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Search results for "Babies who don't get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding."

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Fact-checks (25974)

Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a post:
“Don't let this formula shortage scare you!!! Make your baby some hemp milk w/sea moss. It’s easy I promise!”
By Monique Curet• May 19, 2022
Instagram posts stated on January 16, 2024 in TikTok post:
Vaccines that are routinely given to children contain unsafe amounts of aluminum.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 19, 2024
Celine Gounder stated on February 03, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."
By Katie Sanders• February 4, 2015
Debbie Riddle stated on August 10, 2010 in a television interview:
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• August 23, 2010
Lincoln Chafee stated on July 27, 2010 in in a comment on the John DePetro Show:
"I remember one of [Curt Schilling's] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock."
By Cynthia Needham• July 27, 2010
Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2020 in news release:
“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”
By Haley BeMiller• June 8, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 04, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.”
By Jeff Cercone• April 7, 2023
Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given "80 different vaccines."
By Grace Abels• September 26, 2025
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero• January 15, 2026
Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics:
The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
By Jon Greenberg• January 12, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Goat’s milk is a good substitute for baby formula.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 19, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 23, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Baby carrots are soaked in bleach and can cause cancer.
By Gabrielle Settles• July 29, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The sun prevents skin cancer.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 11, 2023
Facebook posts stated on April 15, 2021 in Instagram post:
Women’s menstrual cycles and fertility are affected by being around people who have received COVID-19 vaccines
By Michael Majchrowicz• April 21, 2021
John McCain stated on April 20, 2008 in in an interview on "This Week.":
Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 29, 2008
Instagram posts stated on March 09, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Vitamin D, vitamin C, colloidal silver and black seed oil can kill the coronavirus.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 11, 2021
Instagram posts stated on April 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Brain aneurysms are a “serious and common COVID-19 mRNA vaccine injury in young people.”
By Loreben Tuquero• April 25, 2023
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A baby’s immune system can’t handle antigens from vaccines, because new food must be introduced slowly to identify allergic reactions.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• April 1, 2022
Instagram posts stated on May 31, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"The European Union is now warning pregnant women not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to the possibility of infertility and miscarriage.”
By Jeff Cercone• June 1, 2023
Bloggers stated on December 04, 2021 in a blog post:
"2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women"
By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 15, 2021

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