False Claim : Wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one. The false claim is: "Wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one. Some people with preexisting respiratory conditions may be at risk with prolonged use of tight-fitting masks, like N95 respirators. Fauci says every American should be microchipped. There is no evidence that Dr.
Anthony Fauci has said every American should be "microchipped. Similar claims that Democrats and others are pushing microchips to fight the coronavirus have been debunked. False Claim : Kitchen worker in viral video is potentially spreading coronavirus by blowing into food containers. The false claim is: "Kitchen worker in viral video is potentially spreading coronavirus by blowing into food containers.
The viral video of a kitchen worker blowing on food wrappers is at least three years old. This video appeared online as early as False Claim : If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them. The false claim is: "If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them. Experts agree that wearing facial coverings in close settings provides some measure of protection against spreading the coronavirus.
They include pregnant women with less than six months left on sentences for nonviolent offenses, and other inmates who are either over 60 with health issues or months away from being eligible for parole. The Gates Foundation is trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Gates spoke theoretically about how many people might suffer side effects from a vaccine, not about how many might die from it. There is no cure or vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Some studies have found that hydroxychloroquine could help alleviate symptoms associated with COVID, but the research is not conclusive.
Health officials have not listed hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for radiation sickness. Amounts paid to hospitals can vary based on the payer; private insurers typically pay much more than Medicare.
Medicare pays hospitals based primarily on the diagnosis, and the amount is not affected by whether a patient dies. False Claim : Only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not.
The false claim is: "Only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not. N95 masks offer the most protection from viral particles, health officials say, but they should be reserved for health care workers who are in direct contact with infected patients.
More studies need to be done to examine variables such as the material and fit of the mask, the wearer, and the environment. Health officials largely agree that wearing any kind of face mask, coupled with social distancing and frequent hand-washing, is more protective than going unmasked. Norris, 80, is alive and well, but he has been the target of death hoaxes in the past.
In , scammers used a Norris death hoax as a vehicle to circulate a survey scam on Facebook. The false claim is: "The government of Italy is calling for the arrest of Bill Gates. What's False: This position has not been endorsed by the Italian government as a whole. Contact tracing has become a key strategy of the White House plan to reopen states that went into shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The process tasks public health workers with learning as much as they can about whom a patient has been in contact with, so they can be notified about their potential exposure. False Claim : The government in Oklahoma is planning to detain people unless they can show proof of vaccination.
The false claim is: "The government in Oklahoma is planning to detain people unless they can show proof of vaccination. In mid-May , Facebook users began circulating a years-old video in which a man claimed the government was scheming to forcibly round up unvaccinated people.
The video, which has been on YouTube since , featured Greg Evensen, a blogger who described himself as a former Kansas State Trooper. One theory centers on the mass detention of Americans — in most iterations the detention is to take place in camps created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA. And the other theory centers on activists who believe vaccines are harmful, and that a nefarious conspiracy exists to force them on the public.
His remarks were made during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic of False Claim : The Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.
The false claim is: "The Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this. We want to be ready, early, for the next one. Because clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this," said McConnell. Numerous Obama administration officials dismissed this statement. Pritzker acknowledged some regions may be ready to reopen sooner than others depending on when they pass their peak.
Arguing his region of the state should be allowed to start reopening, the congressman said Chicago accounts for nearly all cases of the novel coronavirus in Illinois. The estimated vaccine cost comes from a Daily Mail story, but we could find no other evidence to back it up. The Gates Foundation has pledged millions of dollars to companies developing potential coronavirus vaccines. There is no evidence that the charity stands to profit from them.
The source of the Facebook post is a website that has published false conspiracy theories in the past. No, U.
China is expected to buy little, if any, of the debt, because it does not have the money to lend. It is the economy. A TikTok video said skyrocketing unemployment is killing people, not the coronavirus. The link between recessions and future deaths is complicated, and the unprecedented current crisis makes predictions even harder. False Claim : Children are not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue.
The false claim is: "Children are not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue. It is not true. House Speaker Mike Turzai argued that children are largely protected from the ravages of the coronavirus because of their youth and would be safe if they return to school in the fall.
A new study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics found that roughly one in five children with serious cases of coronavirus had no underlying medical conditions.
