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Cindi Duchow stated on November 09, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:
"Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."
By D.L. Davis• January 26, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Want a healthy, happy baby? Skip the Well Baby visits. They… make your baby sick.”
By Gabrielle Settles• April 7, 2022
Tom Tiffany stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech:
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
By Madeline Heim• April 8, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in social media:
CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.”
By Victoria Knight• July 30, 2021
Terry Russell stated on December 06, 2012 in in an interview:
"Individuals with mental illnesses die an average of 25 years earlier than those without a mental illness."
By Tom Feran• January 2, 2013
Chris Larson stated on March 11, 2020 in a news release:
“The coronavirus has officially reached Milwaukee County.”
By Eric Litke• March 11, 2020
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2021 in a post on Facebook:
“In a vegan world there would be no pandemics. 100% of pandemics are zoonotic in origin.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• March 29, 2021
Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet:
"U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
By Jon Greenberg• October 23, 2014
Jerome Adams stated on March 27, 2020 in a television interview:
“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• April 2, 2020
John Cornyn stated on July 09, 2020 in an interview:
Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.”
By Madlin Mekelburg• July 10, 2020
Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2020 in a campaign rally in Waterford, Mich.:
“Our doctors get more money if somebody dies from COVID. … So what they do is they say, ‘I'm sorry, but, you know, everybody dies of COVID.’"
By Jon Greenberg• November 1, 2020
TikTok posts stated on November 30, 2023 in a TikTok video:
“Mysterious pneumonia” from China is now in Ohio.
By Jeff Cercone• December 8, 2023
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus.
By Tom Kertscher• April 23, 2021
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Jeff Cercone• December 13, 2022
Ainsley Earhardt stated on March 13, 2020 in the Fox & Friends show:
“It’s actually the safest time to fly.”
By Daniel Funke• March 13, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Corona Virus claims a black belt. Chuck Norris, Dead at 80.”
By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2020
Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2022 in a video:
There are a record high cases of flu in the U.S. this year, and “last year there were none.”
By Jeff Cercone• December 15, 2022
Instagram posts stated on April 05, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Covid-does NOT exist AS A VIRUS,” and Russian doctors performing autopsies on deceased COVID-19 patients violate a World Health Organization law
By Madison Czopek• April 9, 2021
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
Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing:
The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.”
By Shefali Luthra• March 19, 2020

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The coronavirus variants: What you need to know

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By Bill McCarthy• April 28, 2021

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

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We answered your questions on coronavirus seasonality, immunity and transmission

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