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The COVID-19 pandemic was planned and a preparedness exercise called Event 201 predicted it.
Publisher’s rating: False
The novel coronavirus "is a laboratory-designed organism."
Publisher’s rating: No Evidence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention applied for an "illegal" patent related to the virus that causes SARS.
Publisher’s rating: False
"We'll have a national mandate to wear a mask, not as a burden, but to protect each other."
Publisher’s rating: Would face legal challenges
“Five million Americans infected by covid. More than 170,000 Americans have died. By far the worst performance of any nation.”
Publisher’s rating: Lacks context
"We lead the world in confirmed cases. We lead the world in deaths."
Publisher’s rating: The US does have the highest number of cases and deaths in the world. But it also has a larger population than many other countries. If you look at deaths per capita - as a proportion of each country's population - the US is no longer top of the list but remains in the top 10 worst hit countries.
"Hay cinco millones de estadounidenses contagiados de COVID-19"
Publisher’s rating: Mayormente verdad
Vaccinaties worden verplicht in Australië. Als je weigert mag je niet meer reizen. Dat deelt een facebookgebruikster, die zich baseert op wat een vriend in Australië haar vertelt.
Publisher’s rating: De beweringen zijn fout. De idee van een verplichte coronavaccinatie werd wel geopperd, maar voorlopig is er geen sprake van. Er werd ook gesproken over een verplichte vaccinatie als je het land wil inreizen. Opnieuw zijn er geen concrete plannen.
Une histoire présentée comme véridique est largement diffusée sur Facebook. On y lit le prétendu cri du cœur d’un père endeuillé. Il explique ce qui serait arrivé à sa fille de 15 ans, « immunosupprimée » : « Ma fille est décédée d’une infection urinaire qui s’est transformé en sepsis, et je ne laisserais jamais personne dire que le covid est en cause. » Une accusation précède généralement la prétendue histoire de l’adolescente: « c'est comme ça qu'ils haussent le taux de mortalité de la covid ! » (sic !)
Publisher’s rating: Cette histoire n’a jamais existé. Un internaute de 20 ans, voulant dénoncer « les fake news », a avoué avoir inventé cette histoire sur les réseaux sociaux. Les clichés de la prétendue victime et de sa famille ont été téléchargés du site This Person Does Not Exist.
மனிதனை காக்க வேண்டிய கடவுளுக்கு கொரோனா வந்து விட்டதாம் அதனால் இந்த மாங்காய் மடையர்கள் கடவுளுக்குகொரோனா சிகிச்சை செய்கிறார்களாம். நூற்றுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட செயற்கை கோள்களை ஒரே ராக்கெட்டில் அனுப்பும் இந்தியாவில் இப்படி ஒரு முட்டாள் கூட்டம் இருப்பதைக் கண்டு வருத்தப் படுவதா வேதனைப்படுவதா.
Publisher’s rating: FAKE
Covid tem uma vibração de 5,5 hz e morre acima de 25,5 hz. Para os seres humanos com vibração mais alta, o vírus é uma gripe simples.
Publisher’s rating: FALSO: Não há nenhuma comprovação científica de que frequência, ânimo ou sentimentos sejam capazes de enfraquecer ou evitar a contaminação pelo novo coronavírus
"Más de 10 millones de personas perderán su seguro médico este año”
Publisher’s rating: Mayormente verdad
In een post op Facebook wordt gesteld: "Ongelofelijk dat men in het sprookje van de overheid trapt...!! Geen doden meer, geen opnames meer, dan maar testen met een test de alleen maar kan aangeven dat je een beetje verkouden bent, dan ben je ineens besmet...!! Knap verzonnen allemaal hoor..." Bij die stellingen zijn grafieken geplaatst van het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM). Wie er snel en oppervlakkig naar kijkt, kan tot de conclusie komen dat er geen doden en ziekenhuisopnames door COVID-19 meer zijn.
Publisher’s rating: De stelling is fout. De grafieken kloppen, maar worden verkeerd gelezen. Er zijn nog wel degelijk ziekenhuisopnames en doden ten gevolge van het nieuwe coronavirus dat COVID-19 veroorzaakt. De PCR-test slaat niet aan op een simpele verkoudheid. Conclusies als "sprookje" en "verzonnen" zijn ongefundeerd.
The Facebook post described in the review used RIVM graphs to suggest that COVID-19 deaths and hospital admissions had stopped, and questioned whether positive tests merely reflected an ordinary cold. The review checked those claims against RIVM figures and explained how the graphs’ scales affect what a viewer can see. RIVM’s figures for the week before 18 August 2020 recorded 50 patients reported as having been admitted to hospital for COVID-19, 12 more than the preceding week, and 16 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 deaths, seven more than the week before. The review quoted RIVM’s Loes Hartman explaining that the large March and April peaks set a high vertical-axis scale in graphs spanning those months. Against that scale, the much smaller recent counts appeared as very short bars; graphs showing a more recent period could use a lower maximum and make them easier to see. The post’s apparent absence of recent cases therefore resulted from how the graph was read, not from the figures showing zero. On testing, the review says the PCR test used for RIVM statistics detects genetic material from the virus that causes COVID-19. It concludes that a positive result cannot be explained simply by someone having a mild cold. The post’s broad conclusions that the situation was a “fairy tale” or “made up” were not supported by the evidence presented.
"Por lejos, el peor desempeño de cualquier país en el mundo" ante el coronavirus
Publisher’s rating: Media Verdad
"Más de 10 millones de personas perderán su seguro de salud este año"
Publisher’s rating: Mayormente verdad
“Solo tenemos el 4% de la población mundial y 25% de los casos en el mundo”
Publisher’s rating: Verdad
“Y mientras el virus nos toca a todos, tenemos que ser honestos. No ataca a todos por igual. Negros, latinos y las personas indígenas están sufriendo y muriendo desproporcionadamente”
Publisher’s rating: Verdad
Kamala Harris made the claim during the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2020. The review assessed whether Black, Latino and Indigenous people were suffering and dying disproportionately from COVID-19, drawing on case and death data broken down by race and ethnicity. It notes an important limitation: the available figures did not include race or ethnicity information for every case.







