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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Who is the 'AOC' the claim refers to?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Bustatroll.org", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Which website does the claim refer to as publishing the story in the claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The published a story titled 'AOC Proposes Ending Social Security Benefits After Age 75'", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117121101/https://bustatroll.org/2020/04/30/aoc-ends-social-security/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117121101/https://bustatroll.org/2020/04/30/aoc-ends-social-security/" } ], "question": "Did Bustatroll.org publish a story saying that, 'AOC Proposed Ending Social Security Benefits After Age 75'?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There about us page describes them as a 'network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery, or as Snopes called it before they lost their war on satire: Junk News'", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125004021/https://bustatroll.org/about-us/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210125004021/https://bustatroll.org/about-us/" } ], "question": "Is the site (Bustatroll.org) a satire website?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There is no record of him saying this.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210109200930/https://archive.org/stream/khrushchevinamer006997mbp/khrushchevinamer006997mbp_djvu.txt", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210109200930/https://archive.org/stream/khrushchevinamer006997mbp/khrushchevinamer006997mbp_djvu.txt" } ], "question": "Did then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev say in a speech, \"Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible...\"?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A Facebook post.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210624020620/https://www.facebook.com/jack.frost.146/posts/10221890448751078", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210624020620/https://www.facebook.com/jack.frost.146/posts/10221890448751078" } ], "question": "Where did this claim originate from?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "False information", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210624020620/https://www.facebook.com/jack.frost.146/posts/10221890448751078", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210624020620/https://www.facebook.com/jack.frost.146/posts/10221890448751078" } ], "question": "What did Facebook label this post as?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Khrushchev visted the United States from September 15th to 27th 1959. All his speeches were transcribed in the source. There is no record of him saying the exact stated claim.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210408030512/https://archive.org/stream/khrushchevinamer006997mbp/khrushchevinamer006997mbp_djvu.txt", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210408030512/https://archive.org/stream/khrushchevinamer006997mbp/khrushchevinamer006997mbp_djvu.txt" } ], "question": "Is there any evidence to showcase that Khrushchev said the stated claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "In Ezra Taft Benson's 1966 speech, he relayed what Khrushchev allegedly said to him: \"You Americans are so gullible -- no you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have communism.\"", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211101015959/https://youtu.be/kIR6aLanSNI", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211101015959/https://youtu.be/kIR6aLanSNI" } ], "question": "Has Khrushchev ever said that \"Americans are so gullible\"?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Professor Honjo released a statement on 27 April saying: “In the wake of the pain, economic loss, and unprecedented global suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I am greatly saddened that my name and that of Kyoto University have been used to spread false accusations and misinformation.”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230418184313/https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/2020-04-27", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/2020-04-27" } ], "question": "Did Professor Tasuku Honjo state that coronavirus is “not natural”?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Professor Honjo works as a Deputy Director-General and Distinguished Professor at the Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS).", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613163142/http://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/profile/honjo/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613163142/http://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/profile/honjo/" } ], "question": "Where does Professor Honjo currently work?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There is no evidence to suggest that Professor Honjo worked at the Wuhan laboratory in China.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613163142/http://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/profile/honjo/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613163142/http://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/profile/honjo/" } ], "question": "Has Professor Honjo ever worked in the Wuhan laboratory in China?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (\"asymptomatic\") and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (\"pre-symptomatic\") can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms. This means that the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity--for example, speaking, coughing, or sneezing--even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms. In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210119204426/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html#studies", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210119204426/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html#studies" } ], "question": "What is the CDC recommendation on Covid 19" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It was updated on April 3 2020 to recommend the use of facemasks", "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Did the CDC advice on facemasks change over the course of the pandemic?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The following measures apply to businesses, other than\nhealth care providers, that serve the public within a building or a defined area: Require all customers to wear masks while on premises, and deny entry to\nindividuals not wearing masks, unless the business is providing medication,\nmedical supplies, or food, in which case the business must provide\nalternative methods of pick-up or delivery of such goods; however,\nindividuals who cannot wear a mask due to a medical condition (including\nchildren under the age of 2 years per CDC guidance) may enter the premises\nand are not required to provide documentation of such medical condition;", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204031/https://www.delcopa.gov/ich/resources/covid19/pdf/SOHCOVID-19WorkerSafetyOrder.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.delcopa.gov/ich/resources/covid19/pdf/SOHCOVID-19WorkerSafetyOrder.pdf" } ], "question": "What do the Pennsylvanias Department of health say about mask wearing in stores and business areas?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The news around the COVID-19 outbreak is constantly changing, but information about food safety and how to keep yourself healthy is crucial right now. Here is a comprehensive list on the foods you should be stocking up on during this period of social distancing, as well as information about your local grocery stores’ changing hours, an explanation of “no-contact delivery,” and a guide on how to help your community and its businesses throughout closures.\n\nThe coronavirus has shown us the good in one another, with countless Americans donating time and funds to support nonprofits dedicated to feeding those in need. At the same time, many scams have popped up as criminals seek to take advantage of unsuspecting strangers by stealing items of value like personal information or money.\n\nTrader Joe's this week warned customers about fake $250 coupons being circulated on Facebook. The grocery chain is NOT giving away free groceries because of the \"Corona Pandemic.\"\nMore From Delish\nCherry Pie\nVideo Player is loading.\nCurrent Time 0:00\nRemaining Time -12:27\n\n\"It has been brought to our attention that organizations may be appropriating the Trader Joe's name in association with coupon, discount, or gift card offerings online,\" the grocer wrote on its website. \"Trader Joe's has NO association with these organizations. We do not offer any Trader Joe's coupons, discounts, or gift cards online.\"\n\nAccording to the Associated Press, social media users were pushed to \"hurry up\" and click on a link to \"collect your FREE voucher.\" The link redirected unassuming customers to a survey about Trader Joe's, which promised a fake coupon would arrive.\n\n\"When alerted to the existence of misleading promotions of this nature, Trader Joe's says it actively attempts to remove its name from any misleading promotions,\" the company said. \"We protect the privacy of the information our customers share with us, and we will never ask for our customers to provide any personal or financial details in our com", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204045/https://www.delish.com/food-news/a32277893/trader-joes-coronavirus-scam/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.delish.com/food-news/a32277893/trader-joes-coronavirus-scam/" } ], "question": "Does Trader Joe's give out coupon to customers ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Trader Joe's has gathered a cult-like following over the years, earning the title of America's favorite market more than once. Dedicated shoppers love the friendly staff, localized offerings, and unbeatably low prices. But there's more to the seafaring-themed supermarket than meets the eye. Several current and former employees divulged some helpful insider secrets about the famous chain. Here's everything you need to know before grabbing a shopping cart.\n1. Don't expect additional discounts or sales.\n\nTrader Joe's iconic newsletter, the Fearless Flyer, only comes out eight times a year. It highlights the newest products hitting shelves for that time of year, so customers can get a heads up on all the seasonal offerings. However, it's devoid of any coupons or discount offers—because the store already sells all of its products at the lowest possible price point.\n2. Yes, coupons are accepted.\n\nAs mentioned, Trader Joe's does not offer any store coupons. But the chain does accept all manufacturer coupons, according to one personal finance blogger. It's worth a try to save a few extra bucks!", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204113/https://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/news/a43959/trader-joes-employee-shopping-secrets/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/news/a43959/trader-joes-employee-shopping-secrets/" } ], "question": "How many customers got the Trader Joe's coupon giveaways?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Claim is false and the mass resignation happened due to a completely unrelated reason.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Did 100 Indian nurses in Jhalawar resigned because Jamaatis spit at them?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "They're giving a 50% off coupon which works with a coupon code for purchases made at their store", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230307103459/https://couponfollow.com/site/samsclub.com", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://couponfollow.com/site/samsclub.com" } ], "question": "How much coupons is Sam's club giving away" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322121619/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text#toc-H189E39569A20465DA4C351373F723585", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322121619/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text#toc-H189E39569A20465DA4C351373F723585" } ], "question": "What is the H.R. 5717 bill?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "(1) Articles taxable at 30 percent:\n\n“(A) Pistols.\n\n“(B) Revolvers.\n\n“(C) Firearms (other than pistols and revolvers).\n\n“(D) Any lower frame or receiver for a firearm, whether for a semiautomatic pistol, rifle, or shotgun that is designed to accommodate interchangeable upper receivers.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322121619/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text#toc-H189E39569A20465DA4C351373F723585", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322121619/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text#toc-H189E39569A20465DA4C351373F723585" } ], "question": "How much would taxes on gun sales rise under the H.R. 5717 bill?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "“(2) Articles taxable at 50 percent: Shells and cartridges.”.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322121619/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text#toc-H189E39569A20465DA4C351373F723585", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322121619/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text#toc-H189E39569A20465DA4C351373F723585" } ], "question": "How much would taxes on ammunition sales rise under the H.R. 5717 bill?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There are continuous weekly reports on the deaths caused by the flu throughout May till December 2020, available on the CDC website for past reports.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230511050834/https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/pastreports.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/pastreports.htm" } ], "question": "Did the CDC continue recording flu deaths after April 2020 (when the claim was made)?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "See CDC website showing graphs during that time.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514211955/https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm" } ], "question": "Were flu deaths reported by the CDC before May 2020?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Of the more than 1 million coronavirus cases reported in the country, 40,457 affected patients were 17 or younger.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210217044821/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#cases_casesper100klast7days", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210217044821/https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fcases-in-us.html#cases_casesper100klast7days" } ], "question": "How many kids have had COVID-19 cases to date?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There have been news reports on children's deaths caused by COVID-19.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210223123704/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-numbers-are-low-until-its-your-child-the-coronavirus-can-be-deadly-for-children-too/2020/04/21/0f5ab28a-83e9-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210223123704/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-numbers-are-low-until-its-your-child-the-coronavirus-can-be-deadly-for-children-too/2020/04/21/0f5ab28a-83e9-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html" } ], "question": "Have children in the U.S. died due to COVID-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Children, including very young children, can develop COVID-19. Many of them have no symptoms. Those that do get sick tend to experience milder symptoms such as low-grade fever, fatigue, and cough.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230422111125/https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-outbreak-and-kids", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-outbreak-and-kids" } ], "question": "How does COVID-19 affect children?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "While fewer children have been sick with COVID-19 compared to adults, children can be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, can get sick from COVID-19, and can spread the virus that causes COVID-19 to others. Children, like adults, who have COVID-19 but have no symptoms (“asymptomatic”) can still spread the virus to others.\n\nMost children with COVID-19 have mild symptoms or have no symptoms at all. However, some children can get severely ill from COVID-19. They might require hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator to help them breathe. In rare cases, they might die.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200918134723/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/children/symptoms.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200918134723/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/children/symptoms.html" } ], "question": "Are children at a high risk for severe illness due to COVID-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "A virus is an infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403112102/https://www.britannica.com/science/virus", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.britannica.com/science/virus" } ], "question": "What is a virus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The earliest indications of the biological nature of viruses came from studies in 1892 by the Russian scientist Dmitry I. Ivanovsky and in 1898 by the Dutch scientist Martinus W. Beijerinck.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403112102/https://www.britannica.com/science/virus", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.britannica.com/science/virus" } ], "question": "When were viruses discovered?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The Facebook post says only: \"a message from Jennifer Saunders\"\nand \"written by Jennifer Saunders\".", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200728050423/https://www.facebook.com/joey.noyce/posts/2719374768276789", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200728050423/https://www.facebook.com/joey.noyce/posts/2719374768276789" } ], "question": "Does the post give any further information about the writer named as Jennifer Saunders?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "How many writers have the name Jennifer Saunder?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "As gas prices continue to push cheaper across the country, only one dozen states carry an average of $2/gallon or more.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204551/https://gasprices.aaa.com/only-12-states-carry-gas-price-average-of-2-gallon-or-more/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://gasprices.aaa.com/only-12-states-carry-gas-price-average-of-2-gallon-or-more/" } ], "question": "At the time of the claim, ie 27/04/2020, how many USA states had unleaded regular gasoline that cost more than $2.00 a gallon?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00, according to numbers provided by the AAA of Western and Central New York.