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April 3, 2021


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Flawed Report Fuels Erroneous Claims About COVID-19 Death Toll ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, April 2nd, 2021
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Viral social media posts cite a flawed paper in falsely claiming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed death certificate procedures and violated federal law, resulting in wildly inflated COVID-19 deaths. The CDC hasn’t altered how death certificates for COVID-19 are filled out, and there is no federal law governing the process.

Viral Posts Misuse VAERS Data to Make False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
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Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, and even lethal. But the government database is not designed to determine if vaccines cause health problems.


** FactCheck Posts
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TV Ad Distorts Facts on Federal Voting Rights Bill ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, April 2nd, 2021
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A TV ad from a conservative group distorts the facts about the “For the People Act,” a voting rights bill approved by the Democratic-controlled House and now in the Senate.

FactChecking Claims About Asylum Grants and Immigration Court Attendance ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2021
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While discussing ways to quickly determine if people who cross into the U.S. through Mexico are eligible for asylum, Sen. Rob Portman claimed that “only about half of them even show up for their court cases” and “only 15% of them qualify” for asylum. But government statistics aren’t that clear-cut.


** Debunking False Stories
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Unfounded Claims About Colorado Gunman ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2021
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A social media post is spreading baseless claims that the shooter accused of killing 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, came to the U.S. “Illegally from [M]exico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns.” Law enforcement officials say the suspect came to the U.S. from Syria as a child, and the gun used was legally purchased.

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