NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

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A 一斉検挙 of some of the most popular but 完全に untrue stories and visuals of the week. 非，不，無 of these are legit, even though they were 株d 広範囲にわたって on social マスコミ. The Associated 圧力（をかける） checked them out. Here are the facts:

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No 証拠 COVID-19 ワクチンs create new ウイルス variants

CLAIM: The variants of the coronavirus that have been 設立する in the 全世界の 全住民 were created by COVID-19 ワクチンs, because the ワクチンs 原因（となる）d people to develop antibodies and 軍隊d the ウイルス to 発展させる.

THE FACTS: An article 引用するing a virologist known for spreading 共謀 theories about the coronavirus is 押し進めるing the 誤った （人命などを）奪う，主張する that COVID-19 ワクチンs were the catalyst that 原因（となる）d new variants of the ウイルス to 現れる around the globe. "Bombshell: Nobel Prize 勝利者 明らかにする／漏らすs - Covid ワクチン is `Creating Variants,´" reads the headline of the article, which has been 株d thousands of times on Facebook. The article （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that the ワクチンs 軍隊d the ウイルス to "`find another 解答´ or die," thus producing the known coronavirus variants. The article せいにするs the （人命などを）奪う，主張する to Luc Montagnier, who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering HIV and has spread 誤った （人命などを）奪う，主張するs about the coronavirus. It is published on the website of the RAIR 創立／基礎, which 述べるs itself as a "grassroots 行動主義者 organization" 目的（とする）ing to "戦闘 the 脅しs from Islamic supremacists, 過激な 左派の（人）s and their 同盟（する）s." 専門家s 接触するd by The Associated 圧力（をかける） explained that coronavirus variants 設立する across the globe began 現れるing long before ワクチンs were 広範囲にわたって 利用できる. They said the 証拠 示唆するs new variants 発展させるd as a result of 長引かせるd viral 感染s in the 全住民, not ワクチンs, which are designed to 妨げる such 感染s. "There´s no 証拠 that the ワクチンs create new variants, 大部分は because ワクチン接種 appears to shut 負かす／撃墜する viral 感染s, 妨げる people from spreading it to others," said Dr. Stuart Ray, a professor at Johns 売春婦 pkins University´s 医療の school. "If the ウイルス can´t spread, it doesn´t have the 適切な時期 to 発展させる." With some ウイルスs, such as dengue ウイルス, scientists have 観察するd a 現象 called antibody-扶養家族 enhancement, in which antibodies 生成するd by a past 感染 or a ワクチン will 貯蔵所d to a viral pathogen but not 中立にする／無効にする it. This can 原因（となる） people who have antibodies to experience more 厳しい symptoms if they are 感染させるd later. However, this 現象 has not been 観察するd with the coronavirus or ワクチンs to 妨げる it. Montagnier did not 答える／応じる to a request for comment.

- Associated 圧力（をかける） writer Ali Swenson in Semora, North Carolina, 与える／捧げるd this 報告（する）／憶測.

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo, Pat Moore, with the Chester County, Pa., Health Department, fills a syringe with a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to emergency medical workers and health care personnel at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pa. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the variants of the coronavirus that have been found in the global population were created by COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2020, とじ込み／提出する photo, Pat Moore, with the Chester 郡, Pa., Health Department, fills a 洗浄器／皮下注射／浣腸器 with a Moderna COVID-19 ワクチン before 治めるing it to 緊急 医療の 労働者s and health care 職員／兵員 at the Chester 郡 政府 Services 中心 in West Chester, Pa. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated 圧力（をかける） 報告（する）／憶測d on stories 広まる online incorrectly 主張するing that the variants of the coronavirus that have been 設立する in th e 全世界の 全住民 were created by COVID-19 ワクチンs. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, とじ込み／提出する)

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COVID-19 ワクチンs do not wipe out antibodies

CLAIM: The Red Cross says if you 回復するd from COVID-19 and had a ワクチン, you cannot 寄付する 血 plasma because the ワクチン wipes out natural antibodies.