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204428/https://www.wkbw.com/rebound/coronavirus-money-help/gas-prices-have-dropped-but-in-n-y-state-theyre-still-pretty-high", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.wkbw.com/rebound/coronavirus-money-help/gas-prices-have-dropped-but-in-n-y-state-theyre-still-pretty-high" }, { "answer": "Only four states in the region (Mid-Atlantic and Northeast) carry gas prices above $2/gallon: Washington, D.C. ($2.17), New York ($2.15), Pennsylvania ($2.02) and New Jersey ($1.99).\n(May 04, 2020)", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204659/https://gasprices.aaa.com/as-states-re-open-motorists-see-pump-price-increases/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://gasprices.aaa.com/as-states-re-open-motorists-see-pump-price-increases/" } ], "question": "Is New York one of the states which has an average gas price of US$2/gallon or more?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Tablighi Jamaat, which means 'the Society for Spreading Faith', is an Islamic missionary movement which aims to encourage Muslims to return to practising their religion during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and particularly in matters of ritual, dress, and personal behavior. The teachings of Tabligh Jamaat are expressed in \"Six Principles\" - Kalimah (Declaration of faith), Salah (Prayer), Ilm-o-zikr (Knowledge), Ikraam-e-Muslim (Respect of Muslim), Ikhlas-e-Niyyat (Sincerity of intention), Dawat-o-Tableegh (Proselytizaton).", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230307025145/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/tablighi-jamaat", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/tablighi-jamaat" } ], "question": "What is Tablighi Jamaat ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Tablighi Jama’at was founded in 1926 in Mewat, India, by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas, an Islamic scholar and teacher. The movement began as an effort to counteract the activities of Hindu revivalists in India, who at the time were attempting to convert Muslims to Hinduism. Worried that existing Islamic educational institutions were not capable of fending off the Hindu challenge, Ilyas envisioned a movement that would send missionaries to villages to instill Muslims with core Islamic values.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204735/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2010/09/15/muslim-networks-and-movements-in-western-europe-tablighi-jamaat/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2010/09/15/muslim-networks-and-movements-in-western-europe-tablighi-jamaat/" } ], "question": "Who founded The Tablighi ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "the reports mentioned that the nurses had resigned due to administration issues and to rebel against low wages. The nurses also mentioned in their resignation letter that the healthcare workers weren't being given proper protection gear or PPE kits; they also mentioned how they were willing to come back to work if the conditions improved and if PPE kits were provided.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204800/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/fact-check-did-nurses-in-jhalawar-hospital-resign-because-of-misconduct-by-jamaatis-2609819.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/fact-check-did-nurses-in-jhalawar-hospital-resign-because-of-misconduct-by-jamaatis-2609819.html" } ], "question": "Why did the nurses resign from Jhalawar hospital?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The federal government has announced plans to introduce a contact tracing mobile app to help curb COVID-19’s spread in Australia. However, rather than collecting location data directly from mobile operators, the proposed TraceTogether app will use Bluetooth technology to sense whether users who have voluntarily opted-in have come within nine metres of one another.\n\nContact tracing apps generally store 14-21 days of interaction data between participating devices to help monitor the spread of a disease. The tracking is usually done by government agencies. This form of health surveillance could help the Australian government respond to the coronavirus crisis by proactively placing confirmed and suspected cases in quarantine.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204843/https://theconversation.com/the-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-wont-log-your-location-but-it-will-reveal-who-you-hang-out-with-136387", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://theconversation.com/the-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-wont-log-your-location-but-it-will-reveal-who-you-hang-out-with-136387" } ], "question": "Can COVIDsafe app traces and monitors the location of a user ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In a scramble to track, and thereby stem the flow of, new cases of the Coronavirus, Governments around the world are rushing to track the locations of their populace. One way to do this is to write a smartphone app which uses Bluetooth technology, and encourage (or mandate) that individuals download and use the app. The aim of this piece is to provide more detail on the technology itself, rather than a deep dive into the risks and whether or not Bluetooth technology should be used.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204911/https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3536/bluetooth-tracking-and-covid-19-tech-primer", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3536/bluetooth-tracking-and-covid-19-tech-primer" } ], "question": "Does COVIDsafe app use Bluetooth tracking technology ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The COVIDsafe app doesn’t have any geolocation capability, it does not track your location, only the proximity of your phone to other people’s phones that have downloaded the app and cannot monitor a person’s location at any time.Experts at the University of Sydney have also stated the app cannot track location.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/qFm1m", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/qFm1m" } ], "question": "Can COVIDsafe app traces and monitors the location of the users ?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Sen. Mitch McConnell introduced the CARES Act on March 25 2020.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210419170800/https://www.congress.gov/amendment/116th-congress/senate-amendment/1578/actions", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210419170800/https://www.congress.gov/amendment/116th-congress/senate-amendment/1578/actions" } ], "question": "When was the CARES Act introduced?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230504235048/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARES_Act", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARES_Act" } ], "question": "When did Donald Trump sign the CARES Act into law?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced legislation on Thursday (March 19, 2020) to address the economic impact of the coronavirus. This is the third legislative package to deal with the outbreak.\n\nThe 247-page bill, dubbed the CARES Act — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act — provides direct cash payments, loan guarantees for impacted businesses and more resources for testing and development of vaccines.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230414124526/https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818253789/congress-awaits-gop-relief-plan-as-first-lawmakers-test-positive-for-coronavirus", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818253789/congress-awaits-gop-relief-plan-as-first-lawmakers-test-positive-for-coronavirus" } ], "question": "When was the CARES Act in its current form, which Donald Trump signed into law on March 27 2020, introduced in Congress?" } ]

[ "Position Statement" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Trumps 2018 budget proposed and 18 percent cut to the Department of Health and Human Services, including a $5.8 billion reduction for the National Institutes of Health, or about a fifth of its budget.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230427021813/https://www.vox.com/2017/3/16/14943816/trumps-budget-health-winners-losers", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.vox.com/2017/3/16/14943816/trumps-budget-health-winners-losers" }, { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Trumps budget proposal for fiscal 2020 included reduced funding of NIH.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205011/https://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/pdfs/FY20/br/Overview-Volume-FY-2020-CJ.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/pdfs/FY20/br/Overview-Volume-FY-2020-CJ.pdf" } ], "question": "Did President Trump try to defund the NIH?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The mention was of a threat that Joe received that was signed by John Kennedy", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210415030528/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-20-mn-42953-story.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210415030528/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-20-mn-42953-story.html" } ], "question": "Is there a mention of Joe Biden in the letters that contain the death of John F Kennedy" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Milwaukee city department has dedicated 19 people to contact tracing — about about 8% of its 250-person staff.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210512145202/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2020/04/25/milwaukee-coronavirus-cases-contact-tracing-tracks-limits-spread/3019109001/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210512145202/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2020/04/25/milwaukee-coronavirus-cases-contact-tracing-tracks-limits-spread/3019109001/" } ], "question": "Does Wisconsin and any of the counties within it have any form of contact tracing ongoing" } ]

[ "Position Statement" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "“In the light of evolving evidence, the World Health Organization advises governments to encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread Covid-19 transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments,”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210202055852/https://scroll.in/latest/963991/coronavirus-who-changes-guidelines-on-masks-says-they-must-be-compulsory-in-public-places#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%20the%20light%20of%20evolving,crowded%20environments%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said.", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210202055852/https://scroll.in/latest/963991/coronavirus-who-changes-guidelines-on-masks-says-they-must-be-compulsory-in-public-places#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%20the%20light%20of%20evolving,crowded%20environments%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said." } ], "question": "When should one wear a mask" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "What percentage of COVID-19 transmissions can be reduced by wearing masks" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "“CDC can’t confirm the accuracy of the numbers reflected in this image. Currently we are not finding any data that can quantify risk reduction from the use of masks”, a CDC spokesperson told Reuters.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205035/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-coronavirus-mask-efficacy-idUSKCN2252T6", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-coronavirus-mask-efficacy-idUSKCN2252T6" }, { "answer": "Overall, the evidence suggests there may be a small benefit to wearing some kind of face covering. They do seem to prevent sick people from spreading the virus, but the evidence is weak and inconsistent, says Hunter.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230328124831/http://www.newscientist.com/article/2240288-do-face-masks-work-against-the-coronavirus-and-should-you-wear-one/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240288-do-face-masks-work-against-the-coronavirus-and-should-you-wear-one/" } ], "question": "Is there any data that gives a percentage figure for the efficacy of masks?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "South Korea continued to pour water on mounting speculation about the health of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, telling CNN he is \"alive and well.\"\n\n\n\n\"Our government position is firm,\" Moon Chung-in, the top foreign policy adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told CNN. \"Kim Jong Un is alive and well. He has been staying in the Wonsan area since April 13. No suspicious movements have so far been detected.\"", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205308/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-kim/south-korea-says-north-koreas-kim-may-be-trying-to-avoid-coronavirus-idUSKCN22A0NZ", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-kim/south-korea-says-north-koreas-kim-may-be-trying-to-avoid-coronavirus-idUSKCN22A0NZ" } ], "question": "What did the media report on the authenticity of the report of his death?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "In a statement, a spokesman for the South’s presidential Blue House said: “We have nothing to confirm and no special movement has been detected inside North Korea as of now.”\n\nAnd the South’s Yonhap news agency cited an unnamed government official saying that reports Mr Kim was seriously ill were “not true”.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205356/https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/asia/kim-jong-un-speculation-rife-that-north-korea-s-leader-gravely-ill-1.1008721", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/asia/kim-jong-un-speculation-rife-that-north-korea-s-leader-gravely-ill-1.1008721" } ], "question": "Is North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jung Un, seriously ill?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "On 26th March 2020 the Indian Finance Minister announced a Rs 1.7 trillion relief package under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana scheme for the poor to help them fight the battle against Coronavirus. This included:\n\n- Insurance cover of Rs 50 Lakh per health worker fighting COVID-19 to be provided under Insurance Scheme\n- 80 crore poor people will to get 5 kg wheat or rice and 1 kg of preferred pulses for free every month for the next three months\n- 20 crore women Jan Dhan account holders to get Rs 500 per month for next three months\n- Increase in MNREGA wage to Rs 202 a day from Rs 182 to benefit 13.62 crore families\n- An ex-gratia of Rs 1,000 to 3 crore poor senior citizen, poor widows and poor disabled\n- Government to front-load Rs 2,000 paid to farmers in first week of April under existing PM Kisan Yojana to benefit 8.7 crore farmers\n- Central Government has given orders to State Governments to use Building and Construction Workers Welfare Fund to provide relief to Construction Workers", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230411213506/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1608345", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1608345" } ], "question": "What financial aid did the Indian government announce prior to the date the claim was made (25/4/2020)?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Cash transfer measures are set to benefit farmers, rural workers, poor pensioners, construction workers, low-income widowers and more.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230422041936/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-india-needs-a-support-package-larger-than-20-billion-dollars.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-india-needs-a-support-package-larger-than-20-billion-dollars.html" } ], "question": "Did the financial aid package include transferring Rs 1000 to all “willing citizens” as per the claim?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is a meme circulating on Facebook that seems to be based on the conspiracy theory that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were assassinated by the Rothschilds because they wanted to “end the federal reserve banking system.” Let’s pick this meme apart to see how historically accurate it is.\n\n1. There was no federal reserve system when Lincoln was president. The Federal Reserve System was not established until 1913.\n\n2. Prior to the Federal Reserve System, there had been a national bank*, and Andrew Jackson had made its end one of his key second-term goals.\n\n3. Two assassins attempted to kill Jackson, but no evidence suggests that they were sent by the Bank.**\n\n4. Some people have emphasized the eerie similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy, which are easily explainable.\n\n* There were two national banks, in fact: The 1st Bank of the U.S., which was chartered from 1791-1811 and the 2nd Bank of the U.S., chartered from 1816-1836.\n\n** There is that pesky Booth letter, though.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205530/https://jacksonianamerica.com/2013/11/21/debunking-the-lincoln-kennedy-federal-reserve-meme/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://jacksonianamerica.com/2013/11/21/debunking-the-lincoln-kennedy-federal-reserve-meme/" } ], "question": "Was President Lincoln And Kennedy Assassinated for trying to End Federal Reserve banking system ?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Trump introduced restrictions and limitations to travel but not an outright ban.", "cached_source_url": "https://perma.cc/A6MY-VD5M?type=image", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://perma.cc/A6MY-VD5M?type=image" } ], "question": "Did Donald Trump ban travel to China on January 31st 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is no evidence to show that millions of lives were saved.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205708/https://www.barrons.com/articles/twitter-new-ceo-linda-yaccarino-advertising-5f105f45?jsondata=r", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.barrons.com/news/coronavirus-toll-at-1100-gmt-tuesday-01598354705" } ], "question": "Did the restrictions to travel announced on January 31st 2020, save millions of lives in USA?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to the Office for National Statistics there were 153,717 deaths registered in England in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2018. There is no data on this site for the whole of the UK. The 209,249 deaths cited cannot be verified.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230327125001/https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/quarterlymortalityreports/januarytomarch2018", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/quarterlymortalityreports/januarytomarch2018" } ], "question": "How many deaths were there in the UK in the first 15 weeks of 2018?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Figures for the first 17 weeks of 2020 show that 229,294 deaths were registered.