{"id":1098257,"date":"2021-12-08T11:13:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098257"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:13:59","slug":"fact-check-viral-image-claims-to-show-a-new-zealand-billboard-about-booking-a-christmas-booster-for-six-months-worth-of-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-to-show-a-new-zealand-billboard-about-booking-a-christmas-booster-for-six-months-worth-of-freedoms\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims To Show A New Zealand Billboard About Booking A \u2018Christmas Booster\u2019 For \u2018Six Months Worth Of Freedoms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-viral-image-claims-to-show-a-new-zealand-billboard-about-booking-a-christmas-booster-for-six-months-worth-of-freedoms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100trillionUSD\/status\/1468262988218093573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> purportedly shows a billboard from New Zealand\u2019s Labour Party telling people to \u201cbook your Christmas booster\u201d in order to get \u201cup to six months worth of freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.5294117647059\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Soon in Europe: your freedom dependent on a government booster jab every 6 months <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jE1gu2QxOj\">pic.twitter.com\/jE1gu2QxOj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PlanB (@100trillionUSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100trillionUSD\/status\/1468262988218093573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSoon in Europe: your freedom dependent on a government booster jab every 6 months,\u201d the Twitter user remarked.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The billboard has been digitally altered to include the message about Christmas boosters.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The alleged billboard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100trillionUSD\/status\/1468262988218093573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">includes<\/a> a photo of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the Labour Party\u2019s logo and the phrase \u201cNo Jab No Job, no refunds.\u201d At the bottom of the purported billboard, small text states, \u201cFreedoms not available in all areas and are subject to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While users on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100trillionUSD\/status\/1468262988218093573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/263000457150412\/posts\/4597133593737055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXKbdqBP81_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> have been sharing the picture of the supposed billboard as if it is genuine, the sign has been digitally altered to show the message about Christmas COVID-19 vaccine boosters and freedom. The text on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/auckland-new-zealand-august-8-2020-1791961691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actual billboard<\/a> said, \u201cLet\u2019s keep moving,\u201d a slogan the Labour Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jul\/05\/lets-keep-moving-jacinda-ardern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used<\/a> in campaigns for the country\u2019s 2020 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/auckland-new-zealand-august-8-2020-1791961691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">original photo<\/a> is available on Shutterstock, where the description reads, \u201cAuckland, New Zealand August 8, 2020 : New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern political campaign sign.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/03\/fact-check-video-new-zealand-jacinda-ardern-smoking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Smoking?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roughly 80 percent of New Zealand\u2019s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, and about 75 percent of the country\u2019s population is fully vaccinated, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/world\/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. The New Zealand Ministry of Health website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.govt.nz\/our-work\/diseases-and-conditions\/covid-19-novel-coronavirus\/covid-19-vaccines\/covid-19-vaccine-boosters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> that people over the age of 18 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccine boosters six months after their \u201cprimary vaccination course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Twitter purportedly shows a billboard from New Zealand\u2019s Labour Party telling people to \u201cbook your Christmas booster\u201d in order to get \u201cup to six months worth &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1098257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1098257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1098257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1098257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1098257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}