False Claim : New evidence ties COVID-19 creation to research funded by Fauci

• Debunk Date :

  02/08/2021

• Debunked By :

  politifact

The false claim is: ""New evidence ties COVID-19 creation to research funded by Fauci," reads the headline." This is false. "Both the NIH and EcoHealth Alliance have denied that a grant to the Wuhan lab funded gain-of-function research, though a scientist told us that one paper published with assistance from the grant seems to describe techniques similar to gain-of-function. The CDC, the WHO, and the NIH have all said that the virus that causes COVID-19 evolved naturally. There is no evidence to support that claim that it was created by researchers."

False Claim : The COVID-19 vaccine “went out for distribution” in Nebraska “days before the FDA even said they were going to approve it.”

• Debunk Date :

  02/09/2021

• Debunked By :

  politifact

The false Narriative is: "In a YouTube video posted Jan. 16, and shared on Facebook, Dr. Lee Merritt, casts doubt on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Merritt claims in an interview segment that the vaccine was sent to states before it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." This is false. "The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services announced that it received both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines after the dates of FDA approval. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that it releases vaccines for distribution 24 hours after they are approved. A top planner of the federal government’s vaccine development efforts said that the vaccine began shipping after it was approved."

False Claim : Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."

• Debunk Date :

  02/11/2021

• Debunked By :

  politifact

The false narriative is: "Dr. Vernon Coleman spins a conspiracy theory that paints the coronavirus vaccine as a dangerous medical experiment. Over the course of nearly 18 minutes, Coleman takes aim at politicians in the United Kingdom who have promoted the coronavirus vaccine. He calls the vaccine "experimental" and "gene therapy" — and says that doctors who administer it are guilty of war crimes." This is false. "The "vaccine program" Coleman referred to is an ongoing clinical trial for the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which is expected to end Jan. 31, 2023. However, that doesn’t mean the Pfizer vaccine is an "experiment." It’s normal for safety monitoring to continue after the FDA greenlights a vaccine. Pfizer said in December that it would continue monitoring trial participants for adverse events for two years after they receive the second dose of the vaccine. The U.S. and U.K. governments also have systems in place for tracking vaccine safety. Regulators in the U.K., where Coleman lives, approved the vaccine for emergency use Dec. 2, 2020. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its emergency use authorization on Dec. 11. Americans started getting shots three days later."

Tip : Contact tracing will not cost money. Avoid giving personal bank account information over the phone or buying gift cards to pay scam artists for fake contact tracing attempts.

• Published :

  07/29/2020

• Source :

  AG Office

Tip : Avoid clicking on links in emails and text messages unless you signed up to receive the messages.

• Published :

  07/29/2020

• Source :

  AG Office

Tip : If you receive an unsolicited email or text message from a potential contact tracer, verify its authenticity by contacting the Arkansas Department of Health at ADH.CoronaVirus@arkansas.gov or call (800) 803-7847.

• Published :

  07/29/2020

• Source :

  AG Office