copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration. (Jeffrey Barke, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-09-30): - COVID-19 vaccine approval (licensure) under a Biologics License Application (BLA) or authorization under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - CDC’s Emergency Use Instructions (EUI) for FDA-approved vaccines - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) or Prequalification of COVID-19 vaccines - ACIP’s General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization [...] The 2024–2025 formulations for COVID-19 vaccines approved or authorized in the United States have been updated to a monovalent vaccine based on the Omicron JN.1-lineage of SARS-CoV-2, as follows:
Claim: Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration. (Jeffrey Barke, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-09-12): On August 22, 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved and authorized updated versions of mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna. The FDA approved the vaccine for people 12 and older and provided emergency use authorization for children 6 months to 11 years old. The stated target of these boosters is the Omicron variant which is not causing a significant number of infections. The most recent booster approval was granted in the absence of booster-specific clinical trial data performed in humans. Furthermore, this booster does not protect against the currently dominant strain, accounting for approximately 37% of infections in the United States. There are currently limited data to inform whether these boosters offer any substantial protection against the virus and subsequent circulating variants. Although randomized clinical trials are normally used to approve therapeutics, the federal government has not required COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to demonstrate their boosters prevent hospitalizations or death from COVID-19 illness. [...] - The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines present a risk of subclinical and clinical myocarditis and other cardiovascular conditions among otherwise healthy individuals.
Claim: Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration. (Jeffrey Barke, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2022-05-17): Any COVID-19 vaccine that receives regulatory authorisation must be manufactured according to internationally accepted stringent regulatory standards of good manufacturing practices (GMP). Regulators review data to confirm that the manufacturing process at each production site is well controlled and consistent. This will include data on the composition and purity of the vaccine and its potency, as well as data on every step of manufacturing and on the controls used to ensure that each batch of vaccine is consistently of a high quality. Data on vaccine stability must also be provided before a vaccine can be approved. After approval, batches may also undergo evaluation by individual national regulatory authorities to ensure they meet national requirements, before they can be supplied. [...] - Under normal circumstances, regulatory assessment begins once all information to support registration is available. For COVID-19 vaccines, many regulators have agreed to accept data on a rolling basis to enable early evaluation of data as it becomes available. Regulators will only be in a position to make a provisional or a conditional approval decision for a vaccine once there is sufficient data to support adequately the safety, quality and effectiveness of the vaccine for its intended use. If a decision is made to grant provisional or conditional approval, it will be based on the requirement for the sponsor to submit more comprehensive, longer term clinical data, stability data and other information with agreed timelines.
Claim: Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration. (Jeffrey Barke, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2020-09-03): The factors relevant to this assessment include, but are not limited to, the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the key role of providers and suppliers under current plans related to distribution of COVID-19 vaccines approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and that such items and services are furnished consistent with a state or regional COVID-19 vaccine plan submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or are otherwise furnished at the direction of or in coordination with Federal, state, or local public health officials.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): Withholding from professional athletes total in the millions every year. In 2022, withholding from Major League Baseball teams alone totaled about $12.4 million In 2022, taxes from visiting pro athletes in baseball, basketball and football topped $50 million.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2019-07-26): The move followed the 1851 execution of John McCaffary, the first and last person to be executed under Wisconsin state law.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2022-05-03): The issue gained new life on Facebook after a April 23, 2020, post in a "Recall Tony Evers" Facebook group that has been shared more than 300 times.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2022-03-07): Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice overseeing a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded review of Wisconsin’s long-settled 2020 election, has made many factually-challenged statements.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2022-07-24): Evers made a similar claim in his February 2022 State of the State Address: [...] Email, Jason Stein, Wisconsin Policy Forum, August 9, 2022 [...] Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Gov. Tony Evers announces he'll direct $2.5 billion in federal relief money to economic recovery in Wisconsin," March 29, 2021
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-02-23): Some of Wisconsin's top Republicans decried a recent decision from a Manhattan grand jury to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with payments made to a porn star in 2016. [...] Wisconsin Public Radio "Is The 'Cheesehead Revolution' Over?," April 30, 2018.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): Yes, Wisconsin's tax coffers would take a hit if Brewers leave [...] In his 2023-25 budget proposal, Gov. Tony Evers called for tapping a state surplus to spend $290 million on stadium renovations to help ensure the Milwaukee Brewers stay in Wisconsin. [...] Is it true that if the Brewers leave town, Wisconsin’s tax coffers would take a hit?
