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Facebook posts stated on May 05, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says six eradicated diseases such as whooping cough and the bubonic plague are making a comeback "thanks to refugees and illegal immigrants."

By Samantha Putterman• June 10, 2019

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:

A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.”

By Loreben Tuquero• February 28, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 04, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:

“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."

By Jeff Cercone• March 19, 2025

Elizabeth Cohen stated on February 02, 2015 in an interview with Anderson Cooper:

"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."

By Katie Sanders• February 4, 2015

Viral image stated on April 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Measles kills 11 people in 19 years (since 2000). MMR vaccine kills 445 infants in 1 year (since 2018)."

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 15, 2019

Facebook posts stated on April 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says "combined doses of vaccines" have never been tested.

By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2019

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025

Rick Perry stated on February 05, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.:

"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."

By W. Gardner Selby• February 12, 2015

Viral image stated on November 17, 2015 in a viral meme on social media:

While Americans pray for Paris, the government has acted on mandatory national vaccinations.

By April Hunt• November 20, 2015

Richard Besser stated on February 01, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions."

By Katie Sanders• February 1, 2015

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

Viral image stated on August 29, 2016 in an image shared on social media from NaturalNews.com:

As the number of vaccines administered to children has increased in the United States, so has the autism rate.

By Nadia Pflaum• August 29, 2016

TikTok posts stated on January 16, 2024 in a video:

A possible measles exposure at Dulles and Reagan airports is related to “Disease X.”

By Katelyn Ferral• January 17, 2024

Steve Rothman stated on April 18, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."

By Bill Wichert• April 30, 2012

Threads posts stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:

“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.

By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 05, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

Omicron is “the fastest-spreading virus known to humankind."

By Monique Curet• January 20, 2022

Katty Kay stated on February 08, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."

By Katie Sanders• February 8, 2015

NaturalNews.com stated on February 05, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media:

The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.

By April Hunt• March 3, 2015

Rush Limbaugh stated on February 03, 2015 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy."

By Jon Greenberg• February 5, 2015

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

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