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| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: President Joe Biden showed signs of cognitive decline when he walked away from an Air Force Falcons presentation with a jersey, snubbing a signed football and helmet.
PolitiFact rating: False (The full video showed that Biden held the jersey, football and helmet, thanked the Air Force Falcons and posed for pictures.) Full video shows Biden did not simply walk away from football tokens offered by Air Force Falcons |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: US bill makes it illegal to donate blood, tissue after getting an mRNA vaccine
USA Today rating: False (mRNA vaccines do not affect one’s blood, and those who have received one can still donate blood.) Fact check: Blood from donors with mRNA shot is safe for transfusions |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Diseases AIDS SARS Zika and Ebola Patents Are Man Made
Lead Stories rating: False (No) Fact Check: Disease-Related Patents Do NOT Prove Those Diseases Were Man-Made |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Bill Gates Said ‘3 Billion People Need To Die’
Lead Stories rating: False (Not his words and out of context.) Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say ‘3 Billion People Need To Die’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by The People’s Voice: In 2023, Chelsea Clinton declared all U.S. children must be forced to get mRNA vaccines (which include COVID-19 vaccines) without parents’ consent.
Snopes.com rating: False (No, she did not say that.) Did Chelsea Clinton Say Every US Child Must Get mRNA Vaccines Without Parental Consent? |
| FALSE | (International: Norway): Norway has banned gender-affirming care for minors.
AP News rating: False Norway didn’t ban gender-affirming care for minors, as headline falsely claims |
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