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Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2022 in a post:

Turkey, Brazil, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Mexico, El Salvador, Japan and Singapore canceled all COVID-19 quarantine procedures, testing and compulsory vaccination and are considering COVID-19 “just a seasonal flu.”

By Monique Curet• February 7, 2022

Chain email stated on September 09, 2009 in a chain e-mail:

An Iowa policy "provides for a state round up of Iowa citizens who might be exposed to the swine flu virus."

By Robert Farley• October 14, 2009

SEIU stated on March 05, 2013 in a lawsuit:

"There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients."

By Michael McKinney• March 17, 2013

Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2021 in Facebook post:

It's illegal for a college, public school or employer to "mandate" the vaccine because it was authorized for emergency use.

By Michael Majchrowicz• April 29, 2021

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

Says Gen. David H. Berger said, “No mandatory vaccinations for my Marines.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 12, 2021

X posts stated on March 25, 2021 in a tweet:

"They’re unable to administer vaccines if the lockdown ends because the emergency ends with it.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 2, 2021

Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet:

“The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”

By Madison Czopek• October 20, 2022

Facebook posts stated on February 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says President Barack Obama “waited six months to call swine flu an emergency after thousands died.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 4, 2020

Bloggers stated on March 12, 2020 in a post on the internet:

“The CDC can detain anyone with a fever — indefinitely. … Vaccination (is) a way people could get out of detention.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 16, 2020

Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2020 in an Instagram post:

“Ticketmaster is planning mandatory COVID vaccine identification for concert attendance.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2020

Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.”

By Sasha Hupka• July 23, 2021

Bloggers stated on November 07, 2021 in a blog post:

The military arrested “bedridden Gavin Newsom.”

By Gabrielle Settles• November 11, 2021

Gretchen Whitmer stated on April 15, 2020 in an April 15, 2020 press conference:

“During the flu pandemic of 1918, some cities lifted social distancing measures too fast, too soon, and created a second wave of pandemic.”

By Amy Sherman• April 17, 2020

John Bel Edwards stated on April 05, 2020 in a CNN interview:

Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”

By Miriam Valverde• April 8, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.”

By Tom Kertscher• January 15, 2021

Dr. Drew Pinsky stated on February 03, 2020 in a Daily Blast Live segment:

“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.

By Daniel Funke• March 10, 2020

Michael Burgess stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet:

“In the last 10 years less than half of adults in the U.S. received a flu shot.”

By Madlin Mekelburg• September 25, 2020

X posts stated on October 10, 2021 in a tweet:

“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 11, 2021

Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in in Instagram posts:

“Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 1, 2021

Instagram posts stated on October 02, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Flu shot ingredients include aborted human cell cultures, monkey kidney cells and antifreeze.

By Jeff Cercone• October 6, 2023

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