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Tag: COVID19

  • VFYE_ Vaxx disinfo thumbnail_draft-2.png
    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

  • 040821-false-marcoleta-imprison-dandd_web-copy.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Congressman NOT sending DOH, FDA chiefs to jail

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 11, 2021 2:43 AM

    Nowhere in the clip did Marcoleta threaten to imprison Domingo or Duque.

    COVID19, ivermectin

  • Island sunset.jpg
    Categories Commentary

    Reflections in the time of Covid-19: Island sunset and Planet Mars

    By Pablo Tariman  |  Apr 02, 2021 9:39 PM

    I welcome/This redeeming kind of sunset/
    In the island/ So full of solace

    COVID19, Island sunset, Planet Mars

  • 102920-false-canada-roadmap-and-vaccine-claims.jpg
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger abroad amplifies FAKE Canada COVID-19 ‘roadmap’ and FALSE vaccine claims

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 05, 2020 8:42 PM

    The “leaked email” that was the source of the information is fabricated. The UK.-based vlogger also made erroneous claims about vaccines and vaccination practices in the U.K.

    COVID19, LOCKDOWN, vaccine

  • 110320-lynn-channel-on-facebookmasks-and-co2.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Wearing masks daily DOES NOT cause carbon dioxide toxicity, oxygen deficiency

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 05, 2020 9:04 AM

    The false claim has circulated online since May, and has been debunked by fact-checkers in South America, Europe and Asia.

    COVID19, masks

  • 101320-viral-video-on-who-lockdown-advice-lessratinggreater.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming WHO ‘reversed’ its advice on lockdowns FALSE

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 14, 2020 9:50 AM

    A WHO official has clarified that they have not made any changes in their stance.

    COVID19, LOCKDOWN, WHO

  • 100720 FALSE Two ways to wear a mask.jpg
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming two ways to wear medical masks NOT TRUE

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 09, 2020 9:38 PM

    Several health authorities say the same thing: wear the colored side facing outwards.

    COVID19, face mask

  • 090720-misleading-covid-19-not-a-real-disease copy.jpg
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post FALSELY claims coronavirus is not real, paints INACCURATE comparison of COVID-19 situation abroad

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 24, 2020 12:54 PM

    The post also echoed already-debunked claims in other conspiracy theories about COVID-19.

    COVID19

  • 08202020-misleading-guideline-covid-19.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral medical advice on how to deal with COVID-19 MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 31, 2020 7:43 AM

    It mixes correct health advice with recycled false claims and information that need context.

    COVID19

  • 083120 FALSE Hikaw hikaw.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hikaw-hikaw plant, su-ob are NOT cures for COVID-19

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 31, 2020 6:44 AM

    There are neither studies nor conclusive evidence that prove hikaw-hikaw can cure or alleviate symptoms of COVID-19.

    COVID19, cure

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