Health & medicine fact checks

Says the FDA said that Pfizer “falsely misled” the agency about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines and that the shots are killing more people than they save.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

"We do have 19 out of our 50 states, to be reminded, that had early cases but have persistently low level of cases and, at this point, have less than 200 cases. So that’s almost 40% of the country with extraordinarily low numbers."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The WHO coronavirus test “was a bad test.”

Publisher’s rating: False

The coronavirus can’t be so dangerous because there are no biohazard bins for COVID-19 masks and gloves.

Publisher’s rating: False

“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”

Publisher’s rating: True

A common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test.

Publisher’s rating: False

"They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that’s no longer true? We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration any kind of game plan for something like this.”

Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios

La revista Muy Interesante ya habló en 2014 sobre el coronavirus actual

Publisher’s rating: Falso

Sources within the federal government say “new lockdowns are coming.”

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

“The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Two people died after drinking milk tea in Manila

Publisher’s rating: Needs context

An Ohio doctor died from a COVID-19 vaccine.

Publisher’s rating: False

“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

Contratación sanitarios, enfermeras, celadores, médicos auxiliares en hospitales de Madrid por el coronavirus

Publisher’s rating: Falso

“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

"Desde el punto de vista legal, todas las personas aplicando las vacunas [contra el COVID-19] son criminales de guerra”.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”

Publisher’s rating: False

“Fully Vaccinated Fox News Doctor Kelly Powers, Who Survived On-Air Heart Attack, Dies From Turbo Cancer.”

Publisher’s rating: False

It’s a myth that autism is genetic.

Publisher’s rating: False

Related reporting contradicts the assertion that autism’s genetic basis is a myth. One excerpt describes autism as “highly genetic” and says more than 250 genes have been associated with it. It also distinguishes between cases in which a single gene can be identified and cases that may involve multiple genetic mutations. This supports a genetic contribution while indicating that the evidence described is not limited to one genetic explanation. A second report likewise characterizes autism as having “a strong genetic component.” Together, these excerpts address the claim itself rather than a separate autism misconception: both describe genetics as relevant to autism. The supplied material does not include PolitiFact’s original article or its checking methods, so this account is based on related reporting, not a reconstruction of the fact-check’s investigation.