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Daily Debunk
Claim: With the $1.9 trillion allocated in the American Rescue Plan Act, the U.S. government could give every American $1 million and still have $1.5 trillion left over.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Check Your Fact
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that 80 percent of Australian Navy service members who received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are experiencing “severe side effects,” while the remaining 20 percent have “mild side effects.”
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Agence France-Presse
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.
-- Associated Press, March 22
