False: COVID-19 vaccines do not cause body odor
Nothing in COVID-19 vaccines change body odor. Immune response changes may affect pheromones, but the smell is not discernible unlike other common factors such as food intake.
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COVID-19
Analysis: Experts say vaccines do not fuel COVID-19 variants or make humans more prone to infections
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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Misleading: Japanese study on mask hygiene does not support dropping mask mandate
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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Misleading: Video shows Chengdu Marathon, not people taking PCR tests in China
The video actually shows marathon participants waiting for the start on Nov. 20, 2022.
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Misleading: Image of peacocks wrapped in cardboard has nothing to do with COVID-19 test
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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Misleading: Kids spacesuit is for celebrating China’s space mission, not for preventing COVID-19
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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Misleading: This ‘eerie’ video does not show people following China’s strict COVID rules
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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誤導：媒體報道廣州封控示威誤用2017年清遠衝突短片
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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Misleading: This dark building is not where victims of fatal Guizhou bus accident lived
All 45 passengers lived in another district. The misleading photo shows an unrelated building six kilometers away.
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误导：网传中国因出现“新冠阳性病例”致多人逃窜视频 实摄于美国嘉年华
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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Misleading: Video shows panic at a US county fair, not COVID-19 scare in China
Local reports say people ran in panic after a shooting scare at a travelling carnival in Texas on Sept. 23.
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虛假：復必泰供應範圍與猴痘病例並無關連
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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False: Monkeypox has nothing to do with Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines
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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虛假：安倍卸任無權處理分發疫苗 亦未批使用伊維菌素
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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False: Japan’s Abe did not oversee vaccine rollout or distribute ivermectin
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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誤導：上海未因鈔票帶病毒而停用自動櫃員機
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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Misleading: ATMs in Shanghai were never suspended over fears of virus-carrying banknotes
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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虛假：網傳抗疫人員嚎哭擺拍造假 實為抗疫劇拍攝花絮
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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False: This video in China shows anti-pandemic drama, not a staged ‘fake’ tragedy
The clip has been traced to a Douyin account of one of the actors in the drama, posted in 2020.
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Analysis: Misleading claims about Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine safety for pregnancy
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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Investigation: Misleading claims about masks and vaccines in Hong Kong’s 5th wave
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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Misleading: People handcuffed outside hospital are suspected illegal immigrants
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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False: COVID-19 vaccines did not kill 29,939 people in Europe
There is no established causal relationship between these deaths and vaccination.
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False: This video does not show China using livestock transport trucks to move people to quarantine
The misleading video has been edited. A longer version shows the truck was evacuating people out of flooded roads.
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Analysis: This quote does not indicate US authorities have not evaluated vaccine’s long-term effects on kids before approval
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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Misleading: This discussion on ‘China’s plot to weaken US troops with vaccines’ is not organized by the Communist Party but by US website
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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Just in case: ‘Vaccination robot’ in this video is 3D computer graphics :)
The CGI video was originally posted on May 30, 2021, by a TikTok creator specializing in visual effects.
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False: This video does not show a man vandalizing ‘vaccine passport verification’ machines
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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False: China’s double-dose COVID-19 vaccine vial is neither ‘fake’ nor ‘of different grade’
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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Verified: This video shows protestors dancing at an anti-COVID restrictions demonstration in Netherlands
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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