Claim reviews
COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments
CLAIM
Models that predicted that COVID-19 would cause 2.2 million deaths in the U.S. were intentionally false; treatments that are 100% effective are being banned for false reasons
SOURCE: Clay Clark, Rob Marsh, Richard Bartlett, Keith Rose, American Media Periscope
Published: 01 Jun 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths as the disease in young people
SOURCE: Wendy Bell, Wendy Bell Radio
Published: 29 May 2021
VERDICT
CDC mask recommendations changed as more people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated; masks are effective at reducing virus transmission and are especially important when the majority of the population is unvaccinated
CLAIM
“Fauci admits to wearing a mask indoors because of appearances, not science”
SOURCE: Hannah Nightingale, The Post Millennial
Published: 28 May 2021
VERDICT
PCR tests on vaccinated and unvaccinated people are evaluated using the same criteria; the CDC didn’t change criteria for detecting infection in vaccinated people, as alleged in OffGuardian article
CLAIM
The U.S. CDC is “lowering their CT value when testing samples from suspected ‘breakthrough infections’” to decrease the number of officially recorded cases
SOURCE: Kit Knightly, OffGuardian, Zero Hedge, Gateway Pundit
Published: 27 May 2021
VERDICT
No data available to suggest a link between India’s reduction of COVID-19 cases and the use of ivermectin
CLAIM
“Coronavirus cases are plummeting in India thanks to new rules that promote Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine”; it is a “now-indisputable fact that [ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine] essentially kill COVID-19 within hours or days”
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit
Published: 24 May 2021
VERDICT
U.S. CDC director didn’t state that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted; her statements about deaths among vaccine breakthrough cases were misinterpreted
CLAIM
CDC director admits that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit
Published: 21 May 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people
SOURCE: Facebook users, Instagram users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Published: 20 May 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people
CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines skipped animal testing; COVID-19 vaccines weren’t tested in humans before being released to the public; COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe
SOURCE: Angelina Farella, Bob Hall, YouTube, Facebook
Published: 18 May 2021
VERDICT
Misinterpretation of VAERS database leads Tucker Carlson to wrongly suggests that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher mortality on Fox News
CLAIM
“3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine”; “more people, according to VAERS, have died after getting the [COVID-19] shot [...] than from all the other vaccines”
SOURCE: Tucker Carlson, Fox News
Published: 14 May 2021
VERDICT
Evidence shows that lockdowns implemented to tackle the spread of COVID-19 have saved lives, contrary to claims in the New York Post
CLAIM
“COVID lockdowns don’t appear to have saved lives”; “ample scientific evidence points to the fact that lockdowns did not save lives”
SOURCE: Eileen AJ Connelly, Ryan Fazio, New York Post
Published: 10 May 2021
VERDICT