In New York City, 52 children sickened with the coronavirus have developed a serious condition called pediatric multi-symptom inflammatory syndrome. False Claim : U. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it's "okay to eat pets" if food runs scarce. The false claim is: "U. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N. The story circulated on Facebook. Ocasio-Cortez did not make these comments, which have not been quoted or referenced in any legitimate news sources.
False Claim : Under an Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity.
The false claim is: "Under an Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity. Supreme Court ruling. This false claim is being spread in a post on Facebook. The post misattributed a quote from a Illinois Supreme Court decision about Chicago judicial salaries. The original quote refers to the Illinois Constitution and the laws that created the Municipal Court of Chicago, not the U.
False Claim : House bill H. The false claim is: "House bill H. Mislead : U. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has said that the general public should not wear or buy masks to protect against the spread of the COVID coronavirus disease. The misleading claim is: "U. What's False: However, in light of new evidence from the CDC, he changed his views and has since argued in favor of people wearing cloth facial coverings in public settings.
The H3N2 influenza pandemic lasted between the winter of and the early months of Also, Woodstock did not take place during one of the Pandemic's seasonal peaks, but in the summer of when there was practically no reported H3N2 flu activity in the United States.
No, you should not be wearing gloves in public. The glove guidance for the general public is simple from the U. If the wearer touches a variety of surfaces during the day while wearing the same pair of gloves, contamination can definitely be transmitted from one surface to another.
It expressly notes gloves are a bad choice for running errands. COVID vs. State Rep. No deaths have ever been linked to the HPV vaccine. While young people are less at risk of dying of COVID than older adults, some younger people have died from the virus.
Iowa state Rep. Jeff Shipley, R-Fairfield, is telling Iowans he wants younger Iowans to get back to work as the state begins to reopen, tweeting April 28 that "seeing so many young people afraid of re-opening the economy because of the virus Anthony Fauci's name appears on 4 U. This was stated by conspiracy theorist Jerome R. Jerome Corsi, a conservative author and conspiracy theorist, wrote on his blog that Dr. Three of the patents Corsi cited are active. Corsi is a conservative author and conspiracy theorist.
False Claim : Letter from California authorities warns residents who receive state assistance benefits must get tested for COVID; if parents test positive, children will be placed in temporary foster care. The letter goes on to state that children with COVID positive parents will be temporarily placed in foster care.
This is not true. Adults who test positive for COVID will not be separated from their children who cannot be sent to foster care over an illness , and recipients of state assistance will not face suspension of their benefits if they fail to get tested.
This testing is also not mandatory for recipients of state benefits. CDSS has stated that this letter is categorically false. False Claim : Americans without disabilities can legally use a federal ADA "loophole" to avoid wearing a mask in stores that require them.
The false claim is: "Americans without disabilities can legally use a federal ADA "loophole" to avoid wearing a mask in stores that require them. What's True: Businesses that require customers to wear masks during the COVID pandemic are required to accommodate people who may not be able to wear masks due to a medical condition.
Try this! False Claim : Pandemic-related shutdown orders are unconstitutional, and persons arrested for violating them can collect damages. The false claim is: "Pandemic-related shutdown orders are unconstitutional, and persons arrested for violating them can collect damages.
As Americans in various U. If you received an email like this, do not click on the link! Scam : Hackers are also sending phishing emails posing as the World Health Organization with an attached file that downloads malware when clicked. Hackers are also sending phishing emails posing as the World Health Organization with an attached file that downloads malware when clicked, Check Point Research said.
False Claim : H. The false claim is: "H. What's False: The bill does not require participating entities to "only allow people into their facilities that have the COVID vaccination [and] are tested and tracked. House of Representatives, a piece of legislation that was assigned the ominous-sounding number H.
The intent of H. The funding could be used to pay their staff or purchase personal protective equipment to protect their staff.
No provision in this bill would make testing or quarantining mandatory. The bill includes privacy protections for the medical information of individuals that would limit how grantee organizations could share information collected with the federal government. False Claim : Remdesivir is far more expensive than hydroxychloroquine, which is why it is being promoted.
The partly false claim is: "Remdesivir is far more expensive than hydroxychloroquine, which is why it is being promoted. Now do you see why they are pushing the New Drug and not the old one? The author of the post, Edward Imhoff, did not respond to a Facebook message asking him to disclose the source for his information. The price of 60 cents a pill for hydroxychloroquine cited in the post can be considered generally true.
