(AP) — Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A U.K. regulatory document recommending against Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding is outdated and has been revised to include those groups. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates doesn’t own “the majority” of U.S. farmland and investment firm BlackRock doesn’t hold the majority of single family houses, either. A video shows tanks being moved for a military exercise in Finland, not being transported toward the Russian border. A video filmed in Hong Kong before the pandemic shows people cutting down lampposts, not protesting COVID restrictions.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
CLAIM: A document shows that Pfizer currently recommends against receiving its COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
THE FACTS: The document was published by U.K. health officials in late 2020 upon first authorization of the shot, and the same document has since been revised in line with current recommendations that say the vaccine is safe and recommended for both groups. Social media users misrepresented the outdated regulatory document. “I’m sure it’ll be all over the mainstream news that Pfizer has now...
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