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stated on March 24, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
"La diabetes desaparece por sí sola en 3 noches. ¡No se necesitan inyecciones ni medicamentos costosos!...”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 22, 2024
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stated on April 5, 2024 Facebook posts:
COVID-19 “vaccine injuries exposed in newly uncovered data.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 17, 2024
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stated on April 9, 2024 a Facebook post:
Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 12, 2024
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stated on March 31, 2024 an Instagram post:
ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • April 11, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2024 a video:
World Health Organization pandemic accord “would take away American sovereignty and give the WHO power to put in legally binding policies in America in the case of another pandemic."
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 10, 2024
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stated on March 2, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
“Al CDC sólo le tomó 4 AÑOS estar de acuerdo con ‘teóricos de la conspiración’ que dijeron en 2020 que: COVID es más o menos como la GRIPE”.
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 12, 2024
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stated on March 2, 2024 an Instagram post:
“The CDC officially agrees with ‘conspiracy theorists’ from 2020” who wanted to treat COVID-19 like the flu.
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 8, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 22, 2024 in a campaign reception:
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2024 an Instagram post:
The government did more to stop the distribution of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than to stop the distribution of fentanyl.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 29, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2024 an Instagram post:
There was an “attempt on Dr. Oz’s life” on TV over his diabetes cure.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 26, 2024
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 16, 2024 a post:
There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 23, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 Facebook post:
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 3, 2024 a newsletter for constituents:
“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”
True
By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier • February 20, 2024
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stated on February 15, 2024 an Instagram post:
Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 16, 2024
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stated on January 23, 2024 a Facebook post:
Wearing this bracelet aids in weight loss.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • February 6, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 21, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 6, 2024
Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on November 1, 2023 a fundraising ad:
“It’s been revealed that Fauci brought COVID to the Montana one year before COVID broke out in the U.S.!”
Pants on Fire!
By Katheryn Houghton • February 5, 2024
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stated on January 27, 2024 en una publicación en Facebook:
El doctor ecuatoriano Marco Albuja "fue atacado por miembros de empresas farmacéuticas por revelar una cura secreta para la hipertensión".
False
By Maria Briceño • February 2, 2024
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stated on January 29, 2024 a Facebook post:
Stanley cups tested positive for lead “inside of the cup where the drink is.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 1, 2024
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stated on January 27, 2024 an Instagram post:
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
False
By Jeff Cercone • January 30, 2024
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