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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2022 a Facebook reel
Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels • August 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 3, 2022 an image on Facebook
The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis.
False
By Madison Czopek • August 5, 2022
Kat Cammack
Kat Cammack
stated on July 21, 2022 a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
“In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.”
False
By Julie Rovner • August 4, 2022
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2022 an advertisement
Sen. Joe Manchin and AARP “support government price-setting schemes” to divert money from Medicare to “unrelated government programs or pad big insurers’ profits.”
False
By Colleen DeGuzman, Victoria Knight • July 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2017 a video interview
"ADHD does not exist."
False
By Ellie Borst • July 13, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on March 31, 2022 a Twitter thread
“The price of insulin increases as waistlines increase.”
False
By Colleen DeGuzman, Victoria Knight • April 21, 2022
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 a virtual town hall meeting
Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.
True
By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 2, 2022 a press conference
Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 4, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 10, 2022 a speech
“Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.”
Mostly True
By Victoria Knight • March 1, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on January 31, 2022 Twitter posts
Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • February 2, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 25, 2022 a tweet
“Without a shred of clinical data to support its decision, the Biden Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles, Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on December 22, 2021 a tweet
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2021 an Instagram post
Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because “only 1% of deaths are reported.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 10, 2021
Community Oncology Alliance
Community Oncology Alliance
stated on November 29, 2021 a radio ad
"An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your healthcare costs.”
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • December 7, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 a press release headline
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on September 20, 2021 a commercial shown on television and online
Insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats “are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.”
False
By Victoria Knight • September 28, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2021 an executive order
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”
False
By Victoria Knight • August 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 25, 2021 social media
CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.”
False
By Victoria Knight • July 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 22, 2021 a social media post
“The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION recently reversed its stance on children getting the Covid vaccine.”
False
By Victoria Knight • June 24, 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
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