VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger spreads FALSE claims about blood, lab-grown meat
VERA Files Fact Check has previously debunked the vlogger’s claims against wearing face masks and against COVID-19 vaccinations.
VERA Files Fact Check has previously debunked the vlogger’s claims against wearing face masks and against COVID-19 vaccinations.
A text message that warns of an alleged new wave of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila is being shared on Facebook (FB) and private messaging platforms. This is not true. Attributed to Dr. Ruth Divinagracia of St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC), the message further claimed that the surge led to the hospital’s intensive care units […]
A Filipina vlogger is falsely claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) admitted in its website that COVID-19 vaccines can cause multiple sclerosis (MS). The WHO itself has debunked this allegation. “It is in the WHO website na may pag-aaral na… ang tuklaw nagca-cause ng… ang vetsin nagca-cause ng sclerosis (The WHO’s website posted a […]
Sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. noong Mayo 11 na hindi na pinalawig ang “emergency status” ng Pilipinas. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
While Marcos did not extend the state of calamity which ended in 2022, he has yet to lift the state of public health emergency which remains in effect.
A Facebook (FB) Reel currently circulating among thousands of netizens falsely implies that Metro Manila has been placed under a heightened alert level to combat COVID-19 transmission. The misleading Reel used an old news report. On May 2, an FB user reposted a short video originally published by TikTok user @niwrenewstv. It was captioned “#alertlevel3” […]
An infographic is making the rounds on Facebook (FB), erroneously claiming that wearing face masks and presenting vaccination cards when entering establishments are mandatory while Metro Manila remains under alert level 1. This is not true. The Department of Health (DOH) has denied the claim, calling it a “false circulating post.” It emerged as early […]
Ano ang Arcturus subvariant? Dapat ba itong maging dahilan ng pag-aalala?
Getting updated vaccination “remains to be the most effective and best long-term protection” against the COVID-19 virus, according to the Department of Health, even as a new subvariant of Omicron was detected in the country earlier this month. What is the Arcturus subvariant? Should it be a cause for concern?
A widely-circulated web article about a Philippine court ordering the arrest of American business magnate Bill Gates is fake. Below, VERA Files Fact Check debunks two claims in a March 2 “fact-checked” article by News Punch, an alternative American news publication. Claim Rating A Philippine court issued an international arrest warrant for Bill Gates, as […]