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Misleading: A new study found that ventilators were responsible for nearly all COVID-19 patient deaths. A headline shared widely on social media is spreading an erroneous narrative that COVID-19 deaths were actually caused by medical interventions, not the disease. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Barely-True: “El gobierno de Estados Unidos estará otorgando 30,000 visas mensuales" para personas de Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador "para poder venir a vivir a los Estados Unidos por dos años con permiso de trabajo". Read this fact-check in English. (Source: PolitiFact)

True: “For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.” In 1970, two years after the Fair Housing Act was signed into law, the census found that 42% of Black households owned their own homes. In 2022, that number was 44%. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: “U.S. military is now testing soldiers for AIDS, after DOD database reports 500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.” We found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines caused a 500% increase in HIV infections among U.S. military personnel. COVID-19 vaccines became widely available to adults in 2021. The rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections among service members did not change from 2017 to 2021, according to the Congressional Research Service.There is no association between COVID-19 vaccines and a person’s risk for HIV infection, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PolitiFact has repeatedly debunked claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause HIV or AIDS. (Source: PolitiFact)