THE FACTS: The Red Cross says that 声明 is 不確かの and COVID-19 ワクチンs do not wipe out antibodies, によれば 専門家s. As of March 26, the Red Cross discontinued the 献身的な collection of COVID-19 convalescent plasma 予定 to 拒絶する／低下するing 需要・要求する from hospitals and a 十分な 産業 供給（する）. 地位，任命するs online are now misrepresenting the change and are spreading the 誤った （人命などを）奪う，主張する that the Red Cross is no longer taking any plasma 寄付s from those who have had the COVID-19 ウイルス and received a ワクチン. Social マスコミ 使用者s are 株ing a February clip from KMOV-4, a CBS-(v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者 news 駅／配置する in Missouri, where the 錨，総合司会者 incorrectly says the Red Cross is no longer 受託するing convalescent plasma from people who are vaccinated because COVID-19 ワクチンs wipe out natural antibodies. "If you have had covid and 回復するd you can 寄付する plasma to help save lifes UNLESS YOU GET THE VACCINE after having 回復するd," reads an 不確かの tweet that 株d the ビデオ. Red Cross spokeswoman Katie Wilkes told The Associated 圧力（をかける） that her organization had reached out to the news 駅／配置する to 訂正する the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）, since it is not 訂正する that ワクチンs wipe out natural antibodies. Wilkes also said that even though the 献身的な convalescent plasma program was discontinued, vaccinated people are still able to 参加する in 血 運動s. "In most 事例／患者s, you can 寄付する 血, platelets and plasma after a COVID-19 ワクチン as long as you´re feeling healthy and 井戸／弁護士席," she said. KMOV-4 updated their story on May 27. "Today News4 updated a story we 報告（する）／憶測d in February," a 駅／配置する spokesperson told the AP in an email. "At that time, a 代表者／国会議員 of the American Red Cross said the organization´s 政策 was to discourage convalescent plasma 寄付s from 寄贈者s who 以前 had COVID-19 and were then vaccinated because of a then-belief about antibodies." 専門家s say the 最近の 地位，任命するs about antibodies get it all wrong. Dr. C. Buddy Creech, a Vanderbilt University ワクチン 専門家, said there is no 推論する／理由 to 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う that COVID-19 ワクチンs would 減らす antibodies. In fact, ワクチンs should 上げる them. ワクチンs produce a more 一貫した 免疫の 返答 to the coronavirus, since 穏やかな 感染s lead to lower antibody levels than more 厳しい 感染s, Creech explained. "This is why those who have been 感染させるd still 利益 from ワクチン接種; that ワクチン will then serve to 上げる the 免疫の 返答 that was made during the 初期の 感染," Creech said in an email.

- Associated 圧力（をかける） writer Beatrice Dupuy in New York 与える／捧げるd this 報告（する）／憶測.

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Sweden is still using PCR 実験（する）s for COVID-19 （犯罪，病気などの）発見

CLAIM: Sweden has stopped using PCR 実験（する）s to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する ウイルスs.

THE FACTS: A 地位，任命する by Sweden´s 最高の，を越す health 機関 discussing the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 実験（する）s to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する the coronavirus is 存在 misinterpreted by social マスコミ 使用者s who 誤って say the 実験（する） is 存在 discontinued there. "Sweden Stops using PCR 実験（する）s - for the 推論する／理由 that good scientists have been 説 for fifteen months - リボ核酸 from ウイルスs can be （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd for Months After 感染. Not fit for 目的," a Twitter 使用者 誤って 明言する／公表するd. The 誤った （人命などを）奪う，主張する also spread on Instagram. The PCR 実験（する）, which can （悪事，秘密などを）発見する whether a ウイルス´s genetic 構成要素 is 現在の in a 見本, is considered to be the most 正確な 肉親，親類d of COVID-19 実験（する） 利用できる. "We can 確認する that Sweden has not 一時停止するd the use of PCR 実験（する）s," Anna Wetterqvist, a spokesperson for Sweden's Public Health 機関, told the AP in an email. In July, the health 機関 published a notice 述べるing 臨床の 基準 that can be used to 決定する when COVID-19 患者s should be considered 解放する／自由な of 感染, which was misinterpreted on social マスコミ. "The PCR tech nology used in 実験（する）s to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する ウイルスs cannot distinguish between ウイルスs 有能な of 感染させるing 独房s and ウイルスs that have been 中立にする／無効にするd by the 免疫の system and therefore these 実験（する）s cannot be used to 決定する whether someone is contagious or not," reads a translation of the 機関´s website. The health 機関´s website 公式文書，認めるs, however, that PCR 実験（する）s are used to identify whether someone is 感染させるd with COVID-19. Wetterqvist 公式文書，認めるd that about 350,000 PCR 実験（する）s were carried out 週刊誌 in April and May. Sweden has carried out over 9.7 million PCR 実験（する）s, she 追加するd. "The 実験（する）s are considered 安全な・保証する given that 実験（する）ing is 成し遂げるd によれば 規則s for 質 査定／評価 as 明言する／公表するd by the Health and 医療の Services 行為／法令／行動する," Wetterqvist said.

