Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Viral image
stated on April 4, 2019 a Facebook post:

"Measles kills 11 people in 19 years (since 2000). MMR vaccine kills 445 infants in 1 year (since 2018)."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 15, 2019

Viral image
stated on April 3, 2019 a Facebook post:

A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee:

"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."

By Jon Greenberg • April 8, 2019

Bloggers
stated on May 29, 2017 a story:

Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism.

By Samantha Putterman • February 11, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2019 a Facebook post:

Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2019

Bloggers
stated on October 11, 2018:

If you get a flu shot, you're "poisoning yourself."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 25, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2018 a rally in Lebanon, Ohio:

Says a recent opioid bill that reached his desk had "very little Democrat support."

By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2018

Bloggers
stated on October 15, 2016 a blog post:

Say Bill Gates is linked to HPV vaccine related deaths in India.

By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2016

Pat Robertson
stated on November 8, 2016 a TV broadcast.:

Margaret Sanger "wanted a black Christian leader to be like a Judas goat and lead the blacks to genocide. Remember that? And they picked Martin Luther King as their spokesman."

By Warren Fiske • November 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech in Kenansville, N.C.:

"Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."

By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2016

Alcee Hastings
stated on May 16, 2016 a House resolution:

The Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, "threatens global public health."

By Jon Greenberg • June 3, 2016

Bloggers
stated on April 4, 2016 a informal news website:

"Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid."

By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2016

Samir Chachoua
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."

By Linda Qiu • February 23, 2016

Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad:

Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016

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stated on January 27, 2016 comments on YouTube:

"Bioweapon! Zika virus is being spread by GMO mosquitos (sic)"

By Linda Qiu • February 9, 2016

My City Bikes
stated on December 7, 2015 news release:

"Bicycle ownership drops by half while obesity in Rhode Island rises by 154 percent"

By Mark Reynolds • January 3, 2016

Viral image
stated on November 17, 2015 a viral meme on social media:

While Americans pray for Paris, the government has acted on mandatory national vaccinations.

By April Hunt • November 20, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on October 19, 2015 an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News:

Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN GOP presidential debate :

Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been "too many in too short a period of time."

By Amy Sherman • September 17, 2015

Mike Adams
stated on February 10, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media:

Mercury is used in vaccines, and there is no safe level of mercury.

By April Hunt • February 11, 2015

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