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** FactCheck.org's Weekly Update
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December 19, 2020
** SciCheck
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Q&A on COVID-19 Vaccines ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 18th, 2020
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Two COVID-19 vaccines are now authorized in the U.S. and more are likely to follow. In this story, we answer some common questions about the shots.
** FactCheck Posts
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Our Annual Fundraising Appeal ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 18th, 2020
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Cherry-Picked Pay-Raise Attacks on Perdue ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2020
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A Democratic super PAC cherry-picks from huge appropriations bills that Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue opposed in order to accuse him of trying to increase his own pay while rejecting pay increases for the military.
** Debunking False Stories
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Audit in Michigan County Refutes Dominion Conspiracy Theory ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 18th, 2020
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A hand count of paper ballots in Antrim County, Michigan, has verified the election results there, refuting a “forensics report” promoted by President Donald Trump that baselessly claimed the election equipment in the county was “designed” to create “systemic fraud and influence election results.” Experts said the faulty report showed a misunderstanding of voting system technology.
Anti-Vaccine Posts Use Deceptively Edited Video Clip ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 18th, 2020
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Social media pages that share anti-vaccine messages have used a selectively edited news clip that suggests the COVID-19 vaccine is unsafe. The clip shows a nurse fainting after she gets the vaccine, but it doesn’t show her quick recovery afterward when she explains that she is prone to fainting when triggered by even a slight pain.
Alabama Officials Debunk False Claim of COVID-19 Vaccine Death ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2020
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A false claim that an unidentified nurse died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama has been feeding into the anti-vaccine disinformation online. The Alabama Department of Public Health reported that no one who has received the vaccine has died.
Instagram Post Distorts Facts on COVID-19 Death Reporting ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
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An Instagram post falsely claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting all pneumonia and influenza deaths as caused by COVID-19. That’s wrong and is based on a misreading of one type of monitoring the agency conducts.
COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Have Patient-Tracking Devices ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
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A video circulating on social media falsely claims that vaccines for COVID-19 have a microchip that “tracks the location of the patient.” The chip, which is not currently in use, would be attached to the end of a plastic vial and provide information only about the vaccine dose. It cannot track people.
False Claim About Biden’s Win Probability ([link removed]) Posted on Monday, December 14th, 2020
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Facebook posts have repeated a false claim about a “one in a quadrillion” chance that President-elect Joe Biden received more votes than President Donald Trump in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Experts told us the claim misuses a questionable statistical analysis that made implausible assumptions about the 2020 election.
** Articles
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The Whoppers of 2020 ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 18th, 2020
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Our list of the 10 most egregious falsehoods of the year.
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