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stated on April 27, 2020 a Facebook post
The CDC recommends that only people with COVID-19 symptoms should wear masks.
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May 1, 2020
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stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“Pelosi was in (Wuhan) China 6 days after the impeachment HOAX failed.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2020
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stated on April 28, 2020 a video
Says a video shows Joe Biden lolling his tongue.
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By Daniel Funke • April 30, 2020
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stated on April 23, 2020 Facebook post
Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.”
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By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2020
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stated on April 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump and McConnell are blocking stimulus checks for Americans married to immigrants.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2020
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stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post
COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.”
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By Eric Litke • April 29, 2020
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stated on April 27, 2020 a screenshot
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “has just been stripped of her emergency coronavirus powers by her state legislature.”
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By Daniel Funke • April 29, 2020
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stated on April 13, 2020 a Facebook post
Quotes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as saying, “Now is not the time to live by the Constitution, it’s time to put that damn thing in a shredder.”
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By Samantha Putterman • April 29, 2020
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stated on April 24, 2020 an image
“Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now.”
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By Daniel Funke • April 28, 2020
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stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown.
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April 28, 2020
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stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Joe Biden was involved in a plot to kidnap JFK Jr. according to the just declassified FBI files, and also made several threats."
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By Bill McCarthy • April 27, 2020
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stated on April 26, 2020 on social media
The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2020
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stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
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By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2020
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stated on April 3, 2020 on social media
In 1986, the founder of the Times Square Church prophesied that he saw “a plague coming on the world and the bars and church and government will shut down,” with New York City especially hard hit.
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By Patrick Orsagos • April 24, 2020
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stated on April 21, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump said ‘hundreds’ of governors are calling him…& we only have 50.”
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April 24, 2020
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stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020
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stated on April 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.”
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By Miriam Valverde • April 24, 2020
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stated on April 13, 2020 a Facebook post
“Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.”
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April 24, 2020
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stated on April 17, 2020 a Facebook post
A banner with a swastika, “Trump” and “Pence” is from a Michigan coronavirus protest.
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April 24, 2020
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stated on April 13, 2020 a text post
The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children."
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By Daniel Funke • April 23, 2020
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