
Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding.
Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine."
Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States."
Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television.
Facebook posts stated on September 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: A "Liability Warning Acknowledgement Form" allows a worker to sue their company if they get injured from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Viral image stated on September 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Peak active cases” of COVID-19 for 2020 vs. 2021 show “this is not a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.'"
