While some specifics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates haven’t been determined, misleading claims about who will be “exempt” have circulated online. Employees at the White House and in agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services are subject to Biden’s executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated.
Issues: Memes
Experts: No Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines and Erectile Dysfunction
Social Media Posts Draw Unsupported Conclusion on Afghan Helicopter Video
Afghan journalists report that a video of a person suspended from a helicopter shows an operation in which the person was trying to change a flag. But critics of President Joe Biden have used the footage to claim the Taliban used U.S. equipment for a “hanging.” One person who shared the claim, Sen. Ted Cruz, later deleted his tweet, saying it “may be inaccurate.”
Biden Issued Proclamation to Fly Flags at Half-Staff
Pfizer CEO Got the COVID-19 Vaccine
The CEO of Pfizer posted a photo of himself getting the second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 10. But an Aug. 5 tweet from Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson misleadingly suggested he isn’t vaccinated. She updated the tweet hours later, acknowledging the CEO’s post — but after her claim had spread, uncorrected, on other social media.
Memes Misidentify D.C. Police Officer as Jan. 6 Protester
Viral Claim Gets Biden’s COVID-19 Travel and Immigration Policies Wrong
Viral Posts Lift Bogus ‘Quarantine’ Story from Satire Site
Meme Spreads Falsehood About Vaccine Transfer Through Eating Meat
Meme Trumpets Falsehood About Delta Variant
The delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads more quickly than the original virus and has been classified as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. It is now the dominant variant in the U.S. But a meme has been circulating on Facebook falsely claiming the delta variant is “fake news.”