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-10-16): Wisconsin taxes professional baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer athletes who don’t live in Wisconsin for the income they receive when their team plays in Wisconsin. [...] The Milwaukee Brewers baseball team says American Family Field, where it plays, needs $448 million in renovations. [...] Wisconsin State Legislature Tax 2.31: Compensation received by nonresident members of professional athletic teams (page 11).
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2000-05-15): But factors other than player costs also have led to the current state of affairs. In fact, one economist, Andrew Zimbalist of [...] Howard, a professor of sports marketing at the University of [...] BASEBALL NBA NFL NHL
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-12-29): Counsell wanted to change that perception.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2020-08-27): Driven by a movement from players after they saw the Bucks refuse to play, MLB games between the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants were postponed hours before they were set to begin Wednesday. [...] Braun's teammate Josh Hader voiced a similar sentiment about the Bucks' role in the Brewers' decision earlier in the day, adding, "It's an enormous stand. It's more than sports. ... It's more than that. This is a time where we need to not stay quiet and show and empower our voices." [...] MLB's official statement read, "Given the pain in the communities of Wisconsin and beyond following the shooting of Jacob Blake, we respect the decisions of a number of players not to play tonight. Major League Baseball remains united for change in our society and we will be allies in the fight to end racism and injustice."
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2003-08-27): Many people perceive professional sports teams as beneficial for the local economy and essential to an area's civic identity. Professional sports teams have been credited with providing jobs and injecting millions of dollars into local economies. The presence of a professional sports franchise from one of the four major sports is often regarded as a prerequisite to becoming a "big league" city or state. As Wisconsin state representative Marlin Schneider joked in 1995, "Without the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Green Bay Packers, [Wisconsin] ain't nothing but another Nebraska." With so much money and status on the line, professional sports teams have become highly sought after, and their movements from city to city have led to public outrage, lawsuits, and legislative proposals. The owners of professional sports teams have been able to obtain generous deals from city and state officials by threatening to move their franchises. If the owners do not receive the support they seek, they move their team to a more accommodating city. Typical benefits include the use of sports facilities at below-market rents and taxpayer funding for the construction and maintenance of new facilities. Most of the funding comes from the team's home state, but some funding comes from the federal government.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2009-06-30): Governor Doyle and the Wisconsin Legislature seem to live by these words. [...] For some reason, the Legislature decided there were some imaginary problems for which they had to "do something." For instance, the budget increases the amount of car insurance drivers must buy in Wisconsin. Has this really been a problem? Were lawmakers hearing from constituents who were clamoring to pay $300 per year more in auto insurance premiums? [...] For years, our "rowers" (elected officials") have been rowing our state’s finances into a ditch. And there’s certainly no sign that they’re slowing.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... Tony Evers stated on March 8, 2023 in Twitter The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan." Facebook posts stated on September 5, 2022 in a video on Facebook Joe Biden called Pope Francis the "famous African American baseball player in America." Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott." Snapple stated on April 5, 2018 in a bottle cap "There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game." Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2017 in a tweet The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks." [...] Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... Tony Evers stated on March 8, 2023 in Twitter The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2021-07-08): The records upend conventional wisdom about how taxation works in America. Billionaire owners are consistently paying lower tax rates than their millionaire players — and often lower even than the rates paid by the workers who staff their stadiums. The massive reductions on personal tax bills that owners glean from their teams come on top of the much-criticized subsidies the teams get from local governments for new stadiums and further deplete federal coffers that fund everything from the military to medical research to food stamps and other safety net programs. [...] Veeck is credited with convincing the IRS to accept a tax maneuver even he described as a "gimmick." Player salaries were already treated as a deductible business expense for a team. That was not controversial in the slightest. [...] Unlike billionaire team owners, millionaire players are virtually guaranteed to pay a large share of their income in taxes.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): Latest True Fact-checks on Robin Vos Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... Robin Vos stated on May 26, 2016 in a an online opinion-piece: "The Chicago Bears have had more starting quarterbacks in the last 10 years than the total number of tenured (UW) faculty fired during the last two decades." Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... Robin Vos stated on May 26, 2016 in a an online opinion-piece: "The Chicago Bears have had more starting quarterbacks in the last 10 years than the total number of tenured (UW) faculty fired during the last two decades." Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: "When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ...