But remdesivir is being promoted not for its price — that is false — but because it is proving more effective. Patients were sickened or died from use of hydroxychloroquine.
Further, the price of remdesivir is uncertain because it has not been offered as a treatment for coronavirus beyond the donation its maker, Gilead Sciences, made to the government. Mislead : Mike Pence was caught on a hot mic delivering empty boxes of personal protective equipment to a nursing home and pretended they were heavy.
The mislead is: "Mike Pence was caught on a hot mic delivering empty boxes of personal protective equipment to a nursing home and pretended they were heavy. After Pence made this joke he did not touch the boxes, rather he closed the doors to the van. In the video it cuts short before he closes the van and walks off. Cats are eaten in Vietnam, but there is no evidence of widespread killing and consuming of black cats as a treatment for COVID The news service that first published a story on the claim withdrew its story after questions were raised about how widespread any such practice is.
The false claim is: "Georgia Governor Brian Kemp mandates that restaurants reopen. Worries for restaurant owners are real, but a post saying Georgia Gov. Georgia Gov. Many Atlanta-area restaurants have chosen not to reopen their dining rooms due to concerns about health and safety.
Many restaurants have sued their insurers after being denied business interruption insurance claims. False Claim : Media outlets reported that the same boy died 3 times from the coronavirus, in 3 countries. The false claim is: "Media outlets reported that the same boy died 3 times from the coronavirus, in 3 countries. The photo in the viral Facebook post is of Vitor Rafael Bastos Godinho, a year-old Portuguese boy who died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
He is correctly identified in all the stories that use the image. False Claim : "The Plandemic," a video made to look like a professional news interview but in reality peddling long-debunked falsehoods about the coronavirus has spread widely on social media since May 4, This is a minute video that strings together numerous false claims. The video features a woman, Judy Mikovits, who claims to have worked with Dr.
Mikovits has long been a figure in anti-vaccination communities, and has been attempting to insert herself into the COVID pandemic narrative since late March, according to data from social media tracking tool BuzzSumo, with her breakout moment coming on May 6, two days after the video was initially published to Vimeo and YouTube.
Aside from the video platforms, it could be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and even LinkedIn. Produced by a company called Elevate, "The Plandemic" deftly weaves together several strands of rumors that have circulated since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. North Carolina Lt.
Governor Dan Forest, a Republican, is running for governor against Democratic incumbent Roy Cooper and has criticized Cooper's stay-at-home order as too heavy-handed.
In an interview on April 24, Forest said coronavirus deaths hadn't topped flu deaths for the year. He cherry-picked from the CDC's prediction that flu deaths could be as low as 24, or as high as 62, Forest then compared that 62, estimate to the CDC's ongoing tally of coronavirus deaths -- a comparison experts say is unfair and inaccurate.
False Claim : There was no real scientific basis for believing that social distancing would be necessary, since it had never been studied. The false claim is: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that social distancing would be necessary, since it had never been studied.
Two influential studies looked at the influenza pandemic and found that places with layered and sustained social distancing policies were generally better off. The coronavirus is believed to spread mainly among people in close contact. Anthony Fauci has known for 15 years that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.
Anthony Fauci and hydroxychloroquine. Anthony Fauci knew in that hydroxychloroquine was effective against human coronaviruses. The article cites a study that found a related drug, chloroquine, could inhibit the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. There is no known treatment, cure or vaccine for the novel coronavirus or SARS.
While some early research suggests hydroxychloroquine could treat COVID symptoms, other studies have found no discernible effect. There has been no such reduction. These claims confuse two different measures of the number of deaths. The other list counts confirmed and probable cases. The list that counts death certificates shows a lower number partly because official documentation takes days or weeks to produce. So that number lags behind other methods of counting the death toll. This message — made explicit in some posts and implicit in others — furthers the conspiracy theory that the pandemic was planned or is a hoax.
False Claim : Churches are required by the local government to record and register lists of attendees for tracking purposes in Kansas City, Missouri.
In early May , various websites and commentators claimed that Kansas City, Missouri, was ordering churches to turn over lists of attendees to the government.
The commentary posted by evangelical groups implied that the measures persecuted Christians, with one of the more sensational takes gaining online traction. False Claim : A sprawling conspiracy theory proves numerous individuals and organizations schemed to promote the drug Remdesivir as a COVID treatment over the purportedly highly effective Hydroxychloroquine.
