VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger makes INCORRECT claim about US health agency report on SARS-CoV-2
A month-old video of Facebook page Lynn Channel echoes another false claim about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post MISLEADS with unrelated photos to show impact of Pfizer vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not conclude a cause-effect relationship between the vaccine and Bell’s Palsy, and the four people shown in the photos did not take part in the trial.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post claiming Pfizer trial deaths were ‘effect’ of vaccine MISLEADING
A Facebook (FB) post by a local netizen claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine of pharmaceutical companies Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE had caused the deaths of six people during the trial phase is misleading.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Ang dalawang mukha ng COVID-19 lockdown sa Pilipinas
Sa higit siyam na buwan ng community quarantine sa bansa, binalaan, binigyan ng mga tiket, at inaresto ng mga tagapagpatupad ng batas ang may 598,000 katao, na tinawag nilang "pasaway," dahil sa umano'y paglabag sa quarantine at health protocols na ipinag-utos upang mapigilan ang pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: The two faces of COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines
In more than nine months of community quarantine in the country, law enforcers have warned, given tickets to, and arrested about 598,000 persons, whom they call “pasaway,” for allegedly violating quarantine and health protocols meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post makes WRONG claims about ‘toxic substances’ in COVID-19 vaccines, repeats old falsehoods
Facebook (FB) page Lynn Channel, which has published coronavirus-related disinformation in the past, has again spread wrong and misleading information about vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Buwanang ‘mutation’ ng COVID-19 online mis- at disinformation
Hindi lamang sakit at kamatayan sa milyun-milyon tao sa buong mundo ang dala ng COVID-19 pandemic. Hatid din nito ang labis-labis na mali at hindi totoong impormasyon tungkol sa sakit, na naging mas mapinsala dahil sa kanilang pagiging viral sa social media.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pekeng FB pages, identity theft, at inyong personal data sa gitna ng pandemic
Hindi lamang isang hamon sa mga institusyong medikal at mga sistema ng pangangalaga ng kalusugan ang pagsiklab ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ngayong taon kundi isang pasaning socioeconomic na malubhang nakakaapekto sa lahat ng mga sektor ng lipunan, lalo na sa pinakamahirap.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Monthly ‘mutations’ of COVID-19 online mis- and disinformation
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought upon sickness and death to millions around the world. It has also led to the overabundance of mis- and disinformation related to the disease, made even more damaging by their virality on social media.
Fake FB pages, identity theft, and your personal data amid the pandemic
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) this year came not only as a challenge to medical institutions and health care systems, but also as a socioeconomic burden gravely affecting all sectors of society, especially the poorest.