Facebook fact checks vaccine post on small conservative page: Freedom In America, a small conservative page that posts memes and news from various sources, posted a meme that read "[s]ince the [vaccine emoji] doesn't stop you from getting it or spreading it... How the f**k are you actually protecting others... Huh?" Facebook fact-checker USA Today flagged the post as false information claiming that the implied but unwritten answer to the question asked in the meme was false. The bulk of USA Today's argument hinged on expert opinion. The fact-checker also claimed that "COVID-19 cases dropped after the vaccines were introduced in the spring," however it did not specify whether the cited drop accounted for the natural seasonal drop in viral illness. USA Today also contradicted itself when it quoted Georgetown biology professor Shweta Bansal who said that "the evidence is crystal clear that risk of transmission for a vaccinated individual is significantly lower than for an unvaccinated individual." The same fact check later vaguely claimed that "[r]esearch indicates vaccinated individuals who get infected with COVID-19 can transmit the virus at a similar level as unvaccinated people." USA Today however never denied the only two actual claims made in the meme, namely that the COVID-19 vaccines do not stop the vaccinated from being infected with nor spreading COVID-19.