In May , as the drug Remdesivir was being explored as a potential treatment for the COVID coronavirus disease, a widespread social media post posited a sprawling conspiracy involving U. Anthony Fauci. The theory holds that together they were trying to suppress the supposedly highly effective drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID in favor of Remdesivir. The flu vaccine prevents illness and deaths. However, it can only protect against some of the ever-changing viruses that cause the flu.
The post ends by asking readers to consider not getting the new coronavirus vaccine when it arrives. That means that any Covid vaccine, in contrast to the flu vaccines, will therefore have to target just one virus.
It is false. Many cities during the Spanish flu outbreak enacted similar restrictions. And in Missouri, based on St. People were restricted on what they could do. Public gatherings were prohibited. Closed or canceled non-essential businesses, in-person churches and sports events also occurred then and now. However, now they advise all to wear face masks especially in areas where it is dificult to social distance. The gift shop has a historical connection with the White House that dates back to the Truman administration, but it was taken over by a private company.
Headlines going around social media are leading some people to wrongly believe that President Donald Trump is trying to profit from the pandemic by selling COVIDthemed commemorative coins. The false claim is: "Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Target and Costco have not had any reported coronavirus cases in the news. News reports from across the country have documented COVID cases and deaths involving employees at all of these companies.
Medical experts are critical of the drink, noting there are no scientific tests to indicate it would be effective against the novel coronavirus, according to AP reporting. Social media posts touting the drink emerged in late April. National Institutes of Health also warned against the use of alternative medicines — including certain herbal therapies and teas — for treating or preventing COVID, saying there was no evidence they work and some may be unsafe.
Some of the money came while Trump was president. The grant was part of an effort to spot viruses in wildlife that might jump and infect humans. The pope has not said this. The best way to protect yourself against the new coronavirus is to keep at least 1 metre away from others and to wash your hands frequently and thoroughly. It is also beneficial for your general health to maintain a balanced diet, stay well hydrated, exercise regularly and sleep well.
False Claim : Houseflies can transmit coronavirus. The false claim is: "Houseflies can transmit coronavirus. The virus that cause COVID spreads primarily through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks.
You can also become infected by touching a contaminated surface and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth before washing your hands. To protect yourself, keep at least 1-metre distance from others and disinfect frequently-touched surfaces. Clean your hands thoroughly and often and avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose. False Claim : Quotes Gov. The false claim is: "Quotes Gov.
Mislead : The U. The misleading claim is: "The U. The leader of the Postal Service said it could "run out of cash" by the end of September What's Undetermined: It is unclear how, or to what extent, those drops in revenue are adding to an already-troubled financial situation for the Postal Service, due in large part to a congressional mandate on how it funds employees' benefits, not COVID Additionally, it's unknown how the lack of cash could affect USPS service or its mail carriers, and whether USPS leaders are seriously making plans to shut down the agency in its entirety.
False Claim : Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now. The false claim is: "Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now.
UV radiation is not a common way to kill viruses and bacteria in the body. Health experts say there is no evidence that injecting ultraviolet light into the body would kill viruses like the novel coronavirus.
There is no scientific evidence to support alternative health treatments like ultraviolet blood irradiation. An article from Scientific American says vaping could increase your risk of coronavirus infection since experts say that smoking suppresses immune function. The University of California San Francisco said that smokers could actually take longer to recover from respiratory infections. And the National Institute on Drug Abuse warns that vaping harms cells, and could potentially diminish your ability to respond to infection.
The circulating message is reportedly being sent to random recipients via text message and screenshots of the notification are also being shared on social media.
It instructs you to call a phone number to register your reason for traveling within 15 mins of receiving the SMS. However, the app is not designed to track the movements of people in the way implied in the fake message and there is no evidence to indicate that it is doing so. When installing the app, you do provide a postcode but you do not nominate a home address.
And the app does not police lockdown or social distancing regulations. That is not its purpose. Although this report of a scam originates from Australia, these types of scams tend to quickly spread to other countries, so be careful. False Claim : The flu vaccine can cause people to test positive for coronavirus. The false claim is: "The flu vaccine can cause people to test positive for coronavirus. There is no known connection between the flu vaccine and the novel coronavirus.
The flu vaccine will neither give a person immunity to the virus nor make them more susceptible to it. Since coronavirus is not in the flu shot, it also will not affect whether a person tests positive for it or not. The false claims are spreading across YouTube every day, so far racking up hundreds of thousands of apparent views, and have been embraced by Chinese Communist Party media.
