Take this ten-question quiz to see how well you can identify news that is not real:
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Claim: COVID-19 vaccines eliminate the coronavirus antibodies developed after a previous infection.
Claim: Pfizer added an ingredient to the pediatric vaccine to prevent heart attacks in children.
Claim: If you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask you can call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.
Claim: Report finds increased risk of miscarriages following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.
Claim: If you've had COVID-19 and recovered, you should still get vaccinated.
Claim: Sending your child to school on a day when vaccines are being administered is implied consent for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Claim: Vaccine boosters mean the vaccines failed.
Claim: Healthy young adults are dying as a result of COVID-19 vaccines.
Claim: VAERS data confirms more children will die from the vaccine than will be saved from the vaccine.
Claim: Vaccinated people are less likely to spread COVID.
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SOURCES: PolitiFact; FactCheck.org; Reuters Fact Check
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CoVID-19 VACCINE fact-check quiz
Can you spot the made-up news?
Claim: Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.
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Claim: COVID-19 vaccines eliminate the coronavirus antibodies developed after a previous infection.
Claim: Pfizer added an ingredient to the pediatric vaccine to prevent heart attacks in children.
Claim: Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.
Claim: Report finds increased risk of miscarriages following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.
Claim: If you've had COVID-19 and recovered, you should still get vaccinated.
Claim: Sending your child to school on a day when vaccines are being administered is implied consent for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Claim: Vaccinated people are less likely to spread COVID.
Claim: Healthy young adults are dying as a result of COVID-19 vaccines.
Claim: VAERS data confirms more children will die from the vaccine than will be saved from the vaccine.
Claim: Vaccine boosters mean the vaccines failed.
Claim: An Alabama nurse died after taking the coronavirus vaccine.
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Claim: The Vatican said it's morally acceptable for Catholics to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Claim: Some COVID-19 vaccines could include microchips to let government officials track patients.
Claim: Vaccines don’t work because they don’t prevent the virus from getting in your body.
Claim: The mRNA vaccines intervene directly in the genetic material of the patient.
Claim: 23 people died in Norway within hours after receiving COVID-19 vaccine.
Claim: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate caused false positive test results for HIV.
Claim: The anti-parasite medication ivermectin cures COVID-19.
Claim: The way to reach herd immunity is for more than 70% of the population to get vaccinated.
Claim: A Pfizer researcher found that the company’s COVID-19 vaccine will lead to infertility in women.
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