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  • Fact Check: FDA Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Risk Of Lung Blood Clots 50% In Elderly

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    Does a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study prove the Pfizer COVID vaccine increases the risk of lung blood clots in the elderly by 50 percent? No, that's not true: The study does not establish a causal relationship between the vaccine and the adverse event in people 65 and older, the FDA told Lead Stories. The claim appeared in…

    • Jan 12, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FDA Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Risk Of Lung Blood Clots 50% In Elderly Benefit > Risk
  • Fact Check: GoodSciencing.com List Contains Obvious Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine Related Cases of Dead Or Collapsed Athletes

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    Does an article listing 1,616 "athlete collapses and deaths" between January 2021 and December 2022 prove a connection between these mishaps and the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: While the article documents scores of "athletes" who have died or collapsed for various reasons (some of them clearly non-cardiac in nature, like cancer, suicide, drug overdose or accidents), their vaccine…

    • Jan 5, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: GoodSciencing.com List Contains Obvious Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine Related Cases of Dead Or Collapsed Athletes Undefined
  • Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Report Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine 'Causes Blood Clots'

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    Did the Food and Drug Administration report that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine "causes" blood clots? No, that's not true: In remarks to Lead Stories, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that the vaccine meets its safety standards and denied that the agency had found that the vaccine causes health problems. The authors of a recent study, conducted in part…

    • Dec 20, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Report Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine 'Causes Blood Clots' No Causal Link
  • Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest World Economic Forum Chief Klaus Schwab For Ordering Genocide Via COVID-19 Vaccines

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    Did U.S. Special Forces arrest World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab because he ordered the genocide of 90 percent of the world's population by forcing them to get vaccinated against COVID-19? No, that's not true: A WEF spokesman denied the claim, which appears to have originated on a self-described conspiracy website. The claim appeared on Instagram on December 8,…

    • Dec 13, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest World Economic Forum Chief Klaus Schwab For Ordering Genocide Via COVID-19 Vaccines No Arrest
  • Fact Check: Movie 'Died Suddenly' Does NOT Demonstrate That COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Sudden Death

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    Does the movie "Died Suddenly" demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccinations cause widespread sudden death or severe medical outcomes? No, that's not true: The film recycles previously debunked claims that the vaccine is lethal or dangerous for the average person receiving it. More than 5.45 billion people have been vaccinated worldwide and public health experts recommend immunization against the virus, saying it…

    • Nov 22, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Movie 'Died Suddenly' Does NOT Demonstrate That COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Sudden Death Reused Claims
  • Fact Check: US Navy Did NOT Hang Moderna CEO

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    Did the U.S. Navy hang Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: This claim comes from a website that identifies itself as a satirical source and regularly publishes fake news. No serious news sites have carried such a story. And U.S. federal law prohibits the military from enforcing the law against civilians. The claim appeared in…

    • Nov 21, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: US Navy Did NOT Hang Moderna CEO False Series
  • Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Parasites

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    Do Comirnaty (Pfizer) COVID-19 vaccines contain parasites? No, that's not true: Claims made on social media that COVID vaccines contain parasites provided no laboratory or independent evidence to support the allegations, and a medical examiner told Lead Stories she has never seen any "parasites with tentacles" during autopsies she's conducted on people who had received the vaccine. In a statement…

    • Oct 31, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Parasites Scare Tactics
  • Fact Check: High School Athlete Did NOT Get COVID-19 Vaccine Before 6-Foot-Long Clot In His Leg

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    Did Ohio high school football player Kaden Clymer get the COVID-19 vaccine before he was found with a 6-foot-long clot in his leg? No, this claim lacks context. A local TV station covering the story later reported that Clymer had been diagnosed with IVC atresia, a vascular anomaly. "Kaden was never vaccinated before the blood clots were found," his sister,…

    • Sep 15, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: High School Athlete Did NOT Get COVID-19 Vaccine Before 6-Foot-Long Clot In His Leg Not Vaxxed
  • Fact Check: Airlines Are NOT Banning Vaccinated People From Flying Over Blood-Clot Risk

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    Are airlines banning travelers who are vaccinated against the coronavirus from flying because the shot elevates their risk for blood clotting? No, that's not true: This rumor has recently resurfaced on social media after being thoroughly debunked when it first emerged in 2021. No publicly available evidence supports the claim airlines were banning the vaccinated as of this writing. This…

    • Aug 25, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Airlines Are NOT Banning Vaccinated People From Flying Over Blood-Clot Risk Rumor Redux
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Create 'Engineered Biostructures' Inside Arteries

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    Do COVID-19 vaccines create "engineered biostructures" inside human arteries? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that happens. In an email to Lead Stories, Dr. John R. Su with the Immunization Safety Office of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, the "CDC is unaware of any evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause the human body to create 'engineered…

    • Aug 3, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Create 'Engineered Biostructures' Inside Arteries Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Create 'Engineered Biostructures' Inside Arteries No Engineering
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