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  • Fact Check: German Government Did NOT Claim Investigating COVID Vaccines Would Be 'Dangerous For Democracy'

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    Did the German government claim that investigating COVID vaccines would be "dangerous for democracy"? No, that's not true: Alena Buyx, who is not in the German government, did not claim that such investigations would be a threat to democracy. She is a German medical ethicist who since 2020 has been chair of the German Ethics Council, an independent group of…

    • Jan 23, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: German Government Did NOT Claim Investigating COVID Vaccines Would Be 'Dangerous For Democracy' Fact Check: German Government Did NOT Claim Investigating COVID Vaccines Would Be 'Dangerous For Democracy' Did Not Say It
  • Fact Check: No 'FDA Chief' Called For Immediate End To COVID Vaccines -- Fake 'Millions Are Dropping Dead' Quote Used

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    Did the chief of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) call for an immediate end to COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: The head of the FDA is Dr. Robert M. Califf and he is not mentioned in the article where the claim appears. The story instead refers to Dr. Paul Offit, who is a member of the FDA's vaccine…

    • Jan 17, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: No 'FDA Chief' Called For Immediate End To COVID Vaccines -- Fake 'Millions Are Dropping Dead' Quote Used Skewed View
  • Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Post Tweet Vowing To 'Force-Jab' The Unvaccinated By Inoculating Livestock

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    Did Microsoft founder Bill Gates tweet about forcing COVID-19 vaccinations on people by injecting mRNA into their food supply? No, that's not true: A search of Gates' Twitter account reveals the tweet is fake. The claim appeared in an article published by NewsPunch on January 10, 2023, titled "Bill Gates Vows To Pump mRNA Into Food Supply To 'Force-Jab' the…

    • Jan 17, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Post Tweet Vowing To 'Force-Jab' The Unvaccinated By Inoculating Livestock Fake Tweet
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Klaus Schwab Has 'Banned Vaccinated Pilots From Transporting World Economic Forum Members In And Out Of Davos'

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    Did Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), ban "vaccinated pilots from transporting World Economic Forum members in and out of Davos due to the safety risk they pose"? No, there's no evidence that's true: The supposed source for the claim denies that he said the WEF had reached out looking for unvaccinated pilots. He…

    • Jan 16, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Klaus Schwab Has 'Banned Vaccinated Pilots From Transporting World Economic Forum Members In And Out Of Davos' Clickbait
  • Fact Check: 'Adverse Vaccine Reactions' Did NOT Become Leading Cause Of US Deaths In 2021 Or 2022

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    Did "adverse vaccine reaction" become the leading cause of U.S. deaths in 2021 and 2022? No, that's not true: Adverse vaccine reactions are not a categorical cause of death tracked by health officials. Also, the vaccination status and records of deceased individuals are not tracked. In both 2021 and 2022, experts told Lead Stories that the leading cause of death…

    • Jan 10, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: 'Adverse Vaccine Reactions' Did NOT Become Leading Cause Of US Deaths In 2021 Or 2022 No Such Metric
  • Fact Check: World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab Did NOT Tweet, Say 'Jesus Is the Original Fake News' -- It's A Fake News Story

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) or its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, tweet or say that "Jesus is the original fake news"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the statement is from Schwab or the WEF. The claim, widely disseminated on social media, originally appeared in an article on a website known for publishing fake…

    • Jan 6, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab Did NOT Tweet, Say 'Jesus Is the Original Fake News' -- It's A Fake News Story Didn't Say It
  • Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Declare That Pedophiles 'Will Save Humanity'

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    Did the World Economic Forum declare, as part of a purported campaign to promote public acceptance of pedophilia, that "pedophiles will save humanity"? No, that's not true: No credible evidence exists that the WEF has made any such statement. The website on which this claim appeared has a reputation for publishing fabricated and inaccurate content. The claim appeared in a…

    • Jan 5, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Declare That Pedophiles 'Will Save Humanity' No Record
  • Fact Check: Japan Is NOT Investigating 'Millions Of COVID Vaccine Deaths' -- No Such Death Tolls Reported, No Investigation Launched

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    Did Japan launch an official investigation into "millions of COVID vaccine deaths" in December 2022 or early January 2023? No, that's not true: As of January 4, 2023, there is no available evidence to suggest that "millions" of people in Japan had died as a result of COVID vaccines, nor had any such investigation been announced by public health officials…

    • Jan 4, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Japan Is NOT Investigating 'Millions Of COVID Vaccine Deaths' -- No Such Death Tolls Reported, No Investigation Launched Not Reported
  • Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Issue Weekly Bathing Order As Response to Climate Change

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) issue an order directing the public to bathe once weekly or less as part of an effort to combat climate change and save the planet? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence that WEF has issued such an order, nor does it have the authority to do so. The site that the…

    • Dec 31, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Issue Weekly Bathing Order As Response to Climate Change No Bath Order
  • Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Tweet That 'Christmas Must Be Abolished'

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) tweet that "Christmas must be abolished" to fight climate change? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real tweet and it does not appear on the official WEF Twitter account. The claim appeared in an article published by News Punch on December 24, 2022, titled "WEF Wants To Cancel…

    • Dec 30, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Tweet That 'Christmas Must Be Abolished' No Such Tweet
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