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Franse zorgmedewerkers protesteren tegen verplichte vaccinatie.
Publisher’s rating: Het bericht klopt niet. De foto is echt, maar werd in mei 2020 al geplaatst op de Facebookpagina van een Franse groep die actie voert tegen bezuinigingen in de zorg. Het beeld heeft dus niets te maken met de verplichte vaccinatie voor zorgpersoneel die in Frankrijk deze maand werd aangekondigd.
Coronavirus was al in 1950 bekend, Fauci vroeg in 2004 octrooi aan op coronavaccins.
Publisher’s rating: De beweringen kloppen niet. Een eerste variant van een coronavirus die mensen besmette werd pas in 1965 ontdekt. Het artikel van Het Parool is wel echt. Hierin staat dan ook dat in 1950 rhinovirussen als oorzaak voor verkoudheid werden aangewezen, en dat hier later pas coronavirussen bij kwamen. Het gaat hier dus om coronavirussen als type virus, niet specifiek om SARS-CoV-2, de variant die de ziekte COVID-19 veroorzaakt. Daarnaast had Anthony Fauci niet in 2004 al een patent op een coronaprik. Dat heeft hij nu overigens ook niet.
ទំព័រហ្វេសប៊ុកកម្ពុជាមួយ បានបង្ហោះរូបថតចំនួនបួនសន្លឹក និងបានអះអាងថា ទាំងនេះគឺជាសាកសពអ្នកស្លាប់ដោយសារកូវីដនៅក្នុងប្រទេសថៃ។
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Explainer : මංගල සමරවීර, සමන්තා පවර් මිත්රත්වය Moderna එන්නත මෙරටට ගෙන්වීමට බලපෑවද?
Publisher’s rating: Explainer
Propolis provides protection against Covid-19.
Publisher’s rating: There is no evidence that it does anything to prevent Covid infections.
The review examined claims about “British propolis,” a product marketed in Indonesia, and whether it could help prevent Covid-19. It reports seeing claims on the product’s official Instagram account that it could help against viruses, though not specifically Covid-19. One post described consuming the product “in addition to wearing masks” and promoted “prevention from within by increasing the body's resistance.” The review found no evidence that the product prevents Covid infections. The excerpt describes the review’s checks: the BBC examined posts on the account and contacted the company marketing the product in Indonesia for comment. The company had not responded by the time the review was published. The excerpt does not describe a clinical study of this particular propolis product, so it supports the conclusion that the prevention claim lacked evidence in the review, not a claim that a specific trial disproved it.
Ivermectin has been approved in Indonesia.
Publisher’s rating: False. It has not been approved yet and its efficacy for Covid is unproven.
Gevaccineerde mensen verliezen hun mensenrechten.
Publisher’s rating: Het is totale quatsch. Er is in de uitspraak (uit 2013) van het Supreme Court geen enkele link met vaccinaties of gevaccineerden. Het gaat hier over of genen met een hoge kans op borstkanker gepatenteerd mogen worden voor onderzoek of niet. De rechter oordeelt zelfs, in complete tegenstelling tot wat RT Dutch beweert, dat menselijke genen niet patenteerbaar mogen zijn.
Les personnes vaccinée sont plus sensibles au variant delta que les personnes non vaccinées. Elles en meurent plus.
Publisher’s rating: Les personnes vaccinée ne sont pas plus sensibles au variant delta que les personnes non vaccinées, elles n’en meurent pas plus. L’article original allemand, dont le titre a été publié comme screenshot dans la publication, explique d’ailleurs concrètement le phénomène. L’interprétation de l’utilisatrice sur Facebook est donc fausse.
វៀតណាមមានអ្នកស្លាប់ដោយសារកូវីដច្រើនណាស់ បងប្អូនខ្មែរយើងថែរក្សាសុខភាពទាំងអស់គ្នា
Publisher’s rating: False
Nestle's Bear Brand milk drink produces Covid antibodies.