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205742/https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020" } ], "question": "How many deaths were there in the UK in the first 15 weeks of 2020?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Np mosques were left open", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200622215800/https://www.president.go.ke/2015/03/26/speech-by-his-excellency-hon-uhuru-kenyatta-c-g-h-president-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-of-the-republic-of-kenya-during-the-state-of-the-nation-address-at-parliament-buildings-na/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200622215800/https://www.president.go.ke/2015/03/26/speech-by-his-excellency-hon-uhuru-kenyatta-c-g-h-president-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-of-the-republic-of-kenya-during-the-state-of-the-nation-address-at-parliament-buildings-na/" }, { "answer": "No mosques were left open", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200622215800/https://www.president.go.ke/2015/03/26/speech-by-his-excellency-hon-uhuru-kenyatta-c-g-h-president-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-of-the-republic-of-kenya-during-the-state-of-the-nation-address-at-parliament-buildings-na/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200622215800/https://www.president.go.ke/2015/03/26/speech-by-his-excellency-hon-uhuru-kenyatta-c-g-h-president-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-of-the-republic-of-kenya-during-the-state-of-the-nation-address-at-parliament-buildings-na/" } ], "question": "Were churches allowed to operate during the pandemic" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Which states have prohibited religious gatherings in the United States?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Arizona\nColorado\nDelaware\nFlorida\nKentucky\nMichigan\nNew Mexico\nNorth Carolina\nPennsylvania\nTexas\nWest Virginia\nWisconsin", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205808/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/02/us/stay-at-home-order-religious-exemptions-states-coronavirus/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/02/us/stay-at-home-order-religious-exemptions-states-coronavirus/index.html" } ], "question": "Which states have exempted religious gatherings from the stay-at-home order?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "10 states are preventing in-person religious gatherings in any form, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of recent state-level regulations.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210706115908/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/27/most-states-have-religious-exemptions-to-covid-19-social-distancing-rules/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210706115908/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/27/most-states-have-religious-exemptions-to-covid-19-social-distancing-rules/" } ], "question": "How many states have prohibited religious gatherings in the United States?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "They are both religious congregations.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230324120039/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/religion-bigger-business-than-we-thought/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/religion-bigger-business-than-we-thought/" } ], "question": "Are churches and mosques both religious gatherings?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "It was situated in Chicago", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210717165358mp_/https://www.gainpeace.com/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210717165358mp_/https://www.gainpeace.com/" } ], "question": "Where was the billboard situated" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "GainPeace has launched a billboard to salute the heroes who are in the frontline of taking care of those affected by COVID-19", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210717165358mp_/https://www.gainpeace.com/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210717165358mp_/https://www.gainpeace.com/" } ], "question": "Which organization posted the billboard" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Home Minister ANIL DESHMUKH tweeted that the lynching was a grotesque incident which happened due to rumours on social media about child kidnappers & thieves prowling in the area", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205849/https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1252824731100672000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1252824731100672000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Was there a lynching incident in Palghar ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "101 arrested in the #Palghar incident", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210823185912/https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1252830032315088899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210823185912/https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1252830032315088899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Was anyone arrested in connection to the lynching?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Addressing a press conference, Deshmukh said that there are no Muslims on the list.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515205931/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9RUIhVqjBk", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9RUIhVqjBk" } ], "question": "Did ANIL DESHMUKH say no Hindu's were arrested in the incedent?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "he took to twitter and said:\n\n\"Guys, I am not the person putting money in wheat bags. Its either a fake story completely, or Robin Hood doesn't want to reveal himself! \nStay safe. \nLove. \na.\"", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200505122648/https://twitter.com/aamir_khan/status/1257165603678240768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200505122648/https://twitter.com/aamir_khan/status/1257165603678240768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Has Actor Aamir Khan commented on the claim he is giving out free cash in wheat bags?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220524211007/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6515", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220524211007/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6515" } ], "question": "Which law created during the pandemic calls for a refund on rent" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The bill has attracted 27 House cosponsors, all Democrats. It awaits a potential vote in the House Financial Services Committee.\n\nOdds of passage are low in the Republican-controlled Senate.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210420081239/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6515/summary", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210420081239/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6515/summary" } ], "question": "Has the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020 been made into a law" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "It was sent to the house and awaits a 'potential vote' in the House Financial Services Committee.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210420081239/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6515/summary", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210420081239/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6515/summary" } ], "question": "Is the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020 a law or just a bill that has been referred to the house committee for discussion?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "No program like that exists", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211104180424/https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/verify-rent-is-still-due-neither-maryland-virginia-dc-nor-the-federal-government-is-suspending-rent-payments-during-the-pandemic/65-bcb7e136-e082-4fef-a5a3-935d8b15cdbe", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211104180424/https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/verify-rent-is-still-due-neither-maryland-virginia-dc-nor-the-federal-government-is-suspending-rent-payments-during-the-pandemic/65-bcb7e136-e082-4fef-a5a3-935d8b15cdbe" } ], "question": "Due to this bill are people due refunds on rent and mortgage payments?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "On April 6, Cuomo said his state had not \"lost anyone because we didn't have a bed or we didn't have a ventilator.\".", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210617072414/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-V8zNoEMk&t=1229s", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210617072414/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-V8zNoEMk&t=1229s" } ], "question": "Was there a ventilator shortage in the USA for covid-19 patients?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Around 50% of total ventilators ended up being in use.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210721153705/https://covid19.nj.gov/#live-updates", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210721153705/https://covid19.nj.gov/#live-updates" } ], "question": "How many ventilators were available vs people admitted with Covid-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "After hearing from Iowans and seeing the overwhelming response of small businesses across the country, it’s clear we need to bolster the Paycheck Protection Program. We don’t have time for political games; we’re in a crisis. Workers and employers in Iowa and across the country need this relief now more than ever, so let’s put aside the politics and swiftly get this specific additional support for small businesses approved so money can keep flowing, Iowa workers can continue to collect a paycheck, and our state’s small businesses can stay afloat,” said Senator Ernst", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210524111402/https://www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/4/ernst-statement-on-senate-democrats-blocking-funding-for-small-businesses", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210524111402/https://www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/4/ernst-statement-on-senate-democrats-blocking-funding-for-small-businesses" } ], "question": "Did Senator Joni Ernst push for new funding for hospitals and small businesses" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Was senator Ernst against adding health care to the PPP bills being passed by the senate" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "US$16.94 per barrel", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210922122901/https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=INI1500008&f=M", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210922122901/https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=INI1500008&f=M" } ], "question": "How much was crude oil in Nigeria in 1999" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "US$94.95 per barrel", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230513134653/https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/" } ], "question": "Crude oil price in Nigeria in 2020" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Zooming in to the last six days (April 15 to 20), Wisconsin had between 147 and 170 new confirmed cases per day. The tally was lower the days before that due to a lower number of tests being performed.\n\nThe most recent tally released prior to the statement from Vos and Fitzgerald was April 20, with 153 cases, up six from the day before. That’s on par with the April average of 157 new cases per day.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307062237/https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/wisconsin?view=daily-deaths&tab=trend", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307062237/https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/wisconsin?view=daily-deaths&tab=trend" } ], "question": "How many confirmed cases in Wisconsin during this time period?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This is the lone metric that shows a decline over the last couple weeks.\n\nAfter rising to start the month, the daily tally leveled off around 440 per day from April 9 to 14.\n\nThe number then dropped for two days before holding steady between 357 and 361 from April 17 to 21.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307062237/https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/wisconsin?view=daily-deaths&tab=trend", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307062237/https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/wisconsin?view=daily-deaths&tab=trend" } ], "question": "What about hospitalizations?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There are a lot of ways to slice the coronavirus data, but this is an exaggeration.\n\nNew cases and deaths in the week before this claim were roughly in line with both the preceding week and the averages for the month of April. Hospitalizations had dropped somewhat from the week prior, but were holding steady for the five preceding days.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210323130559/https://projects.jsonline.com/topics/coronavirus/tracking/covid-19-cases-testing-and-deaths-in-wisconsin.html", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210323130559/https://projects.jsonline.com/topics/coronavirus/tracking/covid-19-cases-testing-and-deaths-in-wisconsin.html" } ], "question": "Does this show a clear decline in COVID infections?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "She came under fire from the administration and has toned down her advisories.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210408223102/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/health/fauci-coronavirus.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210408223102/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/health/fauci-coronavirus.html" } ], "question": "Did Nancy Messonnier stop briefing the Trump administration" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The novel coronavirus was similar to other coronaviruses known to have originated in bats and was thought to be passed from bats to other animals before being transmitted to humans.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210713090640/https://www.britannica.com/science/coronavirus-virus-group#ref1102529", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210713090640/https://www.britannica.com/science/coronavirus-virus-group#ref1102529" } ], "question": "What is novel coronavirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV,\nalso referred to as SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19), which has resulted in millions of confirmed human infections globally.\nCases of asymptomatic infection, mild illness, severe illness, and deaths have been reported.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230512162134/https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download" } ], "question": "What Novel coronavirus does the claim refer to?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data on COVID-19 cases in the United States lists the earliest date of illness onset as January 14, 2020.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210721151503im_/https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/list_l/public/medias/factchecking/united_states/cdc_screenshot_30_april.png?itok=tmYSTEG0", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210721151503im_/https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/list_l/public/medias/factchecking/united_states/cdc_screenshot_30_april.png?itok=tmYSTEG0" } ], "question": "When was the novel coronavirus Covid 19 first detected in the U.S ?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Coronaviruses (CoVs) are the largest group of viruses belonging to the Nidovirales order, which includes Coronaviridae, Arteriviridae, Mesoniviridae, and Roniviridae families. The Coronavirinae comprise one of two subfamilies in the Coronaviridae family, with the other being the Torovirinae. The Coronavirinae are further subdivided into four genera, the alpha, beta, gamma, and delta coronaviruses.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230423131458/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369385/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369385/" } ], "question": "What is coronavirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927155926/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927155926/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses" } ], "question": "Which strain of coronavirus does the claim refer to?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "data for COVID-19 cases in the U.S lists the earliest date of illness onset as January 14, 2020.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210707073852im_/https://www.boomlive.in/h-upload/2020/04/30/920765-2020043021-cdcscreenshot30april.jpg", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210707073852im_/https://www.boomlive.in/h-upload/2020/04/30/920765-2020043021-cdcscreenshot30april.jpg" } ], "question": "When was Covid 19 first reported in the U.S?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The outbreak only began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927155926/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200927155926/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses" } ], "question": "Are there any reports of Covid 19 illnesses in the U.S before January 2020?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "29th May 2007", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230317113511/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nigeria", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nigeria" } ], "question": "When did President Obasanjo and VP Abubakar exited office in Nigeria?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "$3,654.21 Billion", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221126150937/https://dmo.gov.ng/publications/reports/dmo-annual-report-statement-of-accounts/1057-dmo-2007-annual-report/file", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://www.dmo.gov.ng/publications/reports/dmo-annual-report-statement-of-accounts/1057-dmo-2007-annual-report/file#page=36" } ], "question": "How much was Nigeria's foreign debt by May 2007?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "This, as the pandemic continues to impact the continent's struggling economies whose growth will slow from 3.2 percent to 1.8 percent at best, pushing nearly 27 million people into extreme poverty.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515210135/https://reliefweb.int/report/algeria/le-covid-19-en-afrique-sauver-des-vies-et-l-conomie", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://reliefweb.int/report/algeria/le-covid-19-en-afrique-sauver-des-vies-et-l-conomie" } ], "question": "What is the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's economic forecast for Africa's growth?