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stated on December 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 vaccines have “experimental technology never before used on humans” and that some “contain nanochips which can electronically track recipients."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 4, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 22, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment:
The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2020 in comments made during a White House Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit:
The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is “a very powerful vaccine in itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • December 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 11, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on December 8, 2020 in a TV handoff:
"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 2, 2020 in a blog post:
“Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2020
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter:
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
False
By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 19, 2020 in a press conference:
Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • November 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
There is “aborted male fetus” in the Oxford-AstraZeneca “Covid 19 vaccine.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • November 18, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 7, 2020 in a blog post:
“Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 9, 2020
Sri Preston Kulkarni
Sri Preston Kulkarni
stated on October 23, 2020 in an ad:
Says Troy Nehls “called wearing masks 'un-American' and called those who do 'communists.'"
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 2, 2020 in an interview with FM 93.9 “The Eagle”:
“We're starting to reach almost herd immunity in this nation, so we'll be on the downside of this virus very soon."
False
By Benjamin Brink • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in a presidential debate:
"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“WHO now says your child’s presence in school counts as ‘informed consent’ for vaccination - parental presence not required.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • October 19, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment:
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2020 in a tweet.:
“The World Health Organization just admitted that I was right. Lockdowns are killing countries all over the world. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • October 15, 2020
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