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COVID-19

COVID-19 虛假 中文 

虛假:網傳英國六成新冠住院患者已打針致病情嚴重 實引用錯誤數據

17 August 202117 August 2021 0 min read

英國政府首席科學顧問在記者會上錯誤引述疫情數據的片段和相關評論,被上載到Twitter一個時評帳戶。但其實該名科學顧問早已就口誤澄清,而相關不實陳述亦早被多個事實查核組織破解。

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COVID-19 False 

False: 60 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the UK did not develop serious or critical conditions ‘due to vaccination’

12 August 202122 August 2021 3 min read

The Chinese tweet with the false claim was posted after the British expert corrected his misspoken statistics. Similar claims in English were also debunked by fact-checking organizations before the post was made.

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COVID-19 False Investigation 

Investigation: A group of doctors spreading misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines

5 August 20216 August 2021 4 min read

Annie Lab looks into an anti-vaccine group that has frequently disseminated misinformation about COVID-19 since February.

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COVID-19 虛假 中文 

虛假:新冠疫苗不會令人體有磁性

5 August 2021 0 min read

網上流傳接種新冠疫苗後會令人體有磁性,但專家澄清不會發生這個情況。

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COVID-19 False 

False: German scientist did not say vaccination caused the delta variant in a recent conference

30 July 20214 August 2021 3 min read

Karl Lauterbach, a German epidemiologist and also a politician, did not make any statement that links inoculation to the origins of the delta variant in a COVID-19 conference on June 21.

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COVID-19 Explainer 

Explainer: Enlarged lymph nodes are a known temporary reaction to COVID-19 vaccines, not a sign of breast cancer

28 July 202128 July 2021 4 min read

Various social media posts claim that COVID-19 vaccination “may result in symptoms of breast cancer,” implying that it could cause breast cancer. Experts say while the inoculation may cause lymph node enlargement, it is a known reaction and will subside in weeks.

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COVID-19 False 

False: COVID-19 vaccines do not make you magnetic

23 July 20215 August 2021 2 min read

Various social media posts suggest human bodies became magnetic following COVID-19 vaccination. Experts say that is simply impossible.

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COVID-19 False 

False: These CT images of lungs do not link vaping disease to COVID-19

12 July 202119 July 2021 4 min read

Ground-glass opacity is a common manifestation of lung injury. It does not imply any link between COVID-19 and vaping disease.

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COVID-19 誤導 中文 

誤導:網引新冠病毒2013年舊報道 實指中東呼吸綜合症 未提病毒為人造

7 July 20219 July 2021 0 min read

一篇社交網站帖文引述一篇2013年內地媒體報道,暗指現時肆虐全球的新型肺炎病毒為人工製造。經查證相關報道詳細內容,證實帖子所言有歪曲事實之嫌。

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COVID-19 False 

False: India’s ‘Health Ministry spokesperson’ did not die of COVID-19 vaccination

2 July 2021 2 min read

Subramanian Swaminathan is the director of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control at Gleneagles Global Hospitals, not a ministry spokesperson. He appeared in multiple interviews after he was vaccinated. The claim appears to originate from a deliberate mistranslation.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: This 2013 article refers to MERS, not COVID-19, and did not say coronaviruses are human-made

29 June 20219 July 2021 4 min read

The 2013 article has nothing to do with the current COVID-19 pandemic. The study mentioned in the story does not conclude coronaviruses can be human-made.

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COVID-19 虛假 中文 

虛假:蔡英文會見美國參議員下跪圖片實遭人篡改 影片證站立發言

22 June 202111 August 2022 0 min read

原圖只拍攝到蔡英文大腿及以上的部分,跪下的雙腿來自另一張南韓國會照片,而從總統府發布的影片可見,蔡英文發言時正在站在地上。

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COVID-19 虛假 中文 

虛假:日揆短片字幕遭捏造 以獎牌利誘印度不參與奧運屬虛構

21 June 202121 June 2021 0 min read

菅義偉演說影片中的中文字幕內容並非按原文翻譯,原片相關部分的內容與東京奧運會無關。

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Japanese Prime Minister Suga's speech with fabricated subtitles
COVID-19 False 

False: Japanese prime minister did not say India will get medals for not coming to the Olympics

18 June 202127 July 2021 3 min read

The Chinese translation of Suga’s speech was fabricated. It has nothing to do with the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

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COVID-19 False 

False: This photo is altered. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen did not kneel before US senators

18 June 20212 June 2022 5 min read

The image was manipulated to add Tsai Ing-wen’s lower legs. A video from the same scene shows her talking to the US senators while standing.