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "In an effort to limit all nonessential interactions between people as the number of novel coronavirus cases across the state increase, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will issue a \"safer at home\" order on Tuesday, he announced via Twitter Monday morning, which would mandate people can only leave their homes for essential needs \"like going to the doctor, grabbing groceries, or getting medication.\"", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515210310/https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2020/03/23/gov-evers-to-issue-safer-at-home-order-for.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2020/03/23/gov-evers-to-issue-safer-at-home-order-for.html" } ], "question": "What did Wisconsin's Safer At Home during the COVID-19 pandemic directive entail?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A model created by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, released March 18, 2020 projected between 440 and 1,500 deaths in Wisconsin by April 8.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201025112418/https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p02643.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201025112418/https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p02643.pdf" } ], "question": "What were the estimated deaths in Wisconsin?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "99 deaths were recorded.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230405201625/https://projects.jsonline.com/topics/coronavirus/tracking/covid-19-cases-testing-and-deaths-in-wisconsin.html", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://projects.jsonline.com/topics/coronavirus/tracking/covid-19-cases-testing-and-deaths-in-wisconsin.html" } ], "question": "What was the actual death toll from COVID-19 by April 8 in Wisconsin ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The John Hopkins University said their scientific simulations showed about three times as many deaths had for the Safer At home not been implemented.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201025115156/https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p02643a.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201025115156/https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p02643a.pdf" } ], "question": "Is there evidence that staying home during a pandemic helps save lives?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "yes, The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated in a report published on April 6 that among 149,082 (99.6%) reported COVID-19 cases for which age was known, 2,572 (1.7%) were among children younger than 18 years.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210311183633/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210311183633/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm" } ], "question": "Do children catch covid-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes - The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated in a report published on April 6 that among 149,082 (99.6%) reported COVID-19 cases for which age was known, 2,572 (1.7%) were among children younger than 18 years. Of those, an estimated 5.7- 20 percent were hospitalized,", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210311183633/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210311183633/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm" } ], "question": "Do children get hospitalised from covid-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes - The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated in a report published on April 6 that among 149,082 (99.6%) reported COVID-19 cases for which age was known, 2,572 (1.7%) were among children younger than 18 years. Of those, an estimated 5.7- 20 percent were hospitalized, 0.58-2.0 percent were placed in an intensive care unit and three died", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210311183633/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210311183633/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm" } ], "question": "Have any children died from covid 19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Up to 83 parts per million", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514144356/https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=172.575", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=172.575" } ], "question": "How much quinine is there in tonic water?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "40mg per day", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515210434/https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-HealthProfessional/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-HealthProfessional/" } ], "question": "How much zinc can a human safely consume in a day?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Quinine is used chiefly in the treatment of malaria.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230513042244/https://www.britannica.com/science/quinine", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.britannica.com/science/quinine" } ], "question": "Is quinine used as anti-viral drug against Covid-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Recent analysis suggests people unemployed for one to two years have a 44 per cent smaller chance of finding work within the next year than people unemployed for less than three months. For those unemployed longer, the likelihood is even slimmer.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Does being out of unemployment for a year or over halve your chances of ever getting back into employment?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It’s not easy for people who are unemployed to find a job.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230302184952/https://www.acoss.org.au/faces-of-unemployment-2020/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.acoss.org.au/faces-of-unemployment-2020/" } ], "question": "Is it hard for people who are unemployed to find jobs?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "While Democratic senators voted against moving the bill forward in earlier procedural votes over policy concerns, the Senate passed the final version unanimously.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "DID 44 SENATORS VOTE AGAINST SENDING AMERICANS CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS PAYMENTS?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Some time in 2019.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "When was this claim made?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician, who has served as the president of Nigeria since 2015", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510001129/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" } ], "question": "Who is Muhammadu Buhari?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Did Nigeria's First Lady claim that her husband was dead?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Using convalescent plasma -- a component of blood -- as a treatment is a decades-old idea, and has been used to treat other diseases like influenza and measles. When a patient recovers from a disease, they produce antibodies to fight the presence of the antigen that caused the disease, and those proteins will remain in the blood for a few months.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210118161525/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/fda-approves-amazon-backed-columbia-study-of-plasma-covid-19-therapy.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210118161525/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/fda-approves-amazon-backed-columbia-study-of-plasma-covid-19-therapy.html" } ], "question": "What is Convalescent plasma therapy?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Results All 5 patients (age range, 36-65 years; 2 women) were receiving mechanical ventilation at the time of treatment and all had received antiviral agents and methylprednisolone. Following plasma transfusion, body temperature normalized within 3 days in 4 of 5 patients, the SOFA score decreased, and Pao2/Fio2 increased within 12 days (range, 172-276 before and 284-366 after). Viral loads also decreased and became negative within 12 days after the transfusion, and SARS-CoV-2–specific ELISA and neutralizing antibody titers increased following the transfusion (range, 40-60 before and 80-320 on day 7). ARDS resolved in 4 patients at 12 days after transfusion, and 3 patients were weaned from mechanical ventilation within 2 weeks of treatment. Of the 5 patients, 3 have been discharged from the hospital (length of stay: 53, 51, and 55 days), and 2 are in stable condition at 37 days after transfusion.\n\nConclusions and Relevance In this preliminary uncontrolled case series of 5 critically ill patients with COVID-19 and ARDS, administration of convalescent plasma containing neutralizing antibody was followed by improvement in their clinical status. The limited sample size and study design preclude a definitive statement about the potential effectiveness of this treatment, and these observations require evaluation in clinical trials.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117214740/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763983", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117214740/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763983" }, { "answer": "COVID-19 is currently a big threat to global health. However, no specific antiviral agents are available for its treatment. In this work, we explored the feasibility of convalescent plasma (CP) transfusion to rescue severe patients. The results from 10 severe adult cases showed that one dose (200 mL) of CP was welltolerated and could significantly increase or maintain the neutralizing antibodies at a high level, leading to disappearance of viremia in 7 days. Meanwhile, clinical symptoms and paraclinical criteria rapidly improved within 3 days. Radiological examination showed varying degrees of absorption of lung lesions within 7 days. These results indicate that CP can serve as a promising rescue option for severe COVID-19 while the randomized trial is warranted.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117082008/https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.16.20036145v1", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117082008/https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.16.20036145v1" }, { "answer": "In order to evaluate the efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy in the treatment of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 80 SARS patients were given convalescent plasma at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, between 20 March and 26 May 2003. Good outcome was defined as discharge by day 22 following the onset of SARS symptoms. Poor outcome was defined as death or hospitalization beyond 22 days. A higher day-22 discharge rate was observed among patients who were given convalescent plasma before day 14 of illness (58.3% vs 15.6%; P<0.001) and among those who were PCR positive and seronegative for coronavirus at the time of plasma infusion (66.7% vs 20%; P=0.001).", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210123013338/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15616839/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210123013338/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15616839/" } ], "question": "What proof is there that Convalescent plasma therapy is working for coronavirus patients?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has invited researchers to study the benefits of yoga and meditation in fighting Covid-19 and similar viruses.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515210559/https://theprint.in/health/think-you-can-prove-yoga-meditation-ward-off-covid-19-modi-govt-has-an-offer-for-you/400237/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://theprint.in/health/think-you-can-prove-yoga-meditation-ward-off-covid-19-modi-govt-has-an-offer-for-you/400237/" } ], "question": "Have there been any studies to show the benefits of Meditation against Covid?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Is there an official guidance to do Meditation to prevent covid?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "This information is not listed in their recommendations, instead they have listed:\n\nProtect yourself and those around you:\n\nGet vaccinated as soon as it’s your turn and follow local guidance on vaccination.\nKeep physical distance of at least 1 metre from others, even if they don’t appear to be sick. Avoid crowds and close contact.\nWear a properly fitted mask when physical distancing is not possible and in poorly ventilated settings.\nClean your hands frequently with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.\nCover your mouth and nose with a bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Dispose of used tissues immediately and clean hands regularly. \nIf you develop symptoms or test positive for COVID-19, self-isolate until you recover.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212923/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public" } ], "question": "Does WHO recommend keeping the room temperature at 30-40 degrees Celsius to prevent COVID-19.?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The treatments include:\n- decongestants to help with coughing and congestion\n- cough medicine and cough drops\nover-the-counter pain and fever relievers, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen\n- chest vapor rubs to help with congestion\n- steamy showers to help relieve congestion\nusing a humidifier while asleep to reduce air dryness and help with coughing", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516144655/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325751", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325751#treatments-and-home-remedies" } ], "question": "Does running cure cough" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "There is a study done with licorice root, but it was not considered a cure or preventative treatment.\nConsidering all these results, it can\nbe predicted that licorice root preparations can be applied as a\nsupport to existing treatments in severe cases of COVID-19 with\nmild symptoms or pneumonia.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516144726/https://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_41748/BezmialemScience-8-428-En.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_41748/BezmialemScience-8-428-En.pdf" } ], "question": "Can any information be found about Licorice or any of the herbs about preventing/curing COVID-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Is there any mention of taking the herbs with milk to help COVID-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "nutrition is intricately linked to immunity and to the risk and severity of infections. Poorly nourished individuals are at a greater risk of various bacterial, viral, and other infections. \nConversely, chronic or severe infections lead to nutritional disorders or worsen the nutritional status of affected people. Therefore, it is imperative for all of us to pay attention to our diet and nutritional status during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230512042729/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2020/04/01/ask-the-expert-the-role-of-diet-and-nutritional-supplements-during-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2020/04/01/ask-the-expert-the-role-of-diet-and-nutritional-supplements-during-covid-19/" } ], "question": "What is the role of diet and nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Indeed, consuming good quality diets is always desirable, and this is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. A healthy diet, as depicted by the Healthy Eating Plate, emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts, moderate consumption of fish, dairy foods, and poultry, and limited intake of red and processed meat, refined carbohydrates, and sugar. Added fats should be primarily liquid oils such as olive, canola, or soybean oil.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230512042729/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2020/04/01/ask-the-expert-the-role-of-diet-and-nutritional-supplements-during-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2020/04/01/ask-the-expert-the-role-of-diet-and-nutritional-supplements-during-covid-19/" } ], "question": "What recommendations are given?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "What research supports drinking milk with honey on an empty stomach as the antidote to COVID-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Igbowatch", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516145417/https://igbowatch.com/2020/04/20/my-decision-is-to-resign-now-but-some-nigerians-say-no-buhari/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://igbowatch.com/2020/04/20/my-decision-is-to-resign-now-but-some-nigerians-say-no-buhari/" } ], "question": "Where was this claim published?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "APPEAL /Apology Over False Content.\n\n\n \n\nAn Earlier Version of this content was rated False by Dubawa via https://dubawa.org/buharis-would-be-resignation-plot-is-a-hoax/\n\nTHE version of the Incorrectly stated that President Muhammadu Buhari said he wanted to resign that Nigerians are saying No.\n\n\nWe have since punished the Content creator over such False News and wish to apologize to our Readers.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516145417/https://igbowatch.com/2020/04/20/my-decision-is-to-resign-now-but-some-nigerians-say-no-buhari/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://igbowatch.com/2020/04/20/my-decision-is-to-resign-now-but-some-nigerians-say-no-buhari/" } ], "question": "What does Igbowatch say about the claim now?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "2.1.2 Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro Commonly known as “black bamboo”, this is another major species in the genus Phyllostachys. Flavonoids extracted from black bamboo leaves have potent antioxidant activities (Hu et al., 2000; Zhang et al., 2002). Among these flavonoids, flavone c-glucosides and p-coumaric acid reportedly have long retention time in the colon and may contribute to free radical scavenging (Zhang et al., 2007). Luteolin 6-C-(6″-O-trans-caffeoylglucoside), an antioxidant isolated from the leaves, has been reported to protect against oxidative stress-induced cytotoxicity in retinal ganglion cells (Lee et al., 2010). It also enhances the activity of aldose reductase and inhibits the formation of advanced glycation end products, and therefore may potentially have a role in the prevention of diabetic complications (Jung et al., 2007).\nOrientin, another antioxidant obtained from the leaves of black bamboo, exerts vaso-relaxant activity through the inhibition of intracellular Ca2+ release and extracellular Ca2+ influx (Fu et al., 2005). Orientin also prevents apoptosis induced by hypoxia and reoxygenation in myocardium and cardiomyocytes. The mechanism for this effect is inhibition of the activation of mitochondrial apoptotic pathway (Fu et al., 2006). These studies suggest potential for cardio-protective effects.