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Instagram posts stated on October 14, 2022 in Instagram post:

"Peer-reviewed paper" shows "Fauci created COVID-19"

By Michael Majchrowicz• October 27, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 09, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Study: hydroxychloroquine can boost COVID-19 survival chances by nearly 200%."

By Tom Kertscher• June 14, 2021

Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Chinese scientists “created (a) new COVID-19 strain (with) 100% fatality.”

By Sara Swann• January 26, 2024

YouTube videos stated on April 26, 2022 in a YouTube video:

“mRNA Vaccines Show No Mortality Benefit - Danish Study”

By Samantha Putterman• May 6, 2022

Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”

By Tom Kertscher• August 18, 2021

Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2021

The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”

By Tom Kertscher• September 1, 2021

Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2022 in an article from FLCCC Alliance:

"Large, peer-reviewed research study proves ivermectin works” as a COVID-19 preventative.

By Jeff Cercone• January 28, 2022

Jerome R. Corsi stated on April 28, 2020 in an article:

Says Dr. Anthony Fauci's name appears on "4 U.S. patents for a key glycoprotein” used to “create the current COVID-19 epidemic.”

By Daniel Funke• May 12, 2020

Will Cain stated on October 01, 2021 in a Fox News segment:

"You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS."

By Bill McCarthy• October 7, 2021

Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post:

Headlines show CNN published contradictory reports about hydroxychloroquine in 2020.

By Monique Curet• July 15, 2021

Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.”

By Jeff Cercone• October 20, 2022

Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 18, 2021

Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Cannabis may stop coronavirus from infecting people, study finds.”

By Tom Kertscher• May 18, 2020

Instagram posts stated on December 24, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Yale study: Vaccinated people more likely to be infected than those without the jab.”

By Jeff Cercone• January 4, 2022

Facebook posts stated on August 03, 2022 in an image on Facebook:

The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis.

By Madison Czopek• August 5, 2022

Big League Politics stated on June 26, 2019 in a web post:

"Texas medical professional: Migrants quarantined with UNKNOWN disease."

By Daniel Funke• July 3, 2019

Bloggers stated on March 02, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

By PolitiFact Staff • April 4, 2017

Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook message:

An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus.

By Daniel Funke• March 25, 2020

Christy Harrison stated on August 26, 2019 in a recent New York Times column:

"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."

By Julie Appleby• September 17, 2019

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