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White Area torched after transferring Afghanistan blame to Trump

For decades, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, has been exploited by people opposed to vaccination. Here, we’ll explain how VAERS works and run through five misconceptions that anti-vaccination activists wield to mislead people about vaccines. The post What VAERS Can and Can’t Do, and How Anti-Vaccination Groups Habitually Misuse Its Data appeared first on […]

FactChecking Haley’s CNN Town Hall June 5, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley -- a former governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during former President Donald Trump's administration -- made a few false and misleading statements in a June 4 town hall on CNN. The post FactChecking Haley’s CNN Town Hall appeared first on FactCheck.org.

A Florida School Restricted Access to Amanda Gorman’s Poem, But Didn’t ‘Ban’ It June 5, 2023

Following a parent's complaint, one K-8 school in Florida restricted access to a poem by Amanda Gorman that she had read at the 2021 presidential inauguration. The school moved the book in its library to a shelf for upper-grade students only. But social media posts falsely claimed Miami-Dade County had "banned" the book in all […]

Biden Officials Have Taken Oaths of Office, Contrary to Social Media Claim June 2, 2023

Officials serving in President Joe Biden's administration have taken their oaths of office, and most can be seen in videos from their swearing-in ceremonies. But a video circulating on social media falsely suggests that they haven't been sworn in and are "acting as elected officials without swearing an allegiance to the Constitution." The post Biden […]

Trump’s Dubious Promise to End Birthright Citizenship June 2, 2023

Former President Donald Trump misleadingly said that "under Biden’s current policies" children born to parents in the country illegally automatically become citizens. That's not a Biden policy, but rather it has been the standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment going back more than 100 years, including under Trump. The post Trump’s Dubious Promise to End […]

Ventilators Save Lives, Did Not Cause ‘Nearly All’ COVID-19 Deaths June 1, 2023

Ventilators can be lifesaving for critically ill COVID-19 patients. A social media claim that a new study shows ventilators killed “nearly all” COVID-19 patients is “quite wrong,” according to the study's co-author. Ventilator-associated complications can contribute to deaths, but patients are typically put on ventilators when they would otherwise die. The post Ventilators Save Lives, […]