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Analysis COVID-19 False In-depth 

Analysis: None of the eight claims about Fauci’s emails revealing COVID-19 ‘secrets’ is accurate

17 June 202115 July 2021 5 min read

A social media post claims Fauci’s emails show he had known lockdowns were unnecessary and that asymptomatic people could not spread COVID-19, but a review of the emails tells otherwise.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: This video does not show Mexican immigrants in “storage containers” in the US; it shows mobile homes at a quarantine site in China

12 April 202116 April 2021 2 min read

A tweet suggested the U.S. President Joe Biden has created what looks like “concentration camps” at the U.S.-Mexican border but the embedded video clip actually shows a COVID-19 quarantine site in Yunnan province, China.

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COVID-19 Explainer In-depth 

Explainer: COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

12 April 20216 July 2021 14 min read

As the vaccine rollout gathers momentum, confusion and misleading claims about the effectiveness, side effects and safety of different vaccines continue to abound.

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COVID-19 No evidence 

No evidence: There is no proof that ivermectin prevents or cures COVID-19

15 March 202116 April 2021 4 min read

Peer-reviewed studies on ivermectin and the expert interviewed by Annie Lab indicate such claims have no scientific ground.

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COVID-19 分析 深度報道 中文 

分析:對林鄭月娥接種的疫苗有疑問?直播片段證針筒從科興包裝玻璃瓶取疫苗

10 March 202115 July 2021 1 min read

Annie Lab根據直播截圖和網上圖片的分析顯示,林鄭月娥接種的疫苗是從內地科興疫苗的玻璃瓶中抽取,而非如謠言猜測般接種了歐洲藥廠生產的疫苗。

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Analysis COVID-19 In-depth 

Analysis: Questions about Carrie Lam’s jab? Syringe was filled from a Sinovac vial

28 February 202115 July 2021 5 min read

Annie Lab’s visual analysis shows the syringe used to inoculate the Chief Executive was filled from a Sinovac vial. It was not a prefilled syringe made by a European manufacturer as the rumor implies.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at Japan’s airports does not correspond to domestic cases in China

8 January 202116 April 2021 8 min read

Annie Lab found the popular online calculation has no validity. Three datasets do not show what the claim implied at all.

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COVID-19 False 

False: Hospital Authority did not allocate HK$3 billion to subsidize the medical fees of Hong Kongers living in Guangdong

5 October 202016 April 2021 4 min read

The proposed amount is $103 million. It is for the Food and Health Bureau, not Hospital Authority.

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COVID-19 誤導 中文 

誤導:美國衛生部門未曾證實中成藥連花清瘟膠囊可治新型肺炎

31 August 202020 February 2022 0 min read

報道提及的研究其實由一群中國研究人員進行,並由一家荷蘭出版社旗下的醫學期刊出版。

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COVID-19 懶人包 中文 

懶人包:新型冠狀病毒疫苗相關知識

28 August 202016 April 2021 7 min read

很多專家認為疫苗將是阻止新型冠狀病毒傳播的關鍵。但自從疫情爆發以來,社會對於疫苗出現各種疑惑及誤導言論。

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COVID-19 誤導 中文 

誤導:蔣麗芸病毒源頭短片斷章取義 陰謀論缺乏證據支持

26 August 202016 April 2021 2 min read

立法會議員蔣麗芸在片中試圖將疫情源頭歸咎於美國,扭曲了美國抗疫顧問福奇2017年一場演講的意思。

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: Popular coronavirus origin video by Hong Kong legislator consists of unsubstantiated conspiracy claims

25 August 202016 April 2021 4 min read

Pro-establishment legislator Ann Chiang Lai-wan’s popular video features a number of misleading and false claims that have been debunked.

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COVID-19 Misleading 

Misleading: US health agency did not find Lianhua Qingwen effective in COVID-19 treatment

25 August 202020 February 2022 2 min read

The study in question was actually conducted by researchers in China and published in a journal by a Dutch company.

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COVID-19 Explainer 

Explainer: Facts about COVID-19 vaccines

20 August 202016 April 2021 14 min read

There have been confusion and misleading claims about the development of COVID-19 vaccines since the beginning of the pandemic.

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COVID-19 誤導 中文 

誤導:現階段並不適合比較各種新型冠狀病毒疫苗

4 August 202016 April 2021 4 min read

專家表示,牛津大學和中國研發的疫苗應處於研究階段,並不適宜判斷哪款疫苗比較優秀。

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