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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: “U.S. military is now testing soldiers for AIDS, after DOD database reports 500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.”
PolitiFact rating: False (There is no association between COVID-19 vaccines and a person’s risk for HIV infection, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) No, COVID-19 vaccines didn’t cause 500% increase in HIV infections within US military |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Naomi Wolf: A Pfizer document shows that the pharmaceutical company’s COVID-19 vaccine causes “devastating harm to the musculoskeletal system.”
Lead Stories rating: False (No Proven Link) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact rating: False (None of these incidents in which people on air experienced medical emergencies were linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. Two of the incidents predate the pandemic.) These on-air medical emergencies were not caused by COVID-19 vaccines, as video suggests |
| FALSE | Claim by Karine Jean-Pierre (D): President Joe Biden has visited the U.S.-Southern Border more than once
Check Your Fact rating: False (Biden visited the border for the first time since becoming president in January 2023.) FACT CHECK: Has Joe Biden Visited The Border More Than Once? |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Is the murder of a Milwaukee US Postal Service worker part of a larger trend of increased armed robberies against postal workers nationwide?
Gigafact rating: Yes (Robberies of postal carriers totaled 496 in 2022, quadrupling over a decade, the Associated Press reported on May 8, 2023.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Claim by Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah: Women aged over 55 are the largest group experiencing homelessness.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Men aged 25-34 are the largest group experiencing homelessness.) |
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