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VERIFY Snap: Fact-checking claims about the fall season

Environment

VERIFY Snap: Fact-checking claims about the fall season

Food

Yes, the sky appears more blue in the fall, fall colors are affected by climate change, and some PSLs have pumpkin, but pumpkin spice blend does not.

It's officially fall and we're here to explain some claims about autumn foliage, blue skies, and pumpkin (or lack thereof).
Environment

Yes, it’s generally safe for wildlife to eat discarded pumpkins

Composting is the best way to discard your pumpkins, but they’re safe for animals to eat as long as they aren’t rotting or have chemicals on them.
VERIFY

Fact-checking Top Headlines: the end of 3G, HBCU budgets and whistleblower immunity

VERIFY top headlines of the week
Coronavirus

Yes, at-home COVID-19 rapid tests are as accurate as rapid tests done at testing sites

The timing of when at-home rapid tests are conducted, as well as how the test is sampled can affect the accuracy of the results.
Medicine

No, taking low-dose aspirin daily to prevent heart disease is not recommended for most people

Multiple health groups have changed their guidelines in the last couple of years regarding aspirin use to prevent heart disease.
Technology

Claim women die more in car crashes than men because of crash test dummies needs context

The VERIFY team analyzed statistics and spoke with experts on whether crash test dummy modeling is a reason more women die in car crashes than men.
Money

Yes, South Dakota is a tax haven, but it's not the only state that offers protection and privacy

The Pandora Papers release shone a spotlight on South Dakota as a tax haven. VERIFY researched why the state and others have that reputation.
Health

No, you can’t cure a cold by ‘sweating it out’

Health experts warn that too much sweating can cause dehydration, which could make it harder for a person to get better when they’re fighting a cold.
Scams

Yes, scammers use e-signature services like DocuSign to send emails with malicious links

Scammers have spoofed and abused e-signature services like DocuSign to spam email inboxes with links to malicious websites.
Business

There is no evidence that Southwest Airlines cancellations were caused by workers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Southwest Airlines, the union representing Southwest Airlines pilots and the FAA said the cancellations were not caused by workers protesting the vaccine mandate.
Health

Sweating out a cold is not a cure

Health experts warn that too much sweating can cause dehydration, which could make it harder for a person to get better when they’re fighting a cold.

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Isolated showers with warm and above normal temperatures followed by more showers this week

Isolated showers with warm and above normal temperatures followed by more showers this week

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VERIFY Snap: Fact-checking claims about the fall season

Yes, the sky appears more blue in the fall, fall colors are affected by climate change, and some PSLs have pumpkin, but pumpkin spice blend does not.

Yes, it’s generally safe for wildlife to eat discarded pumpkins

Fact-checking Top Headlines: the end of 3G, HBCU budgets and whistleblower immunity

Yes, at-home COVID-19 rapid tests are as accurate as rapid tests done at testing sites

No, taking low-dose aspirin daily to prevent heart disease is not recommended for most people

Claim women die more in car crashes than men because of crash test dummies needs context

Yes, South Dakota is a tax haven, but it's not the only state that offers protection and privacy

No, you can’t cure a cold by ‘sweating it out’

Yes, scammers use e-signature services like DocuSign to send emails with malicious links

There is no evidence that Southwest Airlines cancellations were caused by workers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Sweating out a cold is not a cure

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