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Yes, you can develop myocarditis after having a cold

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Yes, you can develop myocarditis after having a cold

Vaccines

No, CDC's vaccine safety director didn't admit the COVID-19 vaccine causes debilitating illnesses

A viral video of the CDC's safety director talking about unverified data on COVID-19 vaccine side effects was taken out of context.
Vaccines

No, the CDC's vaccine safety director didn't admit the COVID-19 vaccine causes debilitating illnesses

The clip was from the VRBPAC January 2023 meeting and shows CDC vaccine safety director Tom Shimabukuro talking about VAERS - not illnesses caused by COVID vaccine.
Coronavirus

XBB.1.5 COVID-19 subvariant: 4 Fast Facts

The latest strain of COVID-19 has become the most dominant in the Northeastern U.S. in the last month.
Vaccine

No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants

COVID-19 vaccines will slow the spread of the virus and do not cause or create the variants.
Vaccines

mRNA does not stay in a person’s body a long time after vaccination

mRNA used in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines is broken down within a few hours to a few days after vaccination, and discarded from the body.
Sports

No evidence athlete cardiac arrests linked to COVID vaccine

VERIFY analyzed the data and found many of the deaths listed were not among athletes or from cardiac arrest. There’s scant evidence that many were even vaccinated.
Vaccines

Viral graph uses flawed data to falsely connect athlete deaths to the COVID-19 vaccine

VERIFY analyzed the data and found many of the deaths listed were not among athletes or from cardiac arrest. There’s scant evidence that many were even vaccinated.
Coronavirus

3 viral claims about COVID-19 we VERIFIED in 2022

ere are 3 viral claims about COVID-19 that we VERIFIED in 2022.
Coronavirus

Yes, you can order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government this winter

The federal government is again offering free COVID-19 tests to all U.S. households through the website COVIDTests.gov.
Vaccines

Unvaccinated people are still more likely to die from COVID than vaccinated people, despite claims

People are misinterpreting an analysis of CDC data to falsely claim vaccines are no longer effective at preventing COVID deaths.
Coronavirus

No, vaccinated people are not more likely to die from COVID-19 than unvaccinated people

People are misinterpreting an analysis of CDC data reported in the Washington Post to falsely claim vaccines are no longer effective at preventing COVID deaths.

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Yes, you can develop myocarditis after having a cold

No, CDC's vaccine safety director didn't admit the COVID-19 vaccine causes debilitating illnesses

No, the CDC's vaccine safety director didn't admit the COVID-19 vaccine causes debilitating illnesses

XBB.1.5 COVID-19 subvariant: 4 Fast Facts

No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants

mRNA does not stay in a person’s body a long time after vaccination

No evidence athlete cardiac arrests linked to COVID vaccine

Viral graph uses flawed data to falsely connect athlete deaths to the COVID-19 vaccine

3 viral claims about COVID-19 we VERIFIED in 2022

Yes, you can order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government this winter

Unvaccinated people are still more likely to die from COVID than vaccinated people, despite claims

No, vaccinated people are not more likely to die from COVID-19 than unvaccinated people

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