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Search results for "Symptoms of Chagas disease are most often non-existent or mild and unspecific"

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Viral image stated on March 09, 2020 in a chart:
Says 80% of novel coronavirus cases are "mild."
By Paul Specht• March 13, 2020
Nancy Mace stated on February 20, 2025 in an X post:
“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”
By Grace Abels• February 21, 2025
Brett Giroir stated on August 02, 2020 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”
By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2020
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“There’s no such thing as menopause.”
By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.
By Tom Kertscher• April 3, 2020
Bloggers stated on November 28, 2021 in a blog post:
Heart complications are one symptom “listed” for the omicron variant and are being “used to cover up effects” of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Tom Kertscher• December 2, 2021
Viral image stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Only Reuters” reported that the doctor who detected the omicron variant said its symptoms are “very mild.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 30, 2021
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show:
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 27, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 08, 2022 in a post:
As with people vaccinated against COVID-19, “many people who were NOT vaccinated also experienced zero or mild symptoms.”
By Monique Curet• April 11, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Maybe they’re just calling the common cold … the omicron variant.”
By Bill McCarthy• December 20, 2021
Donald Trump stated on January 15, 2022 in a speech:
“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 27, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2022 in a post:
In the U.S., myocarditis cases among ages 12 to 20 numbered four in 2019; four in 2020; and 2,236 in 2021.
By Monique Curet• January 31, 2022
Donald Trump stated on July 04, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech:
Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
By Jon Greenberg• July 6, 2020
Facebook posts stated on January 05, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“If you stop testing (for COVID-19) it all goes away and people just have colds like before.”
By Andy Nguyen• January 19, 2022
Andrew Yang stated on December 19, 2019 in comments during the December Democratic presidential primary debate.:
"If you're a black woman, you're 320% more likely to die from complications in childbirth."
By Victoria Knight, Shefali Luthra• December 20, 2019
Donald Trump stated on September 07, 2020 in a press conