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Category: COVID-19 Watch

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post comparing symptoms of Omicron, Delta infections, common flu FALSE

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 13, 2022 10:54 AM

    The DOH affirmed there is no clear distinction in the symptom profiles of an earlier coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection from other virus variants and influenza.

    COVID-19, DOH, Omicron variant

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: INCORRECT advice vs COVID-19 circulates on Facebook

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 11, 2022 2:10 PM

    VERA Files fact-checked each claim made in the erroneous Jan 3 post.

    alkaline covid-19 hoax, COVID-19, COVID19PH, Omicron variant

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Anti-vaccine advocate spreads FALSE claims on COVID-19 vaccine, face masks

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 07, 2022 7:39 PM

    His group has also claimed that the pandemic is not real and alleged the vaccine is killing people

    COVID-19, face mask, vaccine

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: COVID task force ex-adviser Tony Leachon shares false guide on ‘first 8 Omicron symptoms’

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 07, 2022 10:18 AM

    A former special adviser to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 shared a false graphic that lists different symptoms supposedly from an infection with the Omicron virus variant. It surfaced as the country grappled with a post-holiday surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

    COVID-19, covid-19PH, Omicron variant, Tony Leachon

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Alert Level 3 NOT raised in 30 areas

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 06, 2022 7:04 PM

    This post is fake. Don’t believe it.

    alert level, COVID-19

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Luzon is NOT under Alert Level 5

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 05, 2022 11:07 AM

    The government has not placed any part of the country under such a strict status recently.

    alert level, Luzon

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch Editor's Pick FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Bakulaw, Bakulam, Bakuna: The forms that COVID-19 vaccine disinformation took in 2021

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol and Blanch Marie Ancla  |  Dec 17, 2021 12:35 PM

    As the Philippines ramped up coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in 2021, VERA Files fact-checked more than double of online disinformation about the vaccines, targeting safety and side effects.

    CoronaVirusFacts, COVID19, COVID19PH, VACCINES

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online posts on adverse reactions in WHO’s VigiBase NEED CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2021 3:19 PM

    The data is insufficient to establish a causal link between the vaccine and the reported adverse reactions.

    COVID-19, vaccine, VigiBase, WHO

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger’s claim on vaccines causing COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations FALSE

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2021 12:37 PM

    According to the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC), none of the approved vaccines against COVID-19 contains the live virus that causes the illness. Hence the vaccines cannot cause COVID-19 positive cases.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 misinformation, Fauci

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger offers FALSE interpretation of new dictionary definition for ‘vaccine’

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 02, 2021 8:09 AM

    In the most updated version of the term, Merriam-Webster.com enumerated the different types of materials used for vaccines such as a cell’s spike protein or messenger ribonucleic acid, a weakened version of a bacterium or virus, or components such as proteins or toxins created by a bacterium or virus. There was no mention of graphene oxide.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine

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