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True: Joe Biden has called on states to prioritize teachers for the vaccination program.
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True: Joe Biden has called on states to prioritize teachers for the vaccination program.

Misleading: COVID vaccines were not available when Joe Biden took office.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

Misleading: COVID vaccines were not available when Joe Biden took office.

Partly_True: West Bengal will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Partly_True: West Bengal will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all.

Misleading: West Bengal has been allotted only five sites for the public vaccination drive.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: West Bengal has been allotted only five sites for the public vaccination drive.

True: The word 'vaccine' comes from the Latin word 'vacca,' meaning cow.
Health-Vaccines

True: The word 'vaccine' comes from the Latin word 'vacca,' meaning cow.

False: South African children are refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: South African children are refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Misleading: A Portuguese health worker died two days after getting the Pfizer vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-Social-Media

Misleading: A Portuguese health worker died two days after getting the Pfizer vaccine.

False: India has administered the highest number of COVID-19 vaccine doses.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: India has administered the highest number of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

False: Schools in Arizona are closed because undocumented people can't get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Human Rights-General

False: Schools in Arizona are closed because undocumented people can't get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Misleading: DC Council passed a bill that allows children to be vaccinated without parental consent.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Human Rights-General

Misleading: DC Council passed a bill that allows children to be vaccinated without parental consent.

True: India vaccinated over 7 million people against COVID-19 within 26 days.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: India vaccinated over 7 million people against COVID-19 within 26 days.

False: Merck, the vaccine company, said it is better to fight COVID-19 than get the vaccine
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False: Merck, the vaccine company, said it is better to fight COVID-19 than get the vaccine

False: COVID-19 vaccines are killing more people than the coronavirus itself.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines are killing more people than the coronavirus itself.

True: 12 kids were given sanitizer instead of Polio vaccine drops.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: 12 kids were given sanitizer instead of Polio vaccine drops.

Misleading: The NHS has been told not to give COVID-19 vaccines to those with allergies.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The NHS has been told not to give COVID-19 vaccines to those with allergies.

True: Four people in Bulgaria experienced side effects from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: Four people in Bulgaria experienced side effects from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

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