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stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“This whole COVID thing? It’s a SIMULATION.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 17, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment:
The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2020 in comments made during a White House Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit:
The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is “a very powerful vaccine in itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • December 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2020
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview:
Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused four of the eight “deadliest days in American history.”
Half-True
By Noah Y. Kim • December 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 11, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on December 8, 2020 in a TV handoff:
"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 2, 2020 in a blog post:
“Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com:
"The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • December 9, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN:
"People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram:
“The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection."
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • December 7, 2020
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter:
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
False
By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post:
The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference:
“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 19, 2020 in a press conference:
Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • November 27, 2020
Lyle Larson
Lyle Larson
stated on November 12, 2020 in a tweet:
Says there’s “up to 75% reduction in opioid dosage for medical cannabis users.”
Mostly True
By Brandon Mulder • November 20, 2020
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