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stated on March 17, 2020 a Facebook post
“People are going door to door in Colorado Springs stating they are COVID testing so they can rob people!!!!”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 19, 2020
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stated on March 15, 2020 a text post
"George Soros owns the WuXi PHARMA LAB located in Wuhan, China where COVID-19 was developed and conveniently Broke Out."
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By Daniel Funke • March 19, 2020
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stated on March 17, 2020 a Facebook post
“All US citizens are entitled to $700 USD per week to stay at home to avoid the spread of COVID-19 novel coronavirus, starting from March 17.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 18, 2020
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stated on March 11, 2020 a Facebook post
“MSNBC actually said on air ‘I hope enough people die from coronavirus that it harms Trump’s re-election.’”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 18, 2020
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stated on March 16, 2020 a screenshot
President Donald Trump “will evoke (sic) what is called the Stafford act” and “order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.”
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By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
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stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says COVID-19 came to the United States in 2019.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 16, 2020
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stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post
“‘The Simpsons' predicted Tom Hanks getting coronavirus in 2007.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2020
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stated on March 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
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stated on July 14, 2018 posts on the Internet
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
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stated on March 6, 2020 an image
If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."
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By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
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stated on March 9, 2020 an image
"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
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By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
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stated on February 28, 2020 posts on social media
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
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By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
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stated on February 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
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stated on March 1, 2020 a Facebook post
The coronavirus is “simply the common cold.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
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stated on March 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“Coronavirus Hoax: Fake Virus Pandemic Fabricated to Cover-Up Global Outbreak of 5G Syndrome.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
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stated on February 27, 2020 a Facebook post
Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won’t be allowed back in the country “due to high risk of the coronavirus.”
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By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
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stated on February 28, 2020 a Facebook post
“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 6, 2020
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stated on March 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
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stated on March 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 5, 2020
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stated on March 4, 2020 a post on Facebook
“Man visited Albany, N.Y. days before dying from coronavirus.”
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By Madison Czopek • March 4, 2020
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