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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
April 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2021 a Facebook post
“Bill Gates fights to keep vaccine ingredients secret.”
False
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
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
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
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
April 6, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 30, 2021 Twitter
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 2, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on March 25, 2021 a tweet
"They’re unable to administer vaccines if the lockdown ends because the emergency ends with it.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 2, 2021
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