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stated on October 13, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
"Se ha desaparecido el famoso Dr. Juan Rivera después de revelar este simple secreto de salud que podría dejar los hospitales vacíos", la ashwagandha.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • October 24, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 17, 2024 comments made at a campaign rally:
“We're bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don't have the legal right to be in our country.”
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By Sam Whitehead • October 23, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 10, 2024 an interview:
“Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 26, 2024
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stated on September 20, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
Bill Gates dijo que "estamos tomando cosas que son ya sabes organismos genéticamente modificados y los estamos inyectando en los brazos de niños pequeños" en el contexto de las vacunas.
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By Maria Briceño • September 26, 2024
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stated on September 17, 2024 an Instagram post:
CDC warns a third of adults may die from dangerous bacteria in ramen noodles.
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 18, 2024
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stated on August 29, 2024 an X post:
Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.
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By Sofia Ahmed • September 3, 2024
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stated on August 25, 2024 a Facebook post:
“There’s no such thing as menopause.”
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By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 26, 2024 una publicación en Instagram:
El director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud "dice que ya no es emergencia sanitaria la viruela del mono" en 2024.
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By Maria Briceño • August 30, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
El Dr. Juan Rivera lanza "una pastilla revolucionaria" para curar la diabetes.
Pants on Fire!
By Marta Campabadal Graus • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 25, 2024 an Instagram post:
Video shows helicopter “dropping millions” of mosquitoes in Massachusetts towns hit by eastern equine encephalitis virus.
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 28, 2024
Jeffrey Barke
Jeffrey Barke
stated on August 23, 2024 an Instagram post:
Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration.
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 27, 2024
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stated on August 16, 2024 an Instagram post:
The World Health Organization ordered governments to prepare for “mega lockdown” because of an mpox strain.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • August 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 6, 2024 a Threads post:
“During Covid, Tim Walz rationed access to monoclonal antibody treatments based on skin color.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • August 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.:
Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
By Stephanie Armour • July 31, 2024
Tim Sheehy
Tim Sheehy
stated on June 8, 2024 in a U.S. Senate candidate debate:
“Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.”
False
By Matt Volz • July 10, 2024
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stated on June 17, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
“En la última conferencia médica en Estados Unidos, el Dr. Juan Rivera presentó una nueva terapia que ha sido validada y demostrada efectiva para manejar el tinnitus”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2024
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stated on June 20, 2024 an Instagram post:
"There were 42,000 people diagnosed with (an) STD in Houston” in one week.
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 28, 2024
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stated on June 18, 2024 an Instagram post:
The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”
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By Madison Czopek • June 28, 2024
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stated on June 24, 2024 an Instagram post:
"Hospitals murdered patients” with remdesivir, a drug banned from Ebola trials because of “53% kill rate.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 27, 2024
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