Publisher’s rating: There's no evidence to back this up and Nestle has not made the claim.
Photo of crowd disregarding COVID-19 protocols at Danish Siddiqui’s funeral
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review examined a photo shared as showing Danish Siddiqui’s funeral and a crowd disregarding COVID-19 protocols there. It concluded that the image was not from the funeral: “This photo is from a religious procession from Chittagong, Bangladesh taken in November 2019, not from Danish Siddiqui’s funeral.” To investigate the image’s origin, the review reports conducting a reverse image search and finding a YouTube video with similar visuals. That video, it says, was uploaded on 13 November 2019 under the title “Celebration procession Chittagong”; the review also found other videos of the procession and a Facebook post with the same visuals. It identifies the event as Jashne Juluse Eid-E-Miladunnabi in Chittagong, Bangladesh, in 2019. The review distinguishes the miscaptioned photo from the actual funeral. It states that Siddiqui was buried at a cemetery in Jamia Millia Islamia on 18 July 2021, and that police and university administrators instructed attendees to follow social-distancing norms. It also notes that a Twitter post showed a crowd swelling at the funeral site. Thus, the review’s finding about the photo’s provenance does not mean there was no crowd at the funeral; it means this particular photo was from a 2019 procession in Bangladesh, not Siddiqui’s 2021 funeral.
Po wystąpieniu prezydenta Macrona 12 lipca 2021 roku, na szczepienia zarejestrowało się ponad milion osób.
Publisher’s rating: Prawda
Claim: misinformation shared as Paris people protested against corona vaccination
Publisher’s rating: Partly False
The viral post used a photograph of a fire and claimed that it showed Paris “burning” during demonstrations against France’s COVID-19 vaccination rules. The review distinguishes that image claim from the broader context: it says protests over the rules did take place, but the photograph shared with the post was not from those demonstrations. It identifies the post as having been shared on Facebook on July 16, 2021. [S1: “இந்த பதிவை Balasubramania Adityan T என்ற ஃபேஸ்புக் ஐடி கொண்ட நபர் 2021 ஜூலை 16ம் தேதி பதிவிட்டுள்ளார்.”] To investigate the photograph, the reviewers say they used reverse-image search and followed results identifying it as a scene from France’s Yellow Vests protests. They report that Reuters had taken the image and dated it to December 8, 2018, during a protest over fuel-price increases. That chronology rules out the image being from a COVID-era vaccination protest: the review notes that COVID-19 began spreading only at the end of 2019. [S1: “கூகுளில் படத்தை ரிவர்ஸ் இமேஜ் தேடலில் பதிவேற்றித் தேடினோம்.”] [S1: “இந்த புகைப்படம் 2018ம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் மாதம் 8ம் தேதி பிரான்சில் எடுக்கப்பட்டது என்று குறிப்பிடப்பட்டிருந்தது.”] [S1: “கொரோனா தொற்று 2019ம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் இறுதியில்தான் பரவத் தொடங்கியது என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.”] The review also records that France had introduced vaccine-related requirements and that people protested them; it says tear gas was used at a Paris protest on July 15 and reports demonstrations nationwide on July 18. Thus the post combined a real subject—opposition to the rules—with an older, unrelated protest photograph. Its conclusion is specifically that the image was misrepresented, not that protests against the rules did not happen. [S1: “பிரான்சில் கொரோனா தடுப்பூசி போட்டால்தான் பார், பப் போன்ற இடங்களில் அனுமதிக்கப்படுவார்கள் என்பது உள்ளிட்ட புதிய விதிமுறையை அந்நாட்டு அரசு பிறப்பித்தது உண்மைதான். இதை எதிர்த்து மக்கள் போராடி வருவதும் உண்மைதான்.”]
কোভিড-১৯ কে ব্যাকটেরিয়া ঘোষণা করেছে সিঙ্গাপুর
Publisher’s rating: False