Despite never having tested positive for the coronavirus or experienced symptoms, Benassi and her husband are now subjects of discussion on Chinese social media about the outbreak, including among accounts that are known drivers of large-scale coordinated activities by their followers.
The claims have turned their lives upside down. The couple say their home address has been posted online and that, before they shut down their accounts, their social media inboxes were overrun with messages from believers of the conspiracy. It wasn't until March, months after the first reported coronavirus cases in China, that conspiracy theorists turned their focus to Maatje Benassi.
The baseless theory began with her participation in October in the Military World Games, essentially the military Olympics, which was hosted by Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak began last year.
Maatje Benassi competed in the cycling competition there, suffering an accident on the final lap that left her with a fractured rib and a concussion. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which has provided grants for medical studies using the dogs as test subjects. But the NIAID denied funding one particular project in which sedated beagles had their heads placed in mesh cages so sand flies could bite them.
March 8, Although clinical trials did not study the issue, loss of fertility has not been reported among thousands of trial participants nor confirmed as an adverse event among millions who have been vaccinated. Bogus Antifa Claims Follow Capitol Riot Viral social media posts and a Republican House member have amplified claims wrongly identifying some right-wing figures at the U.
President Donald Trump shared the unfounded theory on Twitter. The funds first pass through a nonprofit that sponsors the group. June 12, But the pictures that supposedly prove this theory actually show unrelated people.
But the viral video weaves a grand conspiracy theory by using a host of false and misleading claims about the novel coronavirus pandemic and its origins, vaccines, treatments for COVID, and more. May 8, There has been no such reduction. Bartering is one of the oldest ways of doing business in the world. The exchange of goods and services predates the use of money and is believed to have developed in the first human societies. Today, bartering is usually associated with countries in turmoil.
Take fisherman in Venezuela who now swap their catch for other food stuffs or medicines, because after years of hyperinflation the country's currency is now nearly worthless. Or the bartering networks that emerged in Greece at the height of its financial crisis eight or so years ago. However, it is not just individuals who continue to engage in bartering, it is also used by governments.
And again, this is often the case when a country is facing financial woes and isolation on the world stage, such as Venezuela or Iran. For both countries bartering has enabled them to get around US-led economic blockades. Bartering also continues to occasionally be used by companies, such as Indonesian aircraft maker Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara IPTN agreeing to trade two of its transport aircraft for , tonnes of Thai sticky rice back in That was all the Thai buyer had to offer.
And in an even more eye-opening historic example, back in the s US giant Pepsi traded its soft drink for Soviet tomato paste, so it could enter the USSR market.
Pepsi, which owned Pizza Hut at the time, spread the tomato paste across its pizzas in western Europe. He also repeated his claim that he is " the king of debt. I know how to deal with debt very well. I love debt -- but you know, debt is tricky and it's dangerous, and you have to be careful and you have to know what you're doing," Trump said. Photos: Donald Trump's rise.
President-elect Donald Trump has been in the spotlight for years. From developing real estate and producing and starring in TV shows, he became a celebrity long before winning the White House. Hide Caption. Trump at age 4. His father was a real estate developer. Trump, left, in a family photo.
He was the second-youngest of five children. Trump, center, stands at attention during his senior year at the New York Military Academy in Trump, center, wears a baseball uniform at the New York Military Academy in After he graduated from the boarding school, he went to college.
He started at Fordham University before transferring and later graduating from the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania's business school. Trump stands with Alfred Eisenpreis, New York's economic development administrator, in while they look at a sketch of a new 1,room renovation project of the Commodore Hotel. After graduating college in , Trump worked with his father on developments in Queens and Brooklyn before purchasing or building multiple properties in New York and Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Trump attends an event to mark the start of construction of the New York Convention Center in Trump wears a hard hat at the Trump Tower construction site in New York in Trump was married to Ivana Zelnicek Trump from to , when they divorced. They had three children together: Donald Jr.
The Trump family, circa Trump uses his personal helicopter to get around New York in Trump stands in the atrium of the Trump Tower. Trump attends the opening of his new Atlantic City casino, the Taj Mahal, in Trump signs his second book, "Trump: Surviving at the Top," in Trump dips his second wife, Marla Maples, after the couple married in a private ceremony in New York in December
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