- Associated 圧力（をかける） writer Arijeta Lajka in New York 与える／捧げるd this 報告（する）／憶測.

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ビデオ shows 抗議する人s at Toronto ワクチン 場所／位置

CLAIM: ビデオ shows parents in Toronto 存在 封鎖するd by police as children were given the COVID-19 ワクチン in 交流 for ice cream, without parental 許可.

THE FACTS: 地位，任命するs online are 誤って （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that a ビデオ showing 抗議する人s outside a ワクチン pop-up clinic at Toronto City Hall were in fact parents trying to stop health professionals and police from vaccinating their children. The city of Toronto and the University Health 網状組織 held a pop-up ワクチン接種 event on May 23 at City Hall, where 2,500 doses of ワクチン were 治めるd, along with 解放する／自由な ice cream, to those 12 years of age and older, によれば the University Health 網状組織. Canada became the first country to 認可する the Pfizer ワクチン for 12- to 15-year-olds on May 5, a 決定／判定勝ち（する） that was 非難するd by anti-ワクチン 支持するs. In ビデオs online, 抗議する人s can be seen at Nathan Phillips Square outside City Hall speaking out against vaccinating children at the clinic. "This is our children and we will not 支援する 負かす／撃墜する," one woman could be heard yelling in the ビデオ at police. 地位，任命するs online 株d the ビデオ to 誤って （人命などを）奪う，主張する it showed children 存在 vaccinated against their parents' wishes. "A pop up ワクチン clinic in Canada that is 申し込む／申し出ing kids 解放する／自由な ice cream in 交流 for a ワクチン, no parental 許可 要求するd. Police are guarding the 前線 to stop parents from 介入するing," one tweet said. Another 地位，任命する （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that the ビデオ showed parents 存在 閉めだした from a school campus where children were 存在 vaccinated without parental 同意. Gillian Howard, a spokesperson for the University Health 網状組織, said clinic staff did not see children 存在 vaccinated without a family member 現在の. "Anyone receiving ワクチン接種 would have been taken through the 同意 過程 by 臨床の staff and if there was any 指示，表示する物 that someone - whatever their age - didn´t understand the 同意 過程, they would not be vaccinated," she wrote in an email. Only a handful of デモ参加者／実演宣伝者s took part in the 抗議する. Howard said that police were 現在の 予定 to 脅しs to the clinic. Under Ontario´s Health Care 同意 行為／法令／行動する, there is no 最小限 age to 供給する 同意 for ワクチン接種, によれば Toronto Public Health spokesperson Dr. Vinita Dubey. Rather, it is up to the healthcare providers to 確実にする that they 得る 知らせるd 同意 事前の to immunization. "This means the healthcare provider 治めるing the ワクチン has to みなす the 青年 有能な of understanding their 決定／判定勝ち（する）," Dubey said. "If the individual is incapable of 同意ing to receiving the ワクチン, they would need 同意 from their 代用品，人 決定／判定勝ち（する）-製造者, such as their parent or 合法的な 後見人."

- Beatrice Dupuy

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NY 地位，任命する 1987 cover with Fauci is 偽の

CLAIM: The 前線 page of a New York 地位，任命する newspaper shows an image of Dr. Anthony Fauci under the headline, "THE MAN 世界保健機構 GAVE US エイズ."

