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Attacks On Science

Daily Fact-Check: No Support for Viral Claim That COVID-19 ‘Lockdowns’ Are Returning This Fall

October 10, 2023

The U.S. is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, so it may be prudent for people to wear masks when out in public and take a few extra precautions. But the government is not planning to implement mask mandates or “lockdowns,” despite claims from the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Daily Fact-Check: Conservative Posts Misrepresent Royalty Payments to Fauci and Collins

October 8, 2023

Documents show that Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins received 58 royalty payments from 2010 to 2021 for their research. Only three of the payments came in 2020 or 2021; the rest were made prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. But social media posts falsely claimed all the payments were “for allowing companies to use their COVID-19 vaccines.”