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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 1, 2021 an Instagram post:
The delta variant of the coronavirus “is approximately 19 times less deadly.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 30, 2021 an Instagram post:
“Fauci says there will be 'two Americas': One for vaccinated, one for unvaccinated.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 6, 2021
Liz Wheeler
Liz Wheeler
stated on June 30, 2021 a Facebook post:
A “peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2021 a Facebook post:
A photo shows Mike Tyson wearing a T-shirt with an anti-vaccine message.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • June 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 28, 2021 an Instagram post:
“CDC officials admit more hospitalizations of young people from vaccine than from the actual COVID virus.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 14, 2021 a story:
Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak.
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 25, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 21, 2021 an Instagram post:
mRNA technology in COVID-19 vaccines was never tested in humans.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2021 a TikTok post:
“Our legal president, President Trump, has signed a cease and desist order for the COVID vaccines.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • June 24, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 21, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci in an email "advises a family member to use (hydroxychloroquine) and antibiotic therapy, the same evening in which in a press conference he attacked (President Donald Trump) on the usefulness of (hydroxychloroquine) to fight the virus.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 17, 2021 a story's headline:
“World Health Organization wants to BAN all women aged 18-50 from drinking alcohol.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 7, 2021 a Facebook post:
Gov. Gavin Newsom has “no power or authority” to extend the state of emergency in California because it expired “automatically” on May 6, 2020.
False
By Sasha Hupka • June 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 14, 2021 a tweet:
Says the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine “dumps millions” of dangerous “spike proteins right into your body.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 17, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 12, 2021 an Instagram post:
"Dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours."
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • June 17, 2021
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on June 13, 2021 a YouTube video:
The COVID-19 vaccines’ “spike protein is very dangerous, it's cytotoxic.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 16, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 6, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says a 2010 Rockefeller Foundation report shows the COVID-19 pandemic and the international response were “meticulously planned at least 10 years ago.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 9, 2021 an Instagram post:
"Study: hydroxychloroquine can boost COVID-19 survival chances by nearly 200%."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 13, 2021 an Instagram post:
Says professional soccer player Christian Eriksen received the Pfizer vaccine days before he collapsed during a game.
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 14, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 11, 2021 an Instagram post:
"Report: Vaccine related deaths may rival recorded COVID-19 deaths."
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2021
Sherri Tenpenny
Sherri Tenpenny
stated on June 8, 2021 an Ohio House hearing:
The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, and they can stick."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 4, 2021 an Instagram post:
"920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated."
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 8, 2021
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