THE FACTS: The supposed cover is 偽の. The image of the newspaper´s 前線 page was manipulated to show a photo of Fauci under the headline, "誘発する／引き起こすd `gay 癌´ 疫病／流行性の in the U.S. THE MAN 世界保健機構 GAVE US エイズ," to give the 誤った impression that a 1987 article was about him . The 地位，任命する did run that headline on Oct. 6, 1987, but the actual story was about a different individual and did not について言及する Fauci -- nor did it 含む his photo. Kenneth Moy, 長，率いる librarian at the 地位，任命する, 株d with The Associated 圧力（をかける） a scanned copy of the authentic 前線 page and …を伴ってing article that showed the real story 焦点（を合わせる）d on いわゆる "患者 無," a gay man who was （刑事）被告 of bringing HIV to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs. Scientists now say that 仮定／引き受けること was wrong, and that HIV appeared in the U.S. at an earlier date. During the エイズ 疫病／流行性の, Fauci was 任命するd director of the U.S. 国家の 学校／設ける of アレルギー and 感染性の 病気s. At the 高さ of the 危機, Fauci and other 政府 公式の／役人s were 非難するd by エイズ 行動主義者s for how they 扱うd developing and 治めるing 治療s for the 病気.

- Associated 圧力（をかける） writer Terrence Fraser in New York 与える／捧げるd this 報告（する）／憶測.

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Chelsea Clinton didn´t tweet about 法案 Gates´ `行為´

CLAIM: Chelsea Clinton tweeted about Microsoft co-創立者 法案 Gates, asking, "What 肉親，親類d of man 追求するs a physical 関係 with an underling and has relations with her in their office?"

THE FACTS: On May 24, just over a week after news broke that Microsoft Corp. had 調査／捜査するd Gates over a romantic 関係 with a 女性（の） Microsoft 従業員, social マスコミ 使用者s were 株ing a 偽の tweet about the 状況／情勢 designed to look like it （機の）カム from former 大統領 法案 Clinton´s daughter Chelsea Clinton. "The more I hear about 法案 Gates 行為 the more ashamed for him I feel," the 偽の tweet read. "What 肉親，親類d of man 追求するs a physical 関係 with an underling and has relations with her in their office??? Time to の近くに the window on him. I always liked Mac better anyway." Facebook and Twitter 使用者s 株d the 偽の tweet as real, 示唆するing the younger Clinton´s words were ironic in light of the extramarital 事件／事情／状勢 her father had with a White House 抑留する while in office. But there is no 証拠 Chelsea Clin トン ever tweeted this. A search of her Twitter 料金d shows she did not 地位，任命する any tweets on the date shown on the 偽の tweet, May 17. Clinton´s 料金d before and after that date also shows no 証拠 of any tweet 似ているing the image. An internet search finds no 信頼できる 報告（する）／憶測s on the tweet, which likely would have 獲得するd マスコミ attention had it been real. Chelsea Clinton´s spokesperson Sarah Horowitz 確認するd to The Associated 圧力（をかける） that the tweet is 偽の.

- Ali Swenson

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ビデオ of Ted Cruz 恐らく swallowing a 飛行機で行く was edited

CLAIM: ビデオ shows Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swallowing a 飛行機で行く during a Fox News interview.

THE FACTS: The ビデオ 広まる on social マスコミ was manipulated and was first 株d on Reddit last year as a joke with the 肩書を与える "Ted Cruz Eats Spider." On June 27, 2019, Cruz, the 共和国の／共和党の 上院議員, appeared on the Fox News show "Hannity," but there was no はうing critter in the 初めの clip. In the 初めの ビデオ, Cruz´s 発言する／表明する 割れ目s and Hannity tells him, "Take a sip of water. By the way, that´s your Marco Rubio moment, just in 事例／患者 you didn´t know." A clip of Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida sipping from a water 瓶／封じ込める during a speech was 広範囲にわたって 株d in 2013. In the edited ビデオ of Cruz, which has no 音声部の, some 肉親，親類d of はうing pest has been 追加するd. Social マスコミ 使用者s compared the edited ビデオ to the time a 飛行機で行く landed on 副大統領 マイク Pence´s 長，率いる during a 審議 with then-副／悪徳行為 大統領の 指名された人 Kamala Harris last October. "Remember that 飛行機で行く on Pence´s 長，率いる? 井戸／弁護士席 Ted Cruz ate it last night," wrote an Instagram 使用者 who 株d the manipulated ビデオ. Twitter 使用者s 株d the manipulated ビデオ with the hashtag #ToadCruz.

