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| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: President Joe Biden said: “The idea that we’re going to send tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Not what he said Biden said sending weapons “with American pilots and American crews” would cause a world war.) Posts Misquote Biden’s Year-Old Remarks on Tanks for Ukraine |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by newspunch.com: Hillary Clinton: ‘It’s Time to BAN Cash To Fight Climate Change’.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake Statement) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Joe Biden (D): “We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Rankings President Biden used recently to express the trends in U.S. and Chinese research and development spending don’t specifically match those from widely cited sources.) Biden says U.S. is losing ground to China in R&D spending. His rankings are off. |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) after Super Bowl LVII.
Snopes.com rating: False (Nope) No, Patrick Mahomes Did Not Test Positive for Drugs After Super Bowl Victory |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: “100% of COVID deaths in Canada now due to mRNA vaccine.”
PolitiFact rating: False (More than 50,000 people in Canada have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic started, and 400 deaths following COVID-19 vaccination have been reported there. Of the 400, the government has identified only four that are connected to the vaccine.) Have COVID-19 vaccines caused all COVID-19 deaths in Canada? No |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Installing defibrillators in all schools is proof that Covid-19 vaccines are not safe.
Full Fact rating: False (Defibrillators were being installed in schools prior to the pandemic. There is no evidence for a link between Covid-19 vaccines and cardiac arrest.) Installing defibrillators in schools is not proof that Covid-19 vaccines are unsafe – Full Fact |
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