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| FALSE | Claim by Dr. Perro and Joseph Mercola: clearly [COVID-19] vaccines are dangerous for kids”, they cause myocarditis; children are protected from COVID-19 by innate immunity which is bypassed by vaccination.
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Clinical trials showed that COVID-19 vaccines don’t pose a danger to children. Initial clinical trials and subsequent monitoring of the vaccinated population show that COVID-19 is mostly associated with mild adverse events commonly seen after any vaccine. Vaccine-induced immune responses also involve the innate immune system, contrary to the claim made in the video.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral image: Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak “interesting videos” of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
PolitiFact rating: False (This isn’t an authentic statement.) Fake statement attributed to Donald Trump about Kevin McCarthy emerges amid flurry of arrest posts |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. House of Representatives Andy Ogles, whose district includes the Tennessee school where six people were fatally shot, took a Christmas photo of family posing with guns.
Snopes rating: True Yes, US Rep Whose District Covers Covenant School Took Christmas Photo of Family Holding Guns |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office “has decided to drop all charges against Donald Trump.”
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (Deepfake Video – A grand jury is still considering whether to bring charges against former President Donald Trump in relation to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.) Alvin Bragg didn’t say he would drop charges against Donald Trump; this video’s a deepfake |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Post: Grindr will be revealing Republican politicians who use the app.
Check Your Fact rating: False (The post originates as satire.) FACT CHECK: Did Grindr Threaten To Reveal Republican Politicians Who Use The App? |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Thousands of children have died from the Covid-19 vaccine.
Full Fact rating: False (Official data in the UK shows a small number of people have died as a result of Covid-19 vaccination, and that includes at least one person aged 18 or younger. There’s no evidence that thousands of children have died from the vaccine, even globally.) No evidence Covid-19 vaccines have killed thousands of children – Full Fact |
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Your fact check on Covid Vaccines is somewhat off base. Research has shown that there is a risk associated with Covid Vaccines. Specificcaly there is an increased risk for Myocarditis and Pericarditos in Young Men between the ages of 15 to 30. For you say there is NO risk is misinformation.