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Kimberly Klacik
Kimberly Klacik
stated on October 5, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"It's been confirmed that the Pfizer” COVID-19 “vaccine isn't guaranteed after six months."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on October 1, 2021 in a tweet:
“CDC numbers” show that among children, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have a death rate “174 times higher” than the COVID-19 death rate.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2021
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video:
A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 7, 2021
Will Cain
Will Cain
stated on October 1, 2021 in a Fox News segment:
"You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 7, 2021
10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers
10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers
stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana:
“There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok post:
“COVID internment camps announced in America: Tennessee governor signs EO authorizing National Guard to carry out COVID medical kidnappings.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • October 7, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview:
“We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”
False
By Allison Garfield • October 5, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"New data shows that death is proportional to dose" for COVID-19.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2021
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
stated on September 1, 2021 in comments at a WVU faculty meeting:
“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”
True
By Abigail Mulhern, Emma Copley • October 5, 2021
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on August 10, 2021 in a tweet:
“Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
True
By Danny Kuhn, John Brumley • October 5, 2021
Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview:
“75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 3, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 26, 2021 in a website:
"Millions have died from COVID injections."
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • October 1, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post:
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine contains an “undisclosed ingredient. … How is informed consent possible?”
False
By Andy Nguyen • October 1, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 29, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“The vaccination campaign” increased COVID-19 deaths by 175% in one year.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 1, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2021 in in Instagram posts:
“Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.”
Mostly False
By Isabella Fertel • October 1, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 28, 2021 in a blog post:
"Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:
VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • September 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post:
A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine."
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 28, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2021 in posts on social media:
A funeral home used a truck to advertise the message "Don't get vaccinated."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2021
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