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Viral image stated on January 27, 2016 in comments on YouTube:
"Bioweapon! Zika virus is being spread by GMO mosquitos (sic)"
By Linda Qiu• February 9, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on August 08, 2016 in a town hall in Broward County :
Says Gov. Rick Scott "cut nearly $1 million from mosquito control and closed down the state’s mosquito research lab a few years ago."
By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2016
Facebook posts stated on July 03, 2023 in a Facebook reel:
Bill Gates is behind the five recent cases of malaria in the United States.
By Sara Swann• July 6, 2023
Josh Earnest stated on August 03, 2016 in a White House press briefing:
"The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country."
By Joshua Gillin• August 5, 2016
Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Listerine mouthwash can be effectively used as a mosquito repellant.
By Andy Nguyen• June 8, 2021
Instagram posts stated on August 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows helicopter “dropping millions” of mosquitoes in Massachusetts towns hit by eastern equine encephalitis virus.
By Jeff Cercone• August 28, 2024
Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:
New York City is spraying unsafe pesticides to combat West Nile virus.
By Jeff Cercone• September 29, 2023
X posts stated on August 25, 2024 in una publicación en X:
Un video muestra un helicóptero distribuyendo “mosquitos genéticos en Massachusetts, Estados Unidos”.
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Jeff Cercone• August 29, 2024
Instagram posts stated on September 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023
Usain Bolt stated on May 18, 2016 in an interview on NBC:
Zika mosquitoes "can’t catch me."
By Linda Qiu• May 19, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2020
Instagram posts stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"Helicopter released deadly mosquitoes” at Baltimore’s AFRAM Festival.
By Jeff Cercone• July 21, 2023
Instagram posts stated on November 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Iceland has banned COVID-19 vaccines “amid soaring sudden deaths.”
By Sara Swann• November 30, 2023
Facebook posts stated on September 15, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Bill Gates está liberando miles y miles de mosquitos modificados genéticamente para que le piquen a las personas…y que pueden ser perfectamente una arma biológica”.
By Maria Briceño, Jeff Cercone• September 27, 2023
Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a speech:
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster,  . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
By Joseph Cariz• October 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:
As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 4, 2008
Facebook posts stated on October 28, 2021 in a post:
“Moderna has been pulled in Iceland and pulled for everyone under age 30 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark due to heart issues.”
By Monique Curet• November 4, 2021
Viral image stated on June 08, 2020 in post on Facebook:
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
By Emily Venezky• June 16, 2020
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video clips show “wildfires in Los Angeles, California.”
By Loreben Tuquero• January 16, 2025
Hillary Clinton stated on March 18, 2016 in a post on Medium:
Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.
By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2016

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