\n\nThe acetone fraction of the leaves of Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro has been shown to enhance leukemia cell differentiation (Kim et al., 2007b), and inhibit interleukin-12 (IL-12) production in lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages via decreasing NF-kappaB binding activity (Kim et al., 2007a). These preliminary findings suggest potential anti-leukemia and anti-inflammation effects of the acetone extract.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516150056/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659479/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659479/" } ], "question": "Is black bamboo used in alternative medicine?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It's a myth", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212932/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters#supplements" }, { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "there is no evidence to support the use of herbal supplements as a preventive measure/cure for COVID-19", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212932/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters#supplements" } ], "question": "Can alternative medicines be used to effectively treat Covid-19?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "China stopped exporting masks and imported 56 million masks in the first week of January;", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230420085155/https://oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/covid-19-and-international-trade-issues-and-actions-494da2fa/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/covid-19-and-international-trade-issues-and-actions-494da2fa/" } ], "question": "Did China stop exporting masks to other countries ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "China had a greater need. Masks were donated to China by some countries. In the midst of the crisis, Chinese demand was estimated at 240 million masks per day (more than ten times its manufacturing capacity).", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230420085155/https://oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/covid-19-and-international-trade-issues-and-actions-494da2fa/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/covid-19-and-international-trade-issues-and-actions-494da2fa/" } ], "question": "Why did they stop exports?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "On Sunday, March 29th, Atlas Air operated the first flight for Project Airbridge from Shanghai, China into New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The flight carried 130,000 N-95 masks; nearly 1.8 million surgical masks and gowns; more than 10.3 million gloves; and more than 70,000 thermometers.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516150808/https://www.atlasairworldwide.com/2020/04/atlas-air-worldwide-provides-critical-support-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.atlasairworldwide.com/2020/04/atlas-air-worldwide-provides-critical-support-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus/" } ], "question": "Were there some exports of masks get sent from China to USA?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "China’s exports to the world of personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by medical professionals when treating coronavirus (COVID-19) declined by only 15 percent in January and February of 2020 compared with the same two-month period in 2019.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210308135123/https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/chinas-exports-protective-medical-equipment-fell-less-its-exports-all-other", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210308135123/https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/chinas-exports-protective-medical-equipment-fell-less-its-exports-all-other" } ], "question": "How much did China's exports of PPE including masks decline during January to February of 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "China never stopped exports of facemasks. Instead, export restrictions were implemented meaning less facemasks were delivered to the United States but nevertheless implemented: \"Chinese officials have said they are intended to ensure the quality of exported medical products and to make sure needed goods aren’t being shipped out of China.\"", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210217014758/https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-export-restrictions-strand-medical-goods-u-s-needs-to-fight-coronavirus-state-department-says-11587031203", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210217014758/https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-export-restrictions-strand-medical-goods-u-s-needs-to-fight-coronavirus-state-department-says-11587031203" } ], "question": "Did China at any point during the COVID-19 pandemic halt exports of masks to the United States?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "On Sunday, March 29th, Atlas Air operated the first flight for Project Airbridge from Shanghai, China into New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The flight carried 130,000 N-95 masks; nearly 1.8 million surgical masks.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201127173508/https://www.atlasairworldwide.com/2020/04/atlas-air-worldwide-provides-critical-support-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201127173508/https://www.atlasairworldwide.com/2020/04/atlas-air-worldwide-provides-critical-support-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus/" } ], "question": "How many masks did China export to the United States in March 2020?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The president did an interview on March 2nd 2020 but at no point mentioned giving 5000 Naira to Nigerians.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151227/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN8k9_AFTzY", "source_medium": "Video", "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN8k9_AFTzY" } ], "question": "Did the president do an interview and mention giving Nigerians 5000 naira each?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "A press statement signed and issued in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital on Friday by Kehinde Akinyemi, Special Assistant to Obasanjo on Media, partly reads, “Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, announced that his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State be used as Isolation centre for victims of the dreaded Coronavirus disease.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151709/https://businessday.ng/amp/uncategorized/article/coronavirus-obasanjo-donates-residence-for-ogun-govt-as-isolation-centre/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://businessday.ng/amp/uncategorized/article/coronavirus-obasanjo-donates-residence-for-ogun-govt-as-isolation-centre/" } ], "question": "Did the president offer any other donations to the people of Nigeria during the covid pandemic?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "He died in Lagos, Nigeria on the 17th of April", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230317192504/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Kyari", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Kyari" } ], "question": "Where did Abba Kyari die" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Wellington hospital in London.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103721/https://twitter.com/Truthfully83/status/1251858817664548864", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103721/https://twitter.com/Truthfully83/status/1251858817664548864" } ], "question": "What hospital was Kyari said to have been treated in the UK?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "“Please do not attend an HCA UK facility for any reason if you have a high temperature (more than 37.8 degrees) or have a new continuous cough or streaming nose or flu-like symptoms. If you do have these symptoms or anyone in your household does, please follow Public Health England guidance,” the company warns. \n\n“We are not accepting direct admissions of patients that have coronavirus. If you believe you have coronavirus symptoms, please follow guidance from the NHS [National Health Service].”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103721/https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/news/press-releases/novel-coronavirus-infection/advice-for-patients-and-visitors", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103721/https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/news/press-releases/novel-coronavirus-infection/advice-for-patients-and-visitors" } ], "question": "Did Wellington hospital treat covid patients?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "This means COVID-19 fatalities cannot be cremated against their wish and may be buried normally. The regulation accords with that of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) which states that “decedents [deceased persons] with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 can be buried or cremated as usual.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103721/https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COVID-19-safe-handling-of-bodies-or-persons-dying-from-COVID19.pdf", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103721/https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COVID-19-safe-handling-of-bodies-or-persons-dying-from-COVID19.pdf" } ], "question": "Is it standard policy in the UK for COVID-19 victims who pass away to be cremated?" } ]

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[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "...since GS1 member companies can manufacture products anywhere in the world, GS1 prefixes do not identify the country of origin for a given product.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230408160714/https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix" } ], "question": "Can a product's barcode tell you where it was made?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The prefix indicates the country where it was obtained.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230408160714/https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix" }, { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The prefix indicates the country where it was obtained from, but does not determine the country in which the product was manufactured", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230408160714/https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix" } ], "question": "Do product barcodes tell you the country of origin of the manufacturing company?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Abba Kyari, the President of Nigeria's Chief of Staff died of coronavirus.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151911/https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-52313214", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-52313214" } ], "question": "What was the official cause of death for the President of Nigeria's chief of staff Mallam Abba Kyari?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "2018-2019 Estimates\n\nInfluenza activity in the United States during the 2018–2019 season began to increase in November and remained at high levels for several weeks during January–February5. Influenza A viruses were the predominant circulating viruses last year. While influenza A(H1N1pdm09) viruses predominated from October 2018 – mid February 2019, influenza A(H3N2) viruses were more commonly reported starting in late February 2019. Influenza B viruses were not commonly reported among circulating viruses during the 2018–2019 season. The season had moderate severity based on levels of outpatient influenza-like illness, hospitalizations rates, and proportions of pneumonia and influenza-associated deaths.\n\nCDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2018–2019 season included an estimated 35.5 million people getting sick with influenza, 16.5 million people going to a health care provider for their illness, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths from influenza (Table 1). The number of influenza-associated illnesses that occurred last season was similar to the estimated number of influenza-associated illnesses during the 2012–2013 influenza season when an estimated 34 million people had symptomatic influenza illness6.\n\nPeak activity during the 2018–2019 influenza season was classified as having moderate severity across ages in the population. Compared with the 2017–2018 season , which was classified as high severity, the overall rates and burden of influenza were much lower during the 2018–2019 season (Table 2). Among children, however, rates of influenza during the 2018–2019 season were similar to the 2017–2018 season. In addition, the 2018–2019 season had two waves of activity, including a wave predominated by influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses and another wave of similar magnitude attributable to influenza A(H3N2) viruses5. The dual waves resulted in a protracted season during 2018–2019 that was less severe when compared with peak activity in 2017–2018, but r", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230502032716/https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html" } ], "question": "What was the mortality rate of the seasonal flu in 2018-2019 in the United States ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The overall burden of influenza (flu) for the 2018-2019 season was an estimated 29 million flu illnesses, 13 million flu-related medical visits, 380,000 flu-related hospitalizations, and 28,000 flu deaths (Table 1).\n\nFor the past several years, CDC has estimated the numbers of flu illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths1–4. More information on How CDC Estimates Flu Burden and Why CDC Estimates Flu Burden is available.\nTable 1: Estimated flu disease burden, by age group — United States, 2018-2019 flu season \tSymptomatic Illnesses \tMedical Visits \tHospitalizations \tDeaths\nAge group \tEstimate \t95% UI \tEstimate \t95% UI \tEstimate \t95% UI \tEstimate \t95%UI\n0-4 yrs \t3,018,815 \t(2,319,772,\n5,005,822) \t2,022,606 \t(1,522,305,\n3,374,004) \t21,046 \t(16,172, 34,898) \t216 \t(69,\n502)\n5-17 yrs \t6,622,851 \t(5,006,844,\n10,617,532) \t3,443,883 \t(2,547,057,\n5,553,055) \t18,159 \t(13,728, 29,112) \t156 \t(30,\n409)\n18-49 yrs \t9,794,700 \t(7,205,302,\n17,527,935) \t3,624,039 \t(2,550,391,\n6,605,886) \t54,978 \t(40,443, 98,384) \t1,590 \t(987,\n3,087)\n50-64 yrs \t7,224,769 \t(5,453,473,\n13,201,659) \t3,106,651 \t(2,222,000,\n5,746,545) \t76,617 \t(57,833, 140,000) \t4,396 \t(3,056,\n8,217)\n65+ yrs \t2,247,586 \t(1,548,671,\n5,267,177) \t1,258,648 \t(835,232,\n2,966,683) \t204,326 \t(140,788, 478,834) \t21,261 \t(12,937,\n89,319)\nAll ages \t28,908,721 \t(24,936,334,\n40,457,303) \t13,455,826 \t(11,504,478,\n18,597,441) \t375,126 \t(302,196, 662,964) \t27,619 \t(19,108,\n96,808)\nTable 2: Estimated rates of flu-related disease outcomes, per 100,000, by age group — United States, 2018-2019 flu season \tIllness rate \tMedical visit rate \tHospitalization rate \tMortality rate\nAge group \tEstimate \t95% UI \tEstimate \t95% UI \tEstimate \t95% UI \tEstimate \t95% UI\n0-4 yrs \t15,238.60 \t(11,709.9,\n25,268.8) \t10,209.90 \t(7,684.4,\n17,031.6) \t106.2 \t(81.6,\n176.2) \t1.1 \t(0.4,\n2.5)\n5-17 yrs \t12,358.60 \t( 9,343.0,\n19,812.9) \t6,426.50 \t(4,752.9,\n10,362.3) \t33.9 \t(25.6,\n54.3) \t0.3 \t(0.1,\n0.8)\n18-49 yrs \t7,088.40 \t( 5,214.4,\n12,684.9) \t2,622.70 \t(1,", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230502032716/https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html" } ], "question": "How many people got infected with the seasonal flu in 2018-2019 in the United States ?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Human Cell Strains.\nTwo main human cell strains have been used to develop currently available vaccines, in each case with the original fetal cells in question obtained in the 1960s. The WI-38 cell strain was developed in 1962 in the United States, and the MRC-5 cell strain (also started with fetal lung cells) was developed, using Hayflick's technology, in 1970 at the Medical Research Center in the United Kingdom.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151953/https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/how-are-vaccines-made/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development" } ], "question": "What is MRC-5?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The vaccines below were developed using either the WI-38 or the MRC-5 cell strains.\n\nHepatitis A vaccines [VAQTA/Merck, Havrix/GlaxoSmithKline, and part of Twinrix/GlaxoSmithKline]\nRubella vaccine [MERUVAX II/Merck, part of MMR II/Merck, and ProQuad/Merck]\nVaricella (chickenpox) vaccine [Varivax/Merck, and part of ProQuad/Merck]\nZoster (shingles) vaccine [Zostavax/Merck]\nAdenovirus Type 4 and Type 7 oral vaccine [Barr Labs] *\nRabies vaccine [IMOVAX/Sanofi Pasteur] *", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151953/https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/how-are-vaccines-made/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development" } ], "question": "What vaccines has MRC-5 been used to develop?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Code of Medical Ethics Opinion 7.3.5", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516152055/https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/research-using-human-fetal-tissue", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/research-using-human-fetal-tissue" } ], "question": "Is there a Code of Ethics about using human fetal tissue for research?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In total only two fetuses, both obtained from abortions done by maternal choice, have given rise to the human cell strains used in vaccine development. Neither abortion was performed for the purpose of vaccine development.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151953/https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/how-are-vaccines-made/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/human-cell-strains-vaccine-development" } ], "question": "How many vaccines have been developed using human fetus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "USA 9", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514144545/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/B/excipient-table-2.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/b/excipient-table-2.pdf" }, { "answer": "Canada 14", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516152316/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-1-key-immunization-information/page-15-contents-immunizing-agents-available-use-canada.html", "source_medium": "Web table", "source_url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-1-key-immunization-information/page-15-contents-immunizing-agents-available-use-canada.html" }, { "answer": "Australia 6", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230328012730/https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/vaccines", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/vaccines" } ], "question": "How many authorised vaccines contain MRC-5?