- Arijeta Lajka

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FILE - In this Saturday, May 4, 2019, file photo, Chelsea Clinton speaks at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Clinton tweeted about Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, asking, "What kind of man pursues a physical relationship with an underling and has relations with her in their office?" (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, May 4, 2019, とじ込み／提出する photo, Chelsea Clinton speaks at the 30th 年次の GLAAD マスコミ Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated 圧力（をかける） 報告（する）／憶測d on stories 広まる online incorrectly 主張するing Clinton tweeted about Microsoft co-創立者 法案 Gates, asking, "What 肉親，親類d of man 追求するs a physical 関係 with an underling and has relations with her in their office?" (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, とじ込み／提出する)

FILE - In this June 12, 2020 file photo, a doctor holds a bag of blood plasma donated by a COVID-19 survivor at at blood bank in La Paz, Bolivia. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the Red Cross says if you recovered from COVID-19 and had a vaccine, you cannot donate blood plasma because the vaccine wipes out natural antibodies. The Red Cross said the statement is inaccurate, and COVID-19 vaccines do not wipe out antibodies, according to experts. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

FILE - In th is June 12, 2020 とじ込み／提出する photo, a doctor 持つ／拘留するs a 捕らえる、獲得する of 血 plasma 寄付するd by a COVID-19 生存者 at at 血 bank in La Paz, Bolivia. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated 圧力（をかける） 報告（する）／憶測d on stories 広まる online incorrectly 主張するing that the Red Cross says if you 回復するd from COVID-19 and had a ワクチン, you cannot 寄付する 血 plasma because the ワクチン wipes out natural antibodies. The Red Cross said the 声明 is 不確かの, and COVID-19 ワクチンs do not wipe out antibodies, によれば 専門家s. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, とじ込み／提出する)

FILE - In this March 18, 2021 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the front page of a New York Post newspaper shows an image of Fauci under the headline, "Triggered 'gay cancer' epidemic in the U.S. THE MAN WHO GAVE US AIDS," to give the false impression that a 1987 article was about him. The Post did run that headline on Oct. 6, 1987, but the actual story was about a different individual and did not mention Fauci -- nor did it include his photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

FILE - In this March 18, 2021 とじ込み／提出する photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the 国家の 学校／設ける of アレルギー and 感染性の 病気s, 証言するs during a 上院 Health, Education, Labor and 年金s 委員会 審理，公聴会 on the 連邦の coronavirus 返答 on （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 Hill in Washington. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated 圧力（をかける） 報告（する）／憶測d on stories 広まる online incorrectly 主張するing that the 前線 page of a New York 地位，任命する newspaper shows an image of Fauci under the headline, "誘発する／引き起こすd 'gay 癌' 疫病／流行性の in the U.S. THE MAN 世界保健機構 GAVE US エイズ," to give the 誤った impression that a 1987 article was about him. The 地位，任命する did run that headline on Oct. 6, 1987, but the actual story was about a different individual and did not について言及する Fauci -- nor did it 含む his photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, とじ込み／提出する)

FILE - In this April 28, 2021 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during the the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a video shows Cruz swallowing a fly during a Fox News interview. On June 27, 2019, Cruz, a Republican, appeared on the Fox News show "Hannity," but there was no insect in the original clip. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - In this April 28, 2021 とじ込み／提出する photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during the the 上院 司法の 委員会 確定／確認 審理，公聴会 in Dirksen 上院 Office Building in Washington. On Friday, May 28, 2021, The Associated 圧力（をかける） 報告（する）／憶測d on stories 広まる online incorrectly 主張するing that a ビデオ shows Cruz swallowing a 飛行機で行く during a Fox News interview. On June 27, 2019, Cruz, a 共和国の／共和党の, appeared on the Fox News show "Hannity," but there was no insect in the 初めの clip. (Tom Williams/Pool 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)

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