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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on December 06, 2021 in a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers:

The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”

By Samantha Putterman• December 10, 2021

Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in a post:

The death of a 4-year-old who appeared in vaccination campaign posters is linked to vaccines.

By Andy Nguyen• November 15, 2022

Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”

By Emily Venezky• May 28, 2020

Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.

By Tom Kertscher• February 20, 2023

Bloggers stated on February 24, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”

By Jon Greenberg• March 4, 2020

Rush Limbaugh stated on June 06, 2013 in his radio show:

"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.

By Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2013

Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Masks will kill quite a few people, it’s well known that they reduce blood oxygen levels and those with respiratory and cardiac disorders will die.”

By Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Joe Diffie’s death was labeled “as a COVID-19 death and it wasn’t!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

COVID-19-induced pneumonia is "is actually mast cell degranulation of the lungs," a type of allergic reaction.

By Gabrielle Settles• January 25, 2022

Michael Needham stated on June 25, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."

By Amy Sherman• June 28, 2017

John Morgan stated on July 06, 2017 in a lawsuit:

"Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer" attributed to marijuana.

By Amy Sherman• July 13, 2017

Roy Cooper stated on August 13, 2020 in a press conference:

“In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.”

By Paul Specht• September 3, 2020

Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in Speech:

U.S. is “really not doing (COVID-19) reporting right” because deaths are being improperly counted and hospitals have an “incentive” to pad stats.

By Eric Litke• October 27, 2020

Crystal Peoples-Stokes stated on October 09, 2019 in a radio interview:

"If folks are vaping a legal medical cannabis product that comes from any of the New York state operators, they will not have to worry about the negative impacts on their lungs."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 2, 2019

Candace Owens stated on April 06, 2020 in a tweet:

“Everyone is only dying of coronavirus now.”

By Jon Greenberg• April 14, 2020

Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Autopsies prove that COVID-19 is” a blood clot, not pneumonia, “and ought to be fought with antibiotics” and the whole world has been wrong in treating the “so-called” pandemic.

By Tom Kertscher• May 19, 2020

Instagram posts stated on January 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.

By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"

By Chris Nichols• July 6, 2020

The Gateway Pundit stated on July 28, 2022 in a post:

“Three doctors from the same hospital ‘die suddenly’ in the same week,” after the hospital mandated a fourth COVID-19 vaccine for employees.

By Monique Curet• July 29, 2022

Donald Trump stated on September 01, 2020 in a Fox News interview:

“Only 6% of the people actually died from COVID.” The others “died from other reasons.”

By Daniel Funke• September 3, 2020

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