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "​​​No, The GS1 Prefix does not show the country of origin.\nAn EAN-13 barcode number always starts with the GS1 Prefix of the GS1 Member Organisation that allocated the barcode number. The GS1 Prefix does not indicate that the product was manufactured in a specific country or by a specific manufacturer; it may have been produced anywhere in the world.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220630032437/https://xchange.gs1.org/sites/faq/Pages/does-the-gs1prefix-first-2-or-3-digits-of-the-ean-13-barcode-number-show-the-country-of-origin.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://xchange.gs1.org/sites/faq/Pages/does-the-gs1prefix-first-2-or-3-digits-of-the-ean-13-barcode-number-show-the-country-of-origin.aspx" } ], "question": "Does the GS1 Prefix (first 2 or 3 digits of the EAN-13 barcode number) show the country of origin?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Vaccines can cause a risk of side effects or complications.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230508221608/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923397/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923397/" } ], "question": "Can vaccines cause an iatrogenic reaction?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Iatrogenic disease is the result of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures undertaken on a patient. With the multitude of drugs prescribed to a single patient adverse drug reactions are bound to occur. The Physician should take suitable steps to detect and manage them.\n\nIatrogenic (of a disease or symptoms) induced in a patient by the treatment or comments of a physician.\n\nChambers English Dictionary", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230508221608/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923397/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923397/" } ], "question": "What is a Iatrogenic reaction?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Any vaccine can cause side effects. For the most part these are minor (for example, a sore arm or low-grade fever) and go away within a few days. \n\nRemember, vaccines are continually monitored for safety, and like any medication, vaccines can cause side effects. However, a decision not to immunize a child also involves risk and could put the child and others who come into contact with him or her at risk of contracting a potentially deadly disease.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210519043022/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210519043022/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm" } ], "question": "Are vaccines safe despite the risk of side effects or complications?" } ]

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[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Shekau never said he was going to surrender, the Directorate of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche was the one who stressed that though, there was no official contact with Shekau, the body language of the terror leader showed that he was ready to surrender.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210517121106/https://dailypost.ng/2020/04/21/boko-haram-leader-abubakar-shekau-may-surrender-soon-cant-hide-anymore-defence-headquarters/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210517121106/https://dailypost.ng/2020/04/21/boko-haram-leader-abubakar-shekau-may-surrender-soon-cant-hide-anymore-defence-headquarters/" } ], "question": "When did Shekau say he was going to surrender" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "August 10th 2019", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230507171033/https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-life-biography-net-worth-2019-7", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-life-biography-net-worth-2019-7" } ], "question": "When did Epstein die?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "13 January 2020\n\nOfficials confirm a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, the first recorded case outside of China.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510145652/https://www.who.int/news/item/27-04-2020-who-timeline---covid-19", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/27-04-2020-who-timeline---covid-19" } ], "question": "When did the world see its first case of Covid-19 outside of China ?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Vaccination in Canada is only mandatory for students in Ontario and in the Atlantic province of New Brunswick. Nationwide, it is highly recommended.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516152728/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/national-immunization-strategy.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/national-immunization-strategy.html" } ], "question": "Is Immunization compulsory in Canada?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "While vaccination is generally required to attend school in Ontario and New Brunswick, there are exemptions given to those who are opposed.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230325174914/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#Canada" }, { "answer": "As might be expected in Canada, vaccination policies are as diverse as the geogra-high immunization rates by educating their populations about the benefits of vaccines. Just three have legislated vaccination policies, applying strictly to children about to enrol in school. Ontario and New Brunswick require immunization for diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella immunization, while Manitoba requires a measles vaccination.\n\nIn each case, though, the legislation includes an exemption clause. Essentially, each of the three provinces allows parents to request that their child be exempted from the vaccination requirement on medical or religious grounds, or simply out of conscience. In such instances, in the event of a disease outbreak, unvaccinated children can be excluded from entering a school.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220811080211/https://canvax.ca/mandatory-vaccinations-canadian-picture", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://canvax.ca/mandatory-vaccinations-canadian-picture" } ], "question": "Are there any circumstances where exemptions of mandatory vaccinations in those provinces for students are made?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Vaccination in Canada is voluntary.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230325174914/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#Canada" } ], "question": "Other than the students in Ontario and New Brunswick are the greater population of Canada subject to mandatory immunization?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Her name was Ajiman Bibi", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200802123314/https://theprint.in/india/no-one-knew-she-had-covid-neighbours-of-delhi-woman-who-died-leaving-31-infected/406612/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200802123314/https://theprint.in/india/no-one-knew-she-had-covid-neighbours-of-delhi-woman-who-died-leaving-31-infected/406612/" } ], "question": "Who was the woman who contracted the illness initially" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "31 people got infected through her", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200802123314/https://theprint.in/india/no-one-knew-she-had-covid-neighbours-of-delhi-woman-who-died-leaving-31-infected/406612/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200802123314/https://theprint.in/india/no-one-knew-she-had-covid-neighbours-of-delhi-woman-who-died-leaving-31-infected/406612/" } ], "question": "How many people got infected through her" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "She had 14 family members", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200802123314/https://theprint.in/india/no-one-knew-she-had-covid-neighbours-of-delhi-woman-who-died-leaving-31-infected/406612/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200802123314/https://theprint.in/india/no-one-knew-she-had-covid-neighbours-of-delhi-woman-who-died-leaving-31-infected/406612/" }, { "answer": "She had 14 family members. Alt News spoke with three people (identity concealed at request) from the list of 31 patients. Each of them confirmed that the people listed on the document do not belong to one family. They also informed at least one of the names and the addresses has been inaccurately recorded.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210627192021im_/https://i0.wp.com/www.altnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200423_170408.jpg?resize=990%2C560&ssl=1", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210627192021im_/https://i0.wp.com/www.altnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200423_170408.jpg?resize=990%2C560&ssl=1" } ], "question": "Out of the 31 people, how many people were members of her family" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It refers to any enforced mandatory vaccination.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200421183237mp_/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=551960552369167&set=a.112646526300574&type=3&eid=ARA1wOXSL8gp3ZK9Edp1G96R3fZiRuCdtHhEvG1VOPJ4DE3iXkX_bz0-2l72dlNl9H3UuNfxCWwp8sPz", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200421183237mp_/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=551960552369167&set=a.112646526300574&type=3&eid=ARA1wOXSL8gp3ZK9Edp1G96R3fZiRuCdtHhEvG1VOPJ4DE3iXkX_bz0-2l72dlNl9H3UuNfxCWwp8sPz" } ], "question": "Does the claim refer to a single vaccine immunisation?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "All 50 states have legislation requiring specified vaccines for students. Although exemptions vary from state to state, all school immunization laws grant exemptions to children for medical reasons. There are 44 states and Washington D.C. that grant religious exemptions for people who have religious objections to immunizations. Currently, 15 states allow philosophical exemptions for children whose parents object to immunizations because of personal, moral or other beliefs. Many states align their vaccine requirements with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. At this time, no state requires children to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for school entry.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210522230851/https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/school-immunization-exemption-state-laws.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210522230851/https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/school-immunization-exemption-state-laws.aspx" } ], "question": "Is is law in the U.S to accept any and all vaccines?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The 14th Amendment asserts that no state shall make or enforce any law abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States or deprive anY their rights", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153151/https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/mandatory-vaccination-legal-time-epidemic/2006-04", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/mandatory-vaccination-legal-time-epidemic/2006-04" } ], "question": "is it lawful to impose mandatory immuisation" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Every year in the United States there are an estimated:\n\n3,960* fatal unintentional drownings, including boating-related drowning—that is an average of 11 drowning deaths per day.\n8,080† nonfatal drownings—that is an average of 22 nonfatal drownings per day.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230411232437/https://www.cdc.gov/drowning/facts/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhomeandrecreationalsafety%2Fwater-safety%2Fwaterinjuries-factsheet.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/drowning/facts/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhomeandrecreationalsafety%2Fwater-safety%2Fwaterinjuries-factsheet.html" } ], "question": "What is the average death rate from swimming per year in the US?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Trump Twitter Archive, a searchable database of Trump’s tweets created by coder Brendan Brown.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514223226/https://www.thetrumparchive.com/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.thetrumparchive.com/" } ], "question": "Is there an archive available online for all of Donald Trump's tweets?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "November 23, 2009.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.ph/v4uV1", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.ph/v4uV1" } ], "question": "According to the claim, when did Donald Trump tweet this?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The only tweets in November were on the 2nd, 16th and 26th.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153718/https://www.thetrumparchive.com/archive?dates=%5B%222009-01-01%22%2C%222009-12-31%22%5D", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.thetrumparchive.com/archive?dates=%5B%222009-01-01%22%2C%222009-12-31%22%5D" } ], "question": "By searching the Trump Twitter Archive, did Donald Trump tweet anything on November 23, 2009?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "This quote couldn't be found in Trump's Twitter archive.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153718/https://www.thetrumparchive.com/archive?dates=%5B%222009-01-01%22%2C%222009-12-31%22%5D", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.thetrumparchive.com/archive?dates=%5B%222009-01-01%22%2C%222009-12-31%22%5D" } ], "question": "By searching the Trump Twitter Archive, did Donald Trump tweet the quote in the claim?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Satire / Fake news.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230507215736/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno" } ], "question": "Is Jay Leno Still Alive?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "ConservativeTears.com", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Where did the story of his death originate?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Conservativetears.com does come with several satire disclaimers:\n\nThe header of the site has the slogan \"Death hoaxes for your thoughts and prayers\"\nThe story itself was posted in a category named \"Death hoax\"\nThere are (tiny) satire logos in the header and in the eye of the eagle shown in the picture used to illustrate the story.\nThe site has an \"About\" page that explains the purpose of the site.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200422152558/https://conservativetears.com/about/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200422152558/https://conservativetears.com/about/" } ], "question": "What is known about ConservativeTears.com?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Africans in Guangzhou say that they have been facing more than a week of discrimination.\n\nHealth workers have reportedly gone door-to-door testing Africans for coronavirus, many say regardless of whether they show any symptoms, have travelled, or have been in contact with Covid-19 patients.\n\nCommunity leaders say that hundreds were forced out of their homes and hotel rooms and into quarantine. Video has emerged online of African people sleeping on the streets, in hotel lobbies, under bridges and outside police stations.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210227200307/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52274326", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210227200307/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52274326" } ], "question": "Are Africans being discriminated in China because of COVID-19" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, the currency notes fell of from a Ram Narendra, a passerby. Who later met with the police to report.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Were those currency notes lying on the road in Indore thrown on purpose to spread coronavirus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Investigations were later done, to check if the currency are virus-infested.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200519165102mp_/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/cash-strewn-on-road-sparks-jitters-in-corona-hit-indore/articleshow/75191895.cms", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200519165102mp_/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/cash-strewn-on-road-sparks-jitters-in-corona-hit-indore/articleshow/75191895.cms" } ], "question": "Did the police carryout any instigation regarding the currency notes found on the street ?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "In 2009, first lady Michelle Obama created a White House music series that has celebrated jazz, country, classical, Motown and Latin music.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153832/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obama-salutes-country-music/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obama-salutes-country-music/" } ], "question": "Does Lady Michelle Obama like country music?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Obama's hosted a 'Country Music: In Performance at the White House', paying tribute to the genre.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153931/https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/the-white-house-celebrates-country-music/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/the-white-house-celebrates-country-music/" } ], "question": "Has Michelle Obama ever celebrated country music?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "...at least 79 of the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority's approximately 74,000 transit workers have died from COVID-19, nearly 3,000 have tested positive and more than 4,000 were out on quarantine as of April 20.", "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" }, { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "79 New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers have died of COVID-19.", "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/transcript-mta-chairman-and-ceo-patrick-j-foye-appears-pix-11-evening" } ], "question": "Have essential workers died due to COVID-19?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "As of April 14, 72.3 percent of the 6,839 COVID-19 deaths in New York City had occurred among people over the age of 65, according to the New York City Department of Health.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" }, { "answer": "As of April 14 data from New York City Health shows that 72.3% of deaths are among people over the age of 65.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230504084554/https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/" } ], "question": "What age range has the highest COVID-19 death rate?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Older people and young people with pre existing health conditions are most at risk.