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A screenshot of what appears to be an article with the headline “Gardening, canning and other signs of far-right extremism to watch out for” has been shared a number of times on social media. But this article, supposedly published by Canadian outlet Global News, doesn’t exist. It was never …
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“The Russian people are today waking up to … the fact that…fifty-five thousand of their troops have already lost their lives in the short, six-month conflict.” Gillian Keegan MP, 21 September 2022. “Our losses to date are 5,937 dead.” Sergey Shoigu, Russian defence minister, 21 September 2022. …
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A post shared hundreds of times on Facebook claims that the “truth” is “starting to unravel” about the Covid-19 vaccines, citing two headlines published by the Express. The first headline reads: “Pfizer vaccine side effects – new documents uncover 158,000 adverse events”. This may suggest that all …
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A post on Facebook says: “Elderberries are contaminated with formaldehyde and polysorbate 80. Jk… that’s the flu shot.” Some flu vaccines used both in the US and UK do contain trace amounts of formaldehyde but not enough to do any harm. Some also contain small amounts of polysorbate 80, which is …
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A widely shared post on Twitter, which has also been shared on Facebook, uses data on the number of Covid-19 deaths in England, Italy and Spain to claim that the “end of the pandemic is NOT in sight.” In relation to England specifically, the post says: “COVID deaths during July and August per year: …
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An article from the website The Counter Signal, which has been shared on Facebook, was headlined: “UK bans vaccine for kids under 12”. It went on to say that the UK had “banned doctors from giving the Covid-19 vaccine to children under 12, saying kids don’t need it and they are likely already to …
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An image on Facebook showing a scrabble board and a letter holder spelling out ‘Covid-19’ has the caption: “When you’re playing scrabble and you cheat by making s*** up”. The implication here is that Covid-19 is not real. This is false—there is plenty of evidence that Covid-19 exists. As we have …
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A post on Facebook shares a picture of two white lines in the sky with the comment “Contrail and chemtrail in he [sic] same shot”. As we’ve said many times before, “chemtrails” are a reference to a false conspiracy theory that claims these white lines are evidence of a plot to spread poison or …
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Yesterday the National Institute of Health added ivermectin to the list of Covid treatments. Russell Brand, 6 September 2022. The comedian Russell Brand has claimed that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US has listed the drug ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19. He said this in a …
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Posts on Instagram claim that 44% of pregnant women who participated in the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trial had miscarriages. They feature screenshots of an online article that makes the same claim. But as other fact checkers have pointed out, the calculation used to get this percentage is wrong. …
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