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Instagram posts stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”

By Jeff Cercone• May 24, 2024

Instagram posts stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”

By Madison Czopek• June 28, 2024

Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"The NEXT pandemic is here and children are the target, says Bill Gates.”

By Jeff Cercone• May 25, 2023

Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office."

By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in 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.

By Emily Venezky• March 11, 2020

Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Pfizer sued Barbara O’Neill “because she exposed secrets that will keep everyone safe from the bird flu outbreak.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 31, 2024

Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing:

The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2025

Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says the Asian, Hong Kong, swine and bird flus each “killed more people than coronavirus.”

By Tom Kertscher• April 14, 2020

John Sharp stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech in Austin:

Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people."

By Sue Owen• September 25, 2012

Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”

By Vivian Lam• December 8, 2021

Rush Limbaugh stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show:

“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 27, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 01, 2022 in in a post:

2004 video shows Anthony Fauci is ignoring science on natural immunity with regard to COVID-19.

By Jeff Cercone• April 8, 2022

The Gateway Pundit stated on October 06, 2021 in articles and social media:

Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.”

By Tom Kertscher• October 14, 2021

Reiner Fuellmich stated on December 30, 2021 in a video:

"Even the WHO has conceded that the (SARS- CoV-2) virus … is no more dangerous than the common flu, with an infection fatality rate of 0.14%."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 19, 2022

Instagram posts stated on March 02, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“The CDC officially agrees with ‘conspiracy theorists’ from 2020” who wanted to treat COVID-19 like the flu.

By Jeff Cercone• March 8, 2024

Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Starbucks lattes contain semen.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2024

Sherill Sellman stated on February 12, 2020 in remarks on the Jim Bakker show:

Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”

By Julia Garlich• March 17, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says COVID-19 remains in the air for eight hours and that everyone is now required to wear masks “everywhere.”

By Samantha Putterman• April 2, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs:

“Egg prices came down 50%”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 4, 2025

Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:

95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.”

By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2022

What to know about the latest bird flu outbreaks

By Sara Swann• April 12, 2024

Bird flu: What to know about latest outbreaks after U.S. reports first severely infected person

By Sara Swann• December 19, 2024

Bird flu might impact price, but not safety of Thanksgiving turkey

By Grace Abels• November 21, 2025

Mailbag: ‘If your uncle had large mammary glands, he'd be your aunt!’

By W. Gardner Selby• November 21, 2011

What is chestfeeding? How it relates to trans parents and what the CDC says

By Grace Abels• July 28, 2023

Top 10 uncertainties about the coronavirus

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 18, 2020

What we know about the COVID-19 variants and how they impact vaccine efficacy

By Samantha Putterman• February 3, 2021

Why it’s hard to estimate the coronavirus death rate this early

By Bill McCarthy• March 6, 2020

Is a second wave of coronavirus coming?

By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2020

'Flurona' is just a new buzzword, not new strain of COVID-19 or new phenomenon

By Monique Curet• January 6, 2022

Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know

By Tom Kertscher, Noah Y. Kim• May 17, 2021

What we know about COVID-19 and immunity

By Samantha Putterman• October 9, 2020

What vaccine skeptics are getting wrong about a new Cleveland Clinic study on the flu vaccine

By Loreben Tuquero• April 11, 2025

Doctors still recommend flu shot despite sneaky new strain

By Grace Abels• January 6, 2026

Fact-checking President Donald Trump on the coronavirus

By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed?

By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022

Yes, a deadly flesh-eating worm was found in the US. No, you shouldn't panic about screwworms

By Grace Abels• August 26, 2025

Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus

By Daniel Funke• May 8, 2020

There’s a new COVID-19 variant and cases are ticking up. What do you need to know?

By Julie Appleby• January 8, 2024

Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2021

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