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322211815/https://leadstories.com/mythbuster-2.png", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210322211815/https://leadstories.com/mythbuster-2.png" } ], "question": "Who is most at risk from death due to covid?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization said they are not keeping track of whether those infected or killed by COVID-19 are essential workers", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Are any organisations keeping data on how many essential workers are ding of covid?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516023507/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" } ], "question": "When was Trump President of the US?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It is within their remit, as stated in their Guidance on Preparing\nWorkplaces for COVID-19....\nTo assure safe and healthful working conditions for\nworking men and women; by authorizing enforcement\nof the standards developed under the Act; by assisting\nand encouraging the States in their efforts to assure\nsafe and healthful working conditions; by providing\nfor research, information, education, and training in\nthe field of occupational safety and health.”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230503214752/https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA3990.pdf", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA3990.pdf" } ], "question": "Was OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) in charge of enforcing Covid guidelines?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The National Employment Law Project, outlined complaints in a Hearing before the U.S. Senate\nCommittee on the Judiciary", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516154614/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Dixon%20Testimony.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Dixon%20Testimony.pdf" } ], "question": "Were OSHA accused of failing to protect workers during the covid 19 pandemic?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "OSHA released coronavirus guidelines in early March, but they function as suggestions or recommendations and are not enforceable.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210115234911/https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210115234911/https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf" } ], "question": "were the guidelines relseased by OSHA enforceable" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "37,308.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm" } ], "question": "How many COVID deaths were recorded by the CDC in May 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "64,382.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm" } ], "question": "How many Pneumonia deaths were recorded by the CDC in May 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "5,846.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm" } ], "question": "How many Flu deaths were recorded by the CDC in May 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "719,438.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003824/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm" } ], "question": "What was the total deaths from all causes in May 2020?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Provisional death counts are based on death records received and processed by NCHS as of a specified cutoff date.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307053347/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/tech_notes.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307053347/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/tech_notes.htm" } ], "question": "Where do the statistics for compiling the death data for the CDC report originate from?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Death Certificates.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307053347/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/tech_notes.htm", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210307053347/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/tech_notes.htm" } ], "question": "Where is the information for cause of death taken from for the CDC reports?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "DIAMOX is a potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, effective in the control of fluid secretion (e.g.,\nsome types of glaucoma), in the treatment of certain convulsive disorders (e.g., epilepsy) and in the\npromotion of diuresis in instances of abnormal fluid retention", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516154750/https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2005/12945s037,038lbl.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2005/12945s037,038lbl.pdf" } ], "question": "what is the drug Diamox used for?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Covid 19 symptoms are, Fever\nCough\nShortness of breath or difficulty breathing\nDiarrhea\nChills\nRepeated shaking with chills\nMuscle pain\nHeadache\nSore throat\nNew loss of taste or smell", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230513192252/https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx" } ], "question": "Is a symptom of Covid 19 glaucoma?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Covid 19 symptoms are, Fever\nCough\nShortness of breath or difficulty breathing\nDiarrhea\nChills\nRepeated shaking with chills\nMuscle pain\nHeadache\nSore throat\nNew loss of taste or smell", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230513192252/https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx" } ], "question": "Is a symptom of Covid 19 convulsions?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Covid 19 symptoms are, Fever\nCough\nShortness of breath or difficulty breathing\nDiarrhea\nChills\nRepeated shaking with chills\nMuscle pain\nHeadache\nSore throat\nNew loss of taste or smell", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230513192252/https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx" } ], "question": "Is a symptom of Covid 19 Fluid retention?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Hong Kong saw a COVID-19 surge which meant the government ordered facilities that had reopened to close again and for people to go back home.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117134953/https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-hong-kong-resurgenece-holds-lesson-defeating-it-demands-persistence/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210117134953/https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-hong-kong-resurgenece-holds-lesson-defeating-it-demands-persistence/" } ], "question": "Did Hong Kong cases surge when it started to reopen?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The island of Hokkaido in the Japan region relaxed social distancing measures only for there to be a sudden increase in new coronavirus cases. All relaxation rules were reversed.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121193133/https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/13/832981899/emergency-declared-in-japanese-prefecture-hit-by-2nd-wave-of-coronavirus-infecti", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210121193133/https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/13/832981899/emergency-declared-in-japanese-prefecture-hit-by-2nd-wave-of-coronavirus-infecti" } ], "question": "Did Japan cases surge when it started to reopen?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Singapore had to impose stricter measures to contain the virus from spreading.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210203091522/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/18/asia/singapore-coronavirus-response-intl-hnk/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210203091522/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/18/asia/singapore-coronavirus-response-intl-hnk/index.html" } ], "question": "What other Asian countries had to impose stricter measures?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "\"We are definitely seeing rises in cases in those places,\" said Stephen Kissler, Ph.D., a research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Kissler is a co-author of a paper that stated that \"prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022.\" He said he is hesitant to link the increase solely to lifting social distancing measures, because there are a lot of reasons cases could rise after a period of sustained low transmission. \n\n\"But on the whole I would say that the statement is correct,\" Kissler said.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "What have experts said regarding Andrew Cuomo's claim?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "The claim asserts that because alcohol is used in hand sanitizer and cleaning products to kill the virus that causes COVID-19 on hands and surfaces, drinking it will have the same effect inside the body and sanitize the throat. This is definitely not the case. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that, while certain types of alcohol can be used to disinfect surfaces and your skin, they are poisonous when ingested. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers require an alcohol concentration of 60% to 80% by volume", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210118131053/https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-hand-sanitizer.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210118131053/https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-hand-sanitizer.html" } ], "question": "What is the basis of this claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Drinking alcohol actually increased health risks when one is infected with COVID and increases susceptibility to catching COVID and other illnesses.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210118013003/https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/437608/Alcohol-and-COVID-19-what-you-need-to-know.pdf?ua=1", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210118013003/https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/437608/Alcohol-and-COVID-19-what-you-need-to-know.pdf?ua=1" } ], "question": "Will drinking alcohol disinfect your throat or kill COVID-19 in your body?" } ]

[ "Causal Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "This story was first published by “Weekly Inquirer”, which was replicated by many other websites, says an India Today report.\n\nBut the India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found this to be a hoax.\n\nThis is a satire article published by the website “Weekly Inquirer”, the AFWA said.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516154849/https://nenow.in/top-news/funeral-house-employee-accidentally-cremated-in-new-york.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://nenow.in/top-news/funeral-house-employee-accidentally-cremated-in-new-york.html" } ], "question": "what kind of website published the news" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "According to a press statement from Max Hospital, two patients admitted for cardiac treatment tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 39 healthcare workers, who were contact traced, have been quarantined...", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234016im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0b2f9855-eb4f-4780-bc92-ed121e0df32d.jpeg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234016im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0b2f9855-eb4f-4780-bc92-ed121e0df32d.jpeg" } ], "question": "Why were health workers quarantined at Max Hospital in Saket, India?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "There are 154 employees deployed in shifts in the COVID ward of Max Hospital, Saket.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234016im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0b2f9855-eb4f-4780-bc92-ed121e0df32d.jpeg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234016im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0b2f9855-eb4f-4780-bc92-ed121e0df32d.jpeg" } ], "question": "How many employers are working in the COVID ward of Max Hospital, Saket?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "None of these employees has had any exposure to the virus. ... None of them is quarantined.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234016im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0b2f9855-eb4f-4780-bc92-ed121e0df32d.jpeg", "source_medium": "Image/graphic", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234016im_/http://newsmobile.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0b2f9855-eb4f-4780-bc92-ed121e0df32d.jpeg" } ], "question": "How many of these employees have had exposure to the virus?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The time recorded on the relevant tweet was 2:05 pm on April 13 2020.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516154912/https://twitter.com/UrbanCrowswami/status/1249685145591771136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/UrbanCrowswami/status/1249685145591771136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "What was the time of the tweet which stated the claim on April 13, 2020?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "american-buffoon.com", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Where did the story originate?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "it is a satire news website.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "Is american-buffoon.com a credible source?" } ]

[ "Position Statement" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Reporter: “There’s a debate over what authority you have to order the country reopened. What authority do you have on this one?”\nMr. Trump: “Well, I have the ultimate authority.”", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613075421/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-governors.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210613075421/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-governors.html" } ], "question": "What did Trump actually say?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "“The President has no formal legal authority to categorically override local or state shelter-in-place orders or to reopen schools and small businesses,” Stephen I. Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, said on Twitter. “No statute delegates to him such power; no constitutional provision invests him with such authority.”", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230412161542/https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1249731213566324740", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1249731213566324740" } ], "question": "Does Trump have the authority to override stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders from governors, or “total” authority in general?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "While the federal government has authority over interstate and foreign quarantine measures, states have the primary authority to impose and enforce quarantine and isolation measures within their own borders, as part of the police powers conferred to states by the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, according to the Congressional Research Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210308100732/https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20141009_RL33201_842bccaf9637fc82b9ab1b641636eadb67d8342e.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210308100732/https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20141009_RL33201_842bccaf9637fc82b9ab1b641636eadb67d8342e.pdf" } ], "question": "What authority does he have?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "16/01/2020\nCNN\n — \nFears are mounting across Asia over the cross-border spread of a new coronavirus identified in China that has killed one patient and sickened dozens, as health authorities race to identify the source of the pathogen.\n\nThe new strain of coronavirus, in the same family as the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), originated in Wuhan, the largest city in central China. It was confirmed Thursday to have been detected in Japan, a few days after Thailand confirmed its first case of infection.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516154951/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/15/asia/wuhan-virus-questions-intl-hnk/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/15/asia/wuhan-virus-questions-intl-hnk/index.html" }, { "answer": "18/01/2020 NYT\nDeadly Mystery Virus Reported in 2 New Chinese Cities and South Korea", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230403223554/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/world/asia/china-virus-wuhan-coronavirus.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/world/asia/china-virus-wuhan-coronavirus.html" }, { "answer": "20/01/2020 NBC\nCoronavirus cases surge in China as virus spreads\nThe World Health Organization has warned the virus is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155047/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/coronavirus-cases-surge-china-virus-spreads-n1118701", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/coronavirus-cases-surge-china-virus-spreads-n1118701" } ], "question": "How did the US media first react to/report on the new coronavirus?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "The claim is from a satire news site.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200910095108/https://bustatroll.org/2019/10/23/the-squad-wants-bible-deemed-to-be-hate-speech/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200910095108/https://bustatroll.org/2019/10/23/the-squad-wants-bible-deemed-to-be-hate-speech/" } ], "question": "Do The Squad consider the bible Hate speech?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "4 congresswomen known as 'The Squad'\nReps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200901204351/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/who-are-the-squad/index.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200901204351/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/who-are-the-squad/index.html" } ], "question": "Who is the 'squad' the claim refers to?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "bustatroll.org", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200910095108/https://bustatroll.org/2019/10/23/the-squad-wants-bible-deemed-to-be-hate-speech/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200910095108/https://bustatroll.org/2019/10/23/the-squad-wants-bible-deemed-to-be-hate-speech/" } ], "question": "Where was this claim originally published?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "It describes itelf as...\npart of the \"America's Last Line of Defense\" network of satire websites", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200910075544/https://bustatroll.org/about-us/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200910075544/https://bustatroll.org/about-us/" } ], "question": "Is bustatroll.org a reliable source for political news?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "After 50 days since Mahashivaratri, NO Corona symptoms reported at Isha Yoga Center. This is confirmed by Dist. Collector of Coimbatore", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155206/https://twitter.com/ishafoundation/status/1249346150122942464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/ishafoundation/status/1249346150122942464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" } ], "question": "Are people quarantining at Isha Yoga Center?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "On 28 June 2017 MPs voted on whether or not to lift that 1 per cent cap, meaning workers including nurses might get a pay rise. And the majority voted against it.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212644/https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946" }, { "answer": "On 28 June 2017 MPs voted on whether or not to lift that 1 per cent cap, meaning workers including nurses might get a pay rise. And the majority of conservative voted against it.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212644/https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946" } ], "question": "Did Conservative MPs vote against a pay rise for nurses in June 2017?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "In September of 2017 Theresa May began to show flexibility, allowing pay rises for police officers and prison workers. \n\nThen in March 2018 she lifted the cap on pay rises for NHS workers. \n\nThis cap was eventually lifted was largely owing to pressure on Theresa May's government from worker's unions and the Labour Party who gained 30 seats in parliament less than a month before the vote in 2017.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212644/https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946" } ], "question": "Did Conservative MPs lift the 1 percent cap?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Unions including Unison and the Royal College of Nursing agreed on a pay rise of 6.5 per cent over three years for nurses, paramedics, midwives and healthcare assistants.\n\nThis would take starting pay for nurses from around £22,000 in 2018 to £25,000 next year.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514212644/https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946" } ], "question": "Did nurses receive a pay raise after the cap was lifted?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "june 2017", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "what was the date for the vote in the claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "june 2017", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "Metadata", "source_medium": "Metadata", "source_url": "Metadata" } ], "question": "When did conservatives vote against the pay rise?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim" ]

