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Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
stated on January 21, 2022 an interview
The CDC said that 75% of COVID-19 deaths have involved people with at least four comorbidities.
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By Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 12, 2021 an Instagram post
"Blue Cross Blue Shield pays your doctor a $40,000 bonus for fully vaccinating at least 100 patients under the age of two."
False
January 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2022 a Facebook post
“If you stop testing (for COVID-19) it all goes away and people just have colds like before.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • January 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2022 a Facebook post
“The CDC director just said that 75% of ‘Covid deaths’ occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 12, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2021 a Facebook post
"Biden's CDC Director ADMITS Her Own Employees Aren't Getting Vaccinated."
False
January 11, 2022
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor
stated on January 7, 2022 oral arguments at the Supreme Court
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2022
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 4, 2022 an ad
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
False
January 7, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 3, 2022 a blog post
“Data from around the world suggests that omicron favors the fully vaccinated.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 a Facebook post
"Half a million sharks could be killed to make the COVID-19 vaccine."
False
By Andy Nguyen • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 23, 2021 Facebook posts
Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter.
False
January 7, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 31, 2021 an Instagram post
Tylenol "ruins your ability to kill” COVID-19.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 5, 2022
Save America PAC
Save America PAC
stated on December 29, 2021 an ad
President Joe Biden “never had a” COVID-19 “plan.”
False
January 5, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 29, 2022 an Instagram post
The CDC finally admits its COVID-19 test can’t tell the difference between the virus and the flu
False
January 3, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on December 22, 2021 a tweet
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
Peter McCollough
Peter McCollough
stated on December 6, 2021 a podcast
Teens are “more likely to be hospitalized with myocarditis” from the COVID-19 vaccines than to be “hospitalized with COVID.”
False
December 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post
Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”
False
December 21, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 17, 2021 a blog post
"Electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies, including and especially 5G, can cause the same symptoms as COVID-19!"
False
December 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 14, 2021 a Facebook post
The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.
False
December 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 20, 2021 a Facebook post
“Maybe they’re just calling the common cold … the omicron variant.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2021 a public Facebook group
“Moderna patent uncovers horror nanocensor contained in bioweapon.”
False
December 20, 2021
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