DOCS - Doctors Organized to Communicate Science

11/02/2021

You may have seen claims on social media that the COVID-19 vaccine leads to infertility in women. The facts do NOT back up that claim. Read them in our latest fact check:

Feb112021Fact Check Does the COVID-19 vaccine impact fertility? Social media users have been circulating images and claims suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine could lead to infertility in women. The claims purport that the vaccine contains a syncytin-1, spike protein “vital for the formation of t...

01/02/2021

Those claims you may have seen circling on social media about a nurse dropping dead after getting the COVID-19 vaccine? False.

Get the facts about vaccine safety here.

Jan312021Fact Check Are people dying from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? Some social media users and people opposed to or skeptical of vaccinations have been pushing claims that COVID-19 vaccine recipients are dying due to the vaccine. A number of self-proclaimed anti-vaxxers have shared a claim th...

29/12/2020

We're getting you the facts about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dec222020Fact Check Is one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine enough to protect me? Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suggested in a press conference that the second dose of the vaccine developed by Pfizer (made possible in part by federally funded research), currently being distributed and taken by health ca...

10/12/2020

As we prepare for the start of COVID-19 vaccination, there is an abundance of misinformation about the vaccine. We fact-checked one of the false claims about it here:

Nov302020Fact Check Do COVID-19 vaccines in development contain “stem cells from a baby that was aborted”? Catholic bishop in Fresno, CA, has discouraged Catholics from taking COVID-19 vaccines right away, saying, “I won’t be able to take a vaccine, brothers and sisters, and I encourage you ...

23/09/2020

Just yesterday, President Trump stated that COVID-19 "affects virtually nobody," referring to people younger than 18.

Is that true? Read our fact check ➡️ https://thedocs.us/can-covid-19-affect-young-people-and-those-in-good-health/

In front of a large crowd of mostly maskless supporters not adhering to social distancing in Swanton, Ohio, Trump again publicly downplayed the pandemic.

01/09/2020

FACT CHECK: President Trump recently retweeted a claim suggesting that only 6 percent of deaths associated with COVID-19 are really attributable to the virus.

Is this accurate? In a word, no. Get the medical facts here ⬇️

Sep12020Fact Check Is the actual number of deaths from COVID-19 “only 6 percent” of what has been reported? President Trump recently retweeted a claim suggesting that only 6 percent of deaths associated with COVID-19 are really attributable to the virus, because the other 94 percent list COVID-1...

28/08/2020

FACT CHECK: Trump boasted last night about America's testing numbers. Are we really leading the world?

Not really. Here are the facts:

Aug282020Fact Check Is the United States leading the world in testing for COVID-19? The White House Press Secretary claimed on August 27, 2020, that, “Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States is leading the world in testing and the development of a wide range of reliable tests.” I...

27/08/2020

FACT CHECK: Last night, Vice President Mike Pence said, “President Trump marshaled the full resources of our federal government from the outset“ in the effort to combat COVID-19.

But we have the record of the administration's actions, and it refutes this claim: http://bit.ly/DOCSorganized2

26/08/2020

FACT CHECK: Yesterday, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow claimed, “Health and economic impacts were tragic. Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. But presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the Covid virus.”

But the pandemic isn't over. We've got the facts. More: http://bit.ly/DOCSorganized1

25/08/2020

Throughout this pandemic, misinformation spreading quickly has cost lives. As the RNC kicks off tonight, we, a group of physicians nationwide, are launching a campaign called DOCS (Doctors Organized to Communicate Science) to push back with verified facts. Follow along at DOCS - Doctors Organized to Communicate Science, on Twitter, and our website, https://thedocs.us/.

23/08/2020