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Misleading: Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer is ready to roll-out
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer is ready to roll-out
Partly_True: Diana was one of the first public figures to have physical contact with a HIV/AIDS patient, during a hospital visit in New York.
Health-General Media-Celebrities

Partly_True: Diana was one of the first public figures to have physical contact with a HIV/AIDS patient, during a hospital visit in New York.
True: The CDC has recommended Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: The CDC has recommended Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.
False: Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under age 65.
Health-General

False: Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under age 65.
False: Remdesivir and Favipiravir were promoted for treating COVID-19 patients without clearance from Indian regulatory authorities.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: Remdesivir and Favipiravir were promoted for treating COVID-19 patients without clearance from Indian regulatory authorities.
Misleading: The Biden Cancer Initiative amassed $4,809,619 in contributions, but spent $3,070,301 on salaries.
Health-General Events-Humanitarian Politics-Elections Politics-People

Misleading: The Biden Cancer Initiative amassed $4,809,619 in contributions, but spent $3,070,301 on salaries.
True: Brain surgery is sometimes performed when the patient is awake.
Health-General

True: Brain surgery is sometimes performed when the patient is awake.
True: Dr Anthony Fauci: The US "could not possibly be positioned more poorly" in its fight against coronavirus as winter approaches.
Health-Covid

True: Dr Anthony Fauci: The US "could not possibly be positioned more poorly" in its fight against coronavirus as winter approaches.
Misleading: Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine would be unsafe due to the limited time for development and testing.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine would be unsafe due to the limited time for development and testing.
Partly_True: COVID-19 weakens one's immune system.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: COVID-19 weakens one's immune system.
True: Dolly Parton supported the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine research with a $1 million donation.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Media-Celebrities

True: Dolly Parton supported the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine research with a $1 million donation.
True: The UK is the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths due to COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: The UK is the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths due to COVID-19.
True: India has the world’s second-lowest rates of meat consumption per person.
Health-General

True: India has the world’s second-lowest rates of meat consumption per person.
Misleading: Trump: Frankly, he ran the H1N1, swine flu, and it was a total disaster...700,000 people would be dead right now. But it was a far less lethal disease.
Health-General Politics-General Politics-Elections

Misleading: Trump: Frankly, he ran the H1N1, swine flu, and it was a total disaster...700,000 people would be dead right now. But it was a far less lethal disease.
False: Biden: Not one single person with private insurance would lose their insurance under my plan, nor did they under Obamacare unless they chose to do something else
Health-General Human Rights-General Politics-General

False: Biden: Not one single person with private insurance would lose their insurance under my plan, nor did they under Obamacare unless they chose to do something else
Partly_True: The rate of washing hands is higher in the morning than evenings.
Health-General

Partly_True: The rate of washing hands is higher in the morning than evenings.
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