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stated on 2020-02-28 posts on social media:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
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By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-09 an interview on MSNBC:
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-09 a Facebook post:
“President Trump has come into contact with a potential coronavirus sufferer!”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-22 a Facebook post:
“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-01 a Facebook post:
The coronavirus is “simply the common cold.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-02 a Facebook post:
“Coronavirus Hoax: Fake Virus Pandemic Fabricated to Cover-Up Global Outbreak of 5G Syndrome.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-02 a Facebook post:
Says an image of a Vermont mansion is one of Bernie Sanders homes.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-05 a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump tweeted, “Corona vaccine from Israel! Stock market up! Economy even stronger now! Besides US, Israel best at inventions: Judaism, olives. Wonderful vaccine, will stop Corona DEAD around world. Can’t make vaccines when being bombed, not have been possible without peace I created in Israel!”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-04 an image:
The media “pulled down an entire shelf of goods so that they can present the news of people buying stuff in a hysteria over the coronavirus."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 6, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-23 a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders “only had 3,444 votes” in Nevada.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-27 a Facebook post:
Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won’t be allowed back in the country “due to high risk of the coronavirus.”
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By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-28 a Facebook post:
“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 6, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-04 a Facebook post:
“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-04 a Facebook post:
“The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 5, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-26 a Facebook post:
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
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By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-02 a Facebook post:
Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.”
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By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-01 a Facebook post:
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”
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By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-27 a Facebook post:
“The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 4, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-04 a post on Facebook:
“Man visited Albany, N.Y. days before dying from coronavirus.”
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By Madison Czopek • March 4, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-02 a Facebook post:
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
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