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Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a photo:

Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 27, 2024

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

Ron Johnson stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:

“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”

By Madeline Heim• January 2, 2025

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

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

Instagram posts stated on December 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

RFK Jr. posted on X that, “Effective January 20th, all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be BANNED in the United States.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 30, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”

By Tom Kertscher• July 14, 2020

Bloggers stated on May 29, 2017 in a story:

Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism.

By Samantha Putterman• February 11, 2019

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 01, 2024 in an interview on CNN:

“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech ... to censor his opponent."

By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024

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

Instagram posts stated on November 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"McDonald’s offered 850 million to RFK for hush money” related to its frying oil.

By Jeff Cercone• November 19, 2024

X posts stated on November 06, 2025 in an X post:

“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”

By Maria Briceño• November 7, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2025

Viral image stated on November 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

Image shows U.S. Health and Human Services secretaries in the Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration as of Nov. 11, 2024.

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 12, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 05, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024

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

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

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

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