Archive - COVID-19 Watch Year 2021 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Two doctors FALSELY claim RT-PCR tests are not accurate to detect COVID-19 RT-PCR remains to be the “gold standard” in diagnosing COVID-19. By VERA Files | Sep 9, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING video about post-vaccination deaths in Batangas circulates online Provincial health authorities have clarified that the deaths were not found to be related to the COVID-19 vaccines. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Actor Pen Medina’s claim that COVID-19 virus can get into ‘any mask’ needs context Disagreeing on the use of face masks as protective gear, actor Crispin “Pen” Medina claimed the novel coronavirus “can go through any mask” because it is extremely small. This lacks context. By VERA Files | Sep 3, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Inside the proposed health agencies for virology and disease control Almost two years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, variants of the novel coronavirus are getting “fitter and better” at transmission in humans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). By VERA Files | Aug 26, 2021 | 6-minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of child in PPE taken in Vietnam, NOT in PH The Ho Chi Minh Center for Disease Control has given more information about the child's hospitalization. By VERA Files | Aug 25, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral ‘SinoVac guidelines’ list is BOGUS The same fake list also circulated among Filipinos in March. By VERA Files | Aug 21, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Retired med professor makes BASELESS claim about ‘danger’ of COVID-19 vaccine Health authorities and the institution the retired professor previously worked with issued statements challenging his claim. By VERA Files | Aug 15, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video takes Duterte’s speech OUT OF CONTEXT, makes FALSE claims on vaccine safety The president was talking about members of the CPP. By VERA Files | Aug 14, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that vaccines are being used to reduce population FALSE It's a misrepresentation of what Duterte said in a speech in 2017. By VERA Files | Aug 12, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD report on halt of AstraZeneca vaccine use circulates despite the lifting of suspension The use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines resumed on May 7. By VERA Files | Aug 9, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger makes FALSE claims on RT-PCR test, vaccines She gave a wrong interpretation of a recent announcement from the U.S. CDC. By VERA Files | Aug 5, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING COVID-19 Watch Understanding deaths, adverse events post-Covid vaccination Experts say: Don’t simply rely on social media for health information. By Celine Isabelle Samson | Aug 4, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 6 Older posts