[ "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "$12,000 per coronavirus case at the time", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/" } ], "question": "How much stimulus money did New york receive per covid case in 2020" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "over $300,000 per case", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/" } ], "question": "How much did Montana receive in stimulus payments per Covid case in 2020" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "over $300,000 per case", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/" } ], "question": "How much did Nebraska receive in stimulus payments per Covid case in 2020" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "$100 billion is still to go out after the 30 in the claim.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/" } ], "question": "Are the states mentioned in the claim due more stimulus funding that is not mentioned in the claim?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "over $300,000 per case", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423105824/https://khn.org/news/furor-erupts-billions-going-to-hospitals-based-on-medicare-billings-not-covid-19/" } ], "question": "How much did Nebraska receive in stimulus payments per Covid case in 2020?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Satirical Source Identification" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Michael Jones", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155336/https://web.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2F103586844504824%2Fphotos%2Fa.106891000841075%2F146383360225172%2F%3Ftype%3D3%26theater", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.facebook.com/103586844504824/photos/a.106891000841075/146383360225172/?type=3&theater&_rdc=1&_rdr" } ], "question": "What was the name of the man who was mistakenly cremated" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Facebook flagged the post as false because the original story came from a site that publishes fiction", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155336/https://web.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2F103586844504824%2Fphotos%2Fa.106891000841075%2F146383360225172%2F%3Ftype%3D3%26theater", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.facebook.com/103586844504824/photos/a.106891000841075/146383360225172/?type=3&theater&_rdc=1&_rdr" } ], "question": "Why did Facebook flag the post" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "There was also a claim that funeral home worker was mistakenly cremated and the Deputy Sheriff office was asked they said there was no crematorium facility in the location and that the image of the person in question was a mug shot of another man", "cached_source_url": "12newsnow.com/article/news/local/verify-was-a-jefferson-county-morgue-employee-accidentally-cremated/502-452867141", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "12newsnow.com/article/news/local/verify-was-a-jefferson-county-morgue-employee-accidentally-cremated/502-452867141" } ], "question": "Have there been other similar claims" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, this is a fake news that is satirical nature", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155429/https://weehingthong.org/2020/04/16/fake-new-york-ny-exhausted-funeral-home-employee-cremated-by-mistake-while-taking-a-nap/", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://weehingthong.org/2020/04/16/fake-new-york-ny-exhausted-funeral-home-employee-cremated-by-mistake-while-taking-a-nap/" } ], "question": "Was an exhausted funeral home employee cremated by mistake while taking a nap in New York ?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Wuhan city, Hubei province.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210105194241/https://virological.org/t/the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/398", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210105194241/https://virological.org/t/the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/398" } ], "question": "Where is the Covid-19 Virus believed to have started?" } ]

[ "Quote Verification" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Ratan Tata himself took to his verified Twitter handle to clarify that the above article was ‘neither said, nor written by him’.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "pic.twitter.com/RNVL40aRTB", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "pic.twitter.com/RNVL40aRTB" } ], "question": "Did Ratan Tata say “Experts are predicting huge downfall of Economy due to the Corona. I do not know much about these experts. But I know for sure that they do not know anything about the value of human motivation and determined efforts.”?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Major stakeholders include\n\nInternational funding and disease control agencies, such as OIE, WHO, the European Commission, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230512120838/https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/partnerships/our-major-stakeholders", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/partnerships/our-major-stakeholders" } ], "question": "Does Bill Gates fund the Pirbright Institute?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "The Pirbright Institute carries out research on infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a coronavirus that infects poultry, and porcine deltacoronavirus that infects pigs. Pirbright does not currently work with human coronaviruses.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230515104130/https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/news/2020/01/pirbright%E2%80%99s-livestock-coronavirus-research-%E2%80%93-your-questions-answered", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/news/2020/01/pirbright%E2%80%99s-livestock-coronavirus-research-%E2%80%93-your-questions-answered" } ], "question": "Does the Pirbright Institute carry out coronavirus research?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "What is European patent number EP 317-2319B1?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing ASD.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230514095438/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html" } ], "question": "What does the CDC say about vaccines causing autism?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No answer could be found.", "answer_type": "Unanswerable", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": null, "source_medium": "", "source_url": "" } ], "question": "Has the CDC said in federal court that it des not have the studies to support the claim that vaccines do not cause autism?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "Yes", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "20 studies submitted in a legal case.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230312090132/https://icandecide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Stipulation-and-Order-Fully-Executed.pdf", "source_medium": "PDF", "source_url": "https://www.icandecide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Stipulation-and-Order-Fully-Executed.pdf" } ], "question": "Has the CDC submitted studies that show vaccines do not cause autism?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "Event 201", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155714/https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/tabletop-exercises/event-201-pandemic-tabletop-exercise", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/" } ], "question": "What was the event that Bill gates funded?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "It was an exercise and not a prediction. \nThe Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise illustrated areas where public/private partnerships will be necessary during the response to a severe pandemic in order to diminish large-scale economic and societal consequences.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155714/https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/tabletop-exercises/event-201-pandemic-tabletop-exercise", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/" } ], "question": "What was the event and did they predict covid-19 ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No, there is no mention of this.", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155714/https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/tabletop-exercises/event-201-pandemic-tabletop-exercise", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/" } ], "question": "Did they predict 65 million people would die?" } ]

[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Consultation" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "A search of the web through supplied browser reveals no information to confirm or otherwise this claim. The only confirmation that this claim is false is via the fact checking agency PIB information: No ! State Bank of India's Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) server has not been shut down by RBI. (Translated from Hindi)", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230419011711/https://twitter.com/PIBFactCheck/status/1249287048315293697", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://twitter.com/pibfactcheck/status/1249287048315293697" } ], "question": "Can any verification can be found of this claim?" } ]

[ "Numerical Claim", "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Numerical Comparison", "Consultation", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

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[ "Event/Property Claim" ]

[ "Written Evidence", "Fact-checker Reference" ]

[ { "answers": [ { "answer": "NEW YORK -- The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a collaboration to increase coordination across the international vaccine community and create a Global Vaccine Action Plan. This plan will build on the successes of current work to achieve key milestones in the discovery, development and delivery of lifesaving vaccines to the most vulnerable populations in the poorest countries over the next decade.\n\nThe collaboration follows the January 2010 call by Bill and Melinda Gates for the next ten years to be the Decade of Vaccines. The Global Vaccine Action Plan will enable greater coordination across all stakeholder groups – national governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, the private sector and philanthropic organizations -- and will identify critical policy, resource, and other gaps that must be addressed to realize the life-saving potential of vaccines. \n\nThe structure of the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration includes a Leadership Council to provide oversight for the planning effort, a Steering Committee that holds the primary responsibility for developing the action plan, an International Advisory Committee to assist the Leadership Council in evaluating the action plan, and a Secretariat for administrative support. \n\nProf. Pedro Alonso, Director for the Institute for Global Health of Barcelona and Dr. Christopher Elias, President and CEO of PATH, have been appointed co-chairs of the Steering Committee and the Secretariat. \n\n“Vaccines are miracles,” said Prof. Alonso, “For just a few dollars per child, vaccines prevent disease and disability for a lifetime. We must make sure that people understand that vaccines are one of the best investments in health.” \n\nThe Leadership Council is comprised of:\n\n Dr. Mar", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155850/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Ideas/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/12/Global-Health-Leaders-Launch-Decade-of-Vaccines-Collaboration", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/12/Global-Health-Leaders-Launch-Decade-of-Vaccines-Collaboration" } ], "question": "Did the U.S government intend to force Americans to take the Covid-19 Vaccine in connivance with Bill Gates ?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "NEW YORK -- The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a collaboration to increase coordination across the international vaccine community and create a Global Vaccine Action Plan. This plan will build on the successes of current work to achieve key milestones in the discovery, development and delivery of lifesaving vaccines to the most vulnerable populations in the poorest countries over the next decade.\n\nThe collaboration follows the January 2010 call by Bill and Melinda Gates for the next ten years to be the Decade of Vaccines. The Global Vaccine Action Plan will enable greater coordination across all stakeholder groups – national governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, the private sector and philanthropic organizations -- and will identify critical policy, resource, and other gaps that must be addressed to realize the life-saving potential of vaccines. \n\nThe structure of the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration includes a Leadership Council to provide oversight for the planning effort, a Steering Committee that holds the primary responsibility for developing the action plan, an International Advisory Committee to assist the Leadership Council in evaluating the action plan, and a Secretariat for administrative support. \n\nProf. Pedro Alonso, Director for the Institute for Global Health of Barcelona and Dr. Christopher Elias, President and CEO of PATH, have been appointed co-chairs of the Steering Committee and the Secretariat. \n\n“Vaccines are miracles,” said Prof. Alonso, “For just a few dollars per child, vaccines prevent disease and disability for a lifetime. We must make sure that people understand that vaccines are one of the best investments in health.” \n\nThe Leadership Council is comprised of:\n\n Dr. Mar", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155850/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Ideas/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/12/Global-Health-Leaders-Launch-Decade-of-Vaccines-Collaboration", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/12/Global-Health-Leaders-Launch-Decade-of-Vaccines-Collaboration" } ], "question": "Did the U.S government intend to force Americans to take the Covid-19 Vaccination in connivance with Bill Gates?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "No", "answer_type": "Boolean", "boolean_explanation": "Employees at Montgomery County (in the United States) are not required to be vaccinated. Their sites states: \"while COVID-19 vaccines are encouraged, the choice to receive a vaccine is voluntary\". Therefore, COVID-19 vaccinations are not mandatory.", "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230323205004/https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HR/Benefits/EmpCoronavirus.html", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HR/Benefits/EmpCoronavirus.html" } ], "question": "Is it mandatory for Americans to take the COVID-19 vaccinations?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "InfoWars", "answer_type": "Abstractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://archive.md/YEr1p", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://archive.md/YEr1p" } ], "question": "Where did the claim originate from?" }, { "answers": [ { "answer": "US radio show host, multimedia businessman, political pundit and ‘most paranoid man in America’, Alex Jones, and his Infowars have been followed and commented on by media in the US and, especially since 2016, across the globe. In scholarly analyses, Jones/Infowars tend to be mentioned only in passing in the growth of populism and the Alt Right in the US, in the role of (social) media in 21st century populist nationalism and as fake news generator. At the height of his popularity (2017–2018), Jones and his message attracted 2 million weekly listeners to his syndicated and streamed radio show and up to 1.3 billion views to his YouTube channels, while Infowars.com had 20 million monthly visits – 80% from the US.2 These numbers alone warrant closer scrutiny.", "answer_type": "Extractive", "boolean_explanation": null, "cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230516155949/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1748048519880726", "source_medium": "Web text", "source_url": "https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1748048519880726" } ], "question": "What is InfoWars?" } ]