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2014-12-02): The Adam Silver show came to town just before Thanksgiving holiday and the NBA Commissioner did his best to sell Wisconsin taxpayers on giving the Milwaukee Bucks a Christmas gift of about $200 million or so. This is a challenge akin to the proverbial selling ice to eskimos. [...] Salesman Silver also lauded the proposed state "jock tax," which would take the amount in income taxes paid by NBA players, and devote that to subsidizing the new arena, the argument being that without an NBA franchise, this tax revenue could be lost. Warming to the task, Silver noted that with new TV contracts taking effect in 2016 and 2017 and a higher salary cap for NBA players, the amount of income taxes that could be diverted toward paying off bonds would increase significantly. Mayor Tom Barrett agreed, noting that the potential taxes paid by players, estimated at $10.7 million in the 2012 tax year, could rise to $25 million a year in the future.
Claim: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." (Robin Vos, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2020-08-18): Conditions used to be even more restrictive than this, however. In fact, for much of the history of professional baseball, once a player signed an initial contract with a Major League team, that team effectively owned his labor for the rest of his life.
Claim: “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” (Mike Johnson, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2023-10-25): The actual rate of increase over two years is lower, at 12%, though that’s still substantial. Johnson ignored that wages have also increased, lessening the burden, although not as much as prices have.
Claim: “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” (Mike Johnson, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2022-01-12): "Supply has not kept up with this rise in demand, and prices of goods have surged," Moody’s Investor Services said in a report. "Supply disruptions, especially for semiconductors, have also contributed to shortages of high-ticket items such as new and used cars, and pushed up prices." [...] Consumer expectations of continued inflation have also driven up demand as shoppers feel pressure to go and buy and "lock in" prices before they rise again, creating a self-fulfilling inflation prophecy. [...] Companies have been including inflation guidance in their forward-looking statements for months now. Domino’s Pizza CEO Ritch Allison told a virtual conference Tuesday the chain expected their food costs to raise 8 to 10 percent during 2022. In October, consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble announced across-the-board price increases on everything from diapers to oral care products.
Claim: “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” (Mike Johnson, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2022-10-27): According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for housing are 979.56% higher in 2024 versus 1967 (a $979,561.97 difference in value). [...] * Not final. See inflation summary for latest details. [...] Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Housing:
Claim: “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” (Mike Johnson, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2022-10-24): Highly experimental research, based on web-scraped supermarket data for 30 everyday grocery items, shows that the lowest-priced items have increased in cost by around 17% over the 12 months to September 2022: an increase from 7% over the 12 months to April 2022. [...] Vegetable oil showed the largest percentage increase and average price increase between April 2022 and September 2022, increasing 46% (80 pence per litre) during the period; in contrast, orange juice showed the largest decrease, decreasing 8% (6 pence per litre). [...] While there is a lot of variation at the individual item level, overall the lowest prices of the 30 everyday items, weighted by retailer and item, rose by 17% in the year to September 2022. This includes a 9% increase since our previous analysis in April 2022.
Claim: “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” (Mike Johnson, 2023-10-25)
Evidence (2021-10-26): Food and energy have seen some of the steepest hikes. The price of beef is up more than 17%, restaurant meals more than 5%, and natural gas more than 20%, while gasoline prices have soared by more than 42% over the last year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...] Michael Klein: Inflation is the rate of change of prices for what’s called the basket of goods. And that basket of goods is supposed to be representative of what an average, urban consumer purchases. [...] One factor is that inflation is measured as what prices are now compared to a year ago. A year ago, we were in the depths of the downturn, but when you look two years ago for the comparison instead of a year ago, inflation doesn’t look as bad.