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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read Woman holds vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” over dry ice in this illustration taken, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization does not foresee mandatory vaccinations being introduced around …
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By Natalie Thomas 4 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) – A sizeable minority of people believe conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines, some experts have warned, just as countries prepare to launch mass inoculations to get the pandemic under control. Nineteen-year-old student Leila …
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By Reuters Staff 10 Min Read A video shared over 27,100 times on Facebook implies that the COVID-19 vaccine will contain a tracking microchip that will be injected in the individuals that receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it is ready. This is false. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS …
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By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read Social media users have been sharing content online that claims Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel was arrested, injured or found dead. These claims, likely stemming from QAnon conspiracy theorists, are false. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS Examples can …
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By Katie Paul, Elizabeth Culliford 4 Min Read PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet Inc’s YouTube in October. FILE PHOTO: A …
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By Reuters Staff5 Min ReadA Facebook post making illogical links between an old newspaper front page and the Nov. 9 announcement about a COVID-19 vaccine has been used to falsely claim the pandemic is fake.Reuters Fact Check. REUTERSThe post (here) , from Nov. 10, includes a photo of a person …
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By Kate Kelland 3 Min Read Slideshow ( 2 images ) LONDON (Reuters) – Conspiracy theories and misinformation fuel mistrust in vaccines and could push levels that potential COVID-19 vaccines are taken in the United States and Britain below the rates needed to protect communities against the disease, …
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By Reuters Staff 10 Min Read A video falsely claiming that COVID-19 was planned to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office has been circulating online. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The five-minute clip was posted to Facebook on Nov. 11 but was deleted a day later. Captioned “The Four Year …
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By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read LISBON (Reuters) – Some Europeans on Tuesday injected a dose of caution into the excitement which greeted news that Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective in initial trials, expressing doubts about whether they would have the shot. Scientists …
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By Reuters Staff 6 Min Read Facebook users have been sharing a video that makes multiple false claims about COVID-19, for instance that Bill Gates planned the pandemic and 5G technology was involved in its spread. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The 21-minute clip, titled “THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19”, …
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