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TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 30, 2021 a TikTok video:
If you get the COVID-19 vaccine, you can't donate blood or plasma "because it's completely tainted."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • May 4, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 25, 2021 an Instagram post:
Vaccine herd immunity doesn’t exist because 100% of the population would have to be vaccinated for it to work.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 30, 2021
Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley
stated on April 26, 2021 a tweet:
“San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year.”
True
By Chris Nichols • April 29, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 22, 2021 viral image on Instagram:
60% of new COVID-19 patients are people who received the vaccine.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • April 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Joe Biden says Americans can only celebrate the Fourth of July if he says so.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Bill Gates fights to keep vaccine ingredients secret.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 15, 2021 an Instagram post:
Mariah Carey faked getting her COVID-19 vaccine because the needle can’t be seen coming out of her arm.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 27, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 an Instagram post:
"Mountains of data" show drug ivermectin "basically obliterates" COVID-19 transmission.
False
By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2021 a Facebook post:
Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 23, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 TV interview:
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 19, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Stanford study results” show face masks are ineffective and dangerous.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on March 21, 2021 a TV appearance:
“Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on April 13, 2021 a TV interview:
“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 18, 2021
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on April 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says science shows the physiological effects of wearing masks include hypoxemia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, toxicity and increased muscle tension.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 16, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on April 13, 2021 a TV segment:
“Maybe (the COVID-19 vaccine) doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 a Facebook image post:
Says the “1986 Vaccine protection act” resulted in “the biggest jump in shots” for children because it gave drug manufacturers “exemption for responsibility of killing people.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 13, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 8, 2021 an Instagram post:
"DMX received COVID vaccine days before heart attack."
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 12, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 Speech:
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 1, 2021 an Instagram post:
“6000% Increase in Reported Vaccine Deaths 1st Quarter 2021 Compared to 1st Quarter 2020”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 6, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on March 29, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2021
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