Fact Check in August 2021

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

• Fact Check: There Is NO 'COVID-22' Virus -- Social Media Users Glommed Onto A Researcher's Shorthand For COVID-19 Infections In 2022
• Fact Check: These Five Hurricanes Did NOT Make Landfall On The Same Calendar Day
• Fact Check: Video Footage Of Helicopter Does NOT Show Suspended Corpse Of Hanged Person
• Fact Check: NO Evidence That Tim Tebow Released A Quote Mentioning A Biblical Prediction Of A Cashless Society And 'Anti Christ'
• Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein Is NOT Real -- It's Photoshopped

Monday, August 30, 2021

• Fact Check: Farmers Are NOT Being Told They Must Destroy Their Crops
• Fact Check: Zello App CAN Work Without A Cellular Signal -- But It CANNOT Work Without Some Sort Of Internet Connection
• Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT Directing A Film About The Rothschild Family And 'Hitting The New World Order'
• Fact Check: President Biden DID Attend The Dignified Transfer Of Slain Service Members At Dover AFB

Saturday, August 28, 2021

• Fact Check: Men In Photo NOT Killed in Afghanistan

Friday, August 27, 2021

• Fact Check: The NIH Does NOT Conduct All Testing Of New Drugs And Dr. Fauci's Wife Does NOT Control Drug Approval
• Fact Check: Flags Were NOT Left At Top Of Federal Flagpoles In Wake Of Kabul Airport Attack
• Fact Check: Video Of Emergency Care To Indian Soldiers Does NOT Show Any Connection To COVID-19 Vaccinations
• Fact Check: Twitter Video Does NOT Show Footage Of August 26, 2021 Bombing Outside Of Kabul Airport
• Fact Check: Werner Herzog Did NOT Say America Is 'Waking Up, As Germany Once Did'
• Fact Check: Justin Trudeau's Brother Was NOT Arrested On Charges Of Sexual Conduct With A Minor
• Fact Check: Politicians HAVE Died From COVID-19
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show FEMA Coffins Delivered To Georgia Roadside Because 'Something Is Brewing'
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Publish An Article Describing A Healthy 40-Year-Old COVID-19 Victim's Sentiments Toward Unvaccinated People -- It's Satirical
• Fact Check: Kabul Airport Photograph Is NOT From August 26, 2021 -- It Was Taken August 16, 2021

Thursday, August 26, 2021

• Fact Check: Cigarettes Are NOT 'FDA Approved'
• Fact Check: Fluoride Does NOT 'Sterilise Humans' -- And Was NOT Used In Nazi Germany
• Fact Check: An Online Certificate May NOT Qualify A Person For A Permit To Carry A Concealed Firearm
• Fact Check: A Study Does NOT Say Fully Vaccinated Health Care Workers Carrying 251 Times Viral Load of Unvaccinated Workers Pose Threat To Unvaccinated Patients, Co-Workers
• Fact Check: Unlabelled Satire Meme's Math Used To Lay Claim To Bezos' Bucks For Every Earthling Is Laughably NOT Right
• Fact Check: Some Federal Agencies, Health Organizations Do NOT Require Employees To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

• Fact Check: 'Pulse' Column Does NOT Accurately Describe COVID Risk And Misleads With VAERS Data And Claims The Unvaccinated Are No Threat
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Is NOT Before A Military Tribunal
• Fact Check: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine IS Approved By The FDA

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

• Fact Check: FDA Approval Of COVID-19 Vaccine Is NOT Illegal; 'Doctor' Does NOT Prove 'Criminal' FDA Regulation Violations
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say 'Do Not Be Distracted By All This Going On In Afghanistan'
• Fact Check: There Is NO Mandatory Oil Dump Order In Place From The 'Department of Hydrocarbons' -- It's A Joke
• Fact Check: Video With Clickbait Title Does NOT Show Biden Crying And Leaving Briefing -- It Doesn't Show Him At All
• Fact Check: 31 US Troops Were NOT 'Killed In Afghanistan Yesterday' -- Recycled Post Is About 2011 Attack

Monday, August 23, 2021

• Fact Check: Man Touted By Others As 'Ph.D., Oxford' Did NOT Make True Statements About COVID-19 Vaccines To A School Board -- Did NOT Attend Oxford University
• Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 -- Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose
• Fact Check: NO Evidence of The FBI Ever Releasing A Study Ranking 'Most Dangerous Zodiac Signs'
• Fact Check: More Than 75 Doctors Did NOT 'Walk Out Of A South Florida Hospital Rather Than Treat The Unvaccinated' -- It Was A Demonstration
• Fact Check: Soviet Union Did NOT Take All Of Its Military Equipment From Afghanistan After the Soviet-Afghan War
• Fact Check: California Ballot Envelopes DO Contain Holes -- But Voter Information Is Protected

Friday, August 20, 2021

• Fact Check: 'The Shot' Is NOT Failing -- It Prevents Most Infections And Reduces Symptoms Of Breakthrough Infections
• Fact Check: The Taliban DOES Have More Black Hawk Helicopters Than 166 Other Nations But The Images Do NOT Show A Combat-Ready Aircraft
• Fact Check: 'Scientifically Speaking,' The Vaccinated Are NOT The Disease Vectors 'Spreading The Mutant Variants' of COVID-19
• Fact Check: HIPAA Does NOT Protect People From Having To Reveal Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status
• Fact Check: An Afghan Man Did NOT Ride On Airplane's Engine - It Was Photoshopped

Thursday, August 19, 2021

• Fact Check: ICU Nurse Offers NO Proof Ivermectin Is Effective At Treating COVID-19
• Fact Check: PEZ Candy Dispensers CANNOT Be Loaded From The Bottom
• Fact Check: Nashville's Daily Press And Times Really DID Print These Female Statistics In 1869
• Fact Check: CNN Reporter 'Bernie Gores' Was NOT Executed By The Taliban In Afghanistan -- The Name, Story And Accounts That Reported It Are Fake

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

• Fact Check: Video Of A Woman's Execution Did NOT Just Happen In Afghanistan -- It Was In Syria In 2015
• Fact Check: Masks Are NOT As Ineffective At Blocking Virus As Chain-Link Fencing Is At Blocking Mosquitoes
• Fact Check: These Images Do NOT Show Kabul After Taliban Took Control -- They're From Call Of Duty Video Game
• Fact Check: Prayer Request For 229 Christian Missionaries Is NOT Based On A Verified Current Event
• Fact Check: A Digital Billboard In Wilmington, NC, Was NOT Hacked To Show Unflattering Memes Of Biden -- The Memes Came From A 'Private Citizen'

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

• Fact Check: CNN Chief Correspondent's Headscarf Was NOT New, But She Says Taliban Take-Over Forces Precautions
• Fact Check: French Protests Against Vaccine Mandates Are NOT Accurately Represented With Captions And Photos In Online Posts
• Fact Check: Miami-Dade Police Department Did NOT Issue Warning About A Sexual Assault Scheme That Uses Children To Target Women
• Fact Check: '867-5309' Is NOT A Number To Call To Report Maskless People -- It's From An Old Pop Song, And The Post Is A Joke
• Fact Check: U.S. Military Equipment Is NOT Moving Around Country 'Under Commander In Chief Donald J. Trump'
• Fact Check: Tweet That Parents Divorced Over Debt And U.S. Medical System Does NOT Exist
• Fact Check: It Does NOT Take Gallons Of Water To 'Flush' Energy Drinks Out Of The Kidneys
• Fact Check: Harvard Did NOT Terminate A Student's Admission 'As A Result Of Speculating Your Social Media Accounts'

Monday, August 16, 2021

• Fact Check: Image Of A Walnut Is NOT The 'Lungs Of A Marijuana User'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'What Vaccines Are Doing Inside Peoples Bodies' -- It Shows A Simple At-Home Magnetic Slime Experiment
• Fact Check: There Is NO Article On Military Times Website Saying COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Heart Disease -- Just A Fake Screenshot
• Fact Check: Putative Colorado Computer Backups Do NOT Prove Dominion Deleted Election Logs From Voting Machines After 2020 Election
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Praise Taliban For Wearing Masks During Attack

Friday, August 13, 2021

• Fact Check: A 1912 Newspaper Really DID Publish A Note On Effect Burning Coal Could Have On Earth's Temperature
• Fact Check: A McDonald's In Rome, Georgia, Is NOT Offering A Starting Wage Of $31 An Hour
• Fact Check: AOC Was NOT Photographed Wearing $3,900 Sunglasses -- It's Satire

Thursday, August 12, 2021

• Fact Check: 'Your Wake Up Call' Film Does NOT Back Extraordinary Claims Of Election Hack, Chinese Control, With Commensurately Solid Evidence
• Fact Check: Microwaving A Penny For 1 Minute Does NOT Make A 'Mini Coin'
• Fact Check: Marine Gen. Berger Did NOT Rebuke Defense Secretary, Did NOT Say 'No Mandatory Vaccinations for My Marines'
• Fact Check: Lindell's 'Truth vs. The Big Lie' Numbers Flat-Out Contradict Douglas G. Frank's Theories About Phantom Voters Being Used To Inject Votes
• Fact Check: 'Vaccine Bandits' Are NOT Taking Over Los Angeles' Streets -- It's A Joke
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Suggest 'People Inject Versions Of Poison Into Their Veins'

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

• Fact Check: LeBron James Did NOT Blame 'Space Jam 2' Box Office Numbers On Systemic Racism
• Fact Check: Global Deaths Meme Does NOT Accurately Reflect The Severity And Scope Of COVID-19
• Fact Check: Jim Carrey Did NOT Say Shutting Down National Media For 30 Days Would Eliminate 80% Of World's Problems
• Fact Check: California Gas Prices Are NOT $6-Plus Per Gallon On Average -- But There Are Exceptions
• Fact Check: Schools Were NOT Planning On Closing On August 10, 2021, Due To 'Drastic Events Going On In The World'
• Fact Check: Doctor Addressing Indiana School Board Does NOT Accurately Represent Benefit Of COVID-19 Vaccines

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

• Fact Check: Pfizer CEO's Israel Visit Was NOT Canceled 'Because He Was Not Vaccinated'-- He Was Awaiting Second Dose Of Two-Shot Vaccine
• Fact Check: It Is NOT True PCR Test Failed To Distinguish Flu From COVID And That CDC Dropped FDA Application Because Of Errors
• Fact Check: Vaccinated And Unvaccinated People Do NOT Face The Same Risks From COVID-19
• Fact Check: "2020 Election Data" Video Centerpiece Of Lindell Cyber Symposium Has Identical Data For Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
• Fact Check: Fully Vaccinated Individuals In Italy Did NOT Burn Their COVID-19 'Green' Certification Passes In Solidarity With Unvaccinated Individuals -- There's No Paper Pass
• Fact Check: Voltaire Did NOT Say 'To Learn Who Rules Over You, Simply Find Out Who You Are Not Allowed To Criticize'
• Fact Check: Here's How You Can Make Your Own "Mike Lindell Packet Capture Video"

Monday, August 9, 2021

• Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Publish 'Green Zone Concentration Camp Protocol' Preparing For Mass Imprisonment
• Fact Check: If Your Employer Requires COVID-19 Vaccination, You Should NOT Make Them Fire You In Order To Receive Unemployment Benefits
• Fact Check: German Newspaper Bild Did NOT Apologize For 'Covid Hysteria'
• Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Pay For A New Hospital Named Kunduz In Martha's Vineyard After Lavish Birthday Party
• Fact Check: Slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French Did NOT Leave Behind An Infant Daughter

Friday, August 6, 2021

• Fact Check: Alberta Man Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Is Hoax, Restrictions NOT Dropped Because Of Him
• Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide As Claimed By Ex-Pfizer Employee
• Fact Check: Suggestive Silo And Bales Is NOT Real Iowa State Fair Logo
• Fact Check: Naked People-Adorned Backpack With 'I Want More Sex' Message Is NOT For Children
• Fact Check: California DID Ban Travel To Florida -- But Only State-Sponsored Travel
• Fact Check: U.S. Schools Will NOT Be Closed From August 9 To August 13, 2021

Thursday, August 5, 2021

• Fact Check: Child's Snakebite Was NOT Recent -- It Was 2 Years Ago And He Survived
• Fact Check: A Beachgoing Social Media User Did NOT Predict 'The Virus' Back In 2013
• Fact Check: President Of A Teachers' Union Does NOT Live In This L.A. Mansion

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

• Fact Check: It's NOT True That Whether Vaccines Work Or Don't Work For Others, You Don't Need One
• Fact Check: Fireworks 'Stairway To Heaven' Is NOT Tribute To Led Zeppelin
• Fact Check: All Spirit Airlines Flight Attendants Did NOT Quit Their Jobs And The Airline Did NOT Cancel All Its Flights As of August 3, 2021
• Fact Check: The 'Lovers And Friends Festival' Lineup Is NOT A Fake -- It's Scheduled For May 2022
• Fact Check: Officer Michael Fanone Was NOT U.S. Capitol Rioter Carrying A Confederate Flag

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

• Fact Check: Non-Professional's 'Trend Analysis' Does NOT Explain Away Recent Election Results, Prove Trump Won
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Serial Killer in Atlanta Area
• Fact Check: Amish Do NOT Universally Avoid Vaccines OR Escape Outbreaks Of Vaccine-Preventable Disease
• Fact Check: Natural Immunity Is NOT Far Superior To COVID-19 Vaccines
• Fact Check: Hong Kong Permanent Pet Identity Card Is NOT A Real ID
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Was NOT Arrested By US Military On July 27, 2021

Monday, August 2, 2021

• Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence To Attribute Quote About Tolerance To Dostoevsky
• Fact Check: CDC Director Has NOT Said Vaccinated People Are 'The COVID-19 Super-Spreaders'
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Win And Audits Do NOT Prove That He Is The President
• Fact Check: Facebook Video Does NOT Prove That Trump Is Still Commander In Chief
• Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT 'Just' Tell Us They Found A Variant That 'Evades The Test'
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get Subpoenas For Arizona Routers, They Could NOT Pave The Way To Reinstatement
• Fact Check: The Military Did NOT Execute Tom Hanks
• Fact Check: Shrek The Sheep Was NOT Attacked By Wolves Who Tried To Eat Him Through His 60 Pounds Of Wool