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Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“You can get vaccinated by sleeping with somebody who is already jabbed” with an mRNA vaccine. “It’s called shedding.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 22, 2023
Viral image
stated on March 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows Magic Johnson donating blood “to help underprivileged communities help fight COVID-19.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 20, 2023
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stated on March 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO … to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 14, 2023
Joan Ballweg
stated on January 24, 2023 in Twitter:

"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."

By D.L. Davis • March 14, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook:

Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.

By Madison Czopek • March 10, 2023
Bloggers
stated on March 4, 2023 in a blog post:

Vladimir Putin “orders destruction of all COVID-19 vaccines in Russia.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 9, 2023
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stated on March 8, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Bill Gates claims to be a “valid representative of the pharmaceutical industry” because he “read a lot of books about that topic.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 9, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on March 4, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Bill Gates arrest warrant issued in Philippines for ‘premeditated murder’ linked to vaccine roll out.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 8, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Woody Harrelson’s 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 28, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Kid Rock tweeted, “Some people wouldn’t recognize tyranny if it slapped a mask on their face, made them stand 6 feet apart, and forced them to take a vaccine for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

In Australia, a “17% increase in heart attack deaths” in the first eight months of 2022 is linked to COVID-19 vaccination.

By Loreben Tuquero • February 23, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Because the Covid shots are still manufactured under the Emergency Use Authorization, they can change up to 49% of the ingredients without FDA approval."

By Samantha Putterman • February 22, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Richard Belzer died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 22, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2023 in Instagram posts:

"Biden admin negotiates deal to give WHO authority over US pandemic policies.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2023 in Instagram posts:

At the World Economic Forum, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitted that his company produced 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, before the pandemic started.

By Loreben Tuquero • February 17, 2023
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stated on February 5, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“100% of COVID deaths in Canada now due to mRNA vaccine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2023
Lauren Boebert
stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet:

Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Amy Sherman • February 8, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 4, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Unusual cancers” are “exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have “the spike protein."

By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 29, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:

“Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.”

By Madison Czopek • February 6, 2023
Tweets
stated on January 24, 2023 in a tweet:

Diamond and Silk pundit died from COVID-19

By Paul Specht • February 6, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing:

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 3, 2023
Viral image
stated on January 28, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2023
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stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2023
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stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2023
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stated on January 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Scientists warn eggs are causing thousands of people to ‘suddenly’ form blood clots.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2023
Scott Adams
stated on January 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:

People not vaccinated against COVID-19 “came out the best."

By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in a post:

Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome and “stroke season” didn’t exist before the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Bill Gates tweeted that “vaccines in our food supply solves the problem of vaccine hesitancy.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 20, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 20, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2023 in a press conference:

"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."

By Yacob Reyes • January 20, 2023

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