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COVID & HEALTH
TRUE: Lambda, a new COVID-19 variant, has been detected in the U.K. (Logically AI)
FALSE: When COVID-19 vaccines were given emergency use authorization, authorities had no idea if they would work (Logically AI)
Fauci warns of COVID-19 rise because of low vaccinations, not creation of 'two Americas' (USA Today)
MISLEADING: 62 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the U.K. are among people who are vaccinated (Logically AI)
MISLEADING: People over the age of 50 who are unvaccinated account for just 10% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.K. (Logically AI)
SCIENCE
SmartDOT Radiation Protection Advertising Claims Are NOT Proven (Lead Stories)
Are These Real Tree-Climbing Goats in Morocco? (Snopes)
Is This Giant Jungle Centipede Real? (Snopes)
Does Human Saliva Turn Plants Into 'Superfood'? (Check Your Fact)
POLITICS
Trump misses mark on claim that Wisconsin Republicans refuse to investigate 2020 election (PolitiFact)
Déjà vu all over again as former President Trump wrongly claims Wisconsin victory (PolitiFact)
Adam Schiff Was NOT Convicted of Treason (Lead Stories)
No, Cook County criminal courts haven’t been ‘shut down’ for 15 months (PolitiFact)
Was Jeff Bezos Arrested And Sent To Guantanamo Bay? (Check Your Fact)
OTHER
Did a Jewish Family Inspire Louis Armstrong’s Nickname, ‘Satchmo’? (Snopes)
Does This Pic Show True Colors of Terracotta Soldiers Before ‘Rapid Deterioration’? (Snopes)
Did FDR Tell People He ‘Murdered His Grandmother’ To See if They Were Listening? (Snopes)
Espaillat’s claim has some truth to it, though average benefits likely lower (PolitiFact)
TRUE: Fashion giant H&M sees sales in China slump after the Xinjiang boycott (Logically AI)
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