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A Wall Street Journal columnist misrepresented and neglected conclusions of scientific studies to support a hypothesis that repeated vaccinations could trigger rapid virus mutation.
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The 2022 study by researchers at an Osaka-based university actually recommends the hygienic use of masks and cautions people, especially those with immune issues, against repeated use of the same masks to avoid potentially pathogenic microbes that can grow on the surface.
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The video actually shows marathon participants waiting for the start on Nov. 20, 2022.
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This photo was posted in March 2019, months before the pandemic began, when the birds were brought to the Yunnan Arts University in China.
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China successfully launched its Shenzhou-12 and 13 spacecraft in 2021. Many children wore spacesuit costumes at school’s sporting events that year.
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The video consists of two pieces of footage. One shows students wearing white raincoats, and the other shows construction workers building a makeshift hospital in Shanghai.
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英國廣播公司、《衛報》、半島電視台等多個媒體報道廣州封控時，誤把一個5年前廣東清遠居民反對興建垃圾焚燒廠的示威片段，當成廣州市民示威場景。
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All 45 passengers lived in another district. The misleading photo shows an unrelated building six kilometers away.
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视频显示的是9月23日美国德克萨斯州一个嘉年华会，参加的人群因疑似出现枪击而四处逃窜。
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Local reports say people ran in panic after a shooting scare at a travelling carnival in Texas on Sept. 23.
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至截稿為止，今年已有88個國家已錄得猴痘案例，包括未獲供應復必泰的印度、俄羅斯及委內瑞拉。專家指猴痘與復必泰疫苗沒有關連。
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Monkeypox has been reported in 77 countries including India, Russia, and Venezuela where the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is not available. Experts say there is no link between the two.
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安倍於日本推出新冠疫苗前已辭任首相；厚生勞動省宣佈因疫苗受污染，需要回收同批次的163萬劑莫德納疫苗；日本尚未批准使用伊維菌素治療新冠感染。
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A widely shared conspiracy theory suggested Japan’s former prime minister was assassinated because he disobeyed the World Economic Forum. Annie Lab looked into three specific claims and found all of them unsubstantiated.
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上海各銀行的服務自3月中封城一直暫停運作，但5月底開始已復業，自動櫃員機亦正常運作。
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Banking services in Shanghai were suspended during the lockdown from mid-March to the end of May 2022. In June, they were fully in operation.
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經查證，短片是由內地抗疫劇集演員2020年上載至抖音的拍攝花絮。該演員指劇組已完成製作抗疫劇，但上映日期尚未落實。
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The clip has been traced to a Douyin account of one of the actors in the drama, posted in 2020.
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Annie Lab looks into the supposed ‘evidence’ mentioned in a tweet that claims that the safety of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was determined based on lab tests on pregnant rats, not humans.
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Annie Lab looks into an article about Hong Kong’s COVID-19 fifth wave published by a known anti-vaccine website in the United States.
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The police told Annie Lab that seven men and 15 women were taken to the Pok Oi Hospital for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing recently.
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There is no established causal relationship between these deaths and vaccination.
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The misleading video has been edited. A longer version shows the truck was evacuating people out of flooded roads.
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The seven-second clip, which was pulled from an eight-hour deliberation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on the safety of vaccine usage in children aged 5-11, was devoid of context.
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The video is from a live broadcast of GTV, an online platform known for its anti-Communist Party stance and push for misinformation and conspiracy theories.
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The CGI video was originally posted on May 30, 2021, by a TikTok creator specializing in visual effects.
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The video was taken in 2017. It shows an intoxicated man thrashing self check-in machines at the Incheon International Airport, according to a news report.
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The new vaccine package was officially approved by medical authorities, according to a doctor from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention who spoke in a webinar in May.
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The viral video shows people dancing to club music on the streets who were protesting against the social distancing restrictions and nightlife ban on Sept. 11.
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The photo shows a demonstrator in a labor dispute in Buenos Aires on Dec. 22, 2015, according to the Associated Press. It has nothing to do with the anti-vaccine mandate protests in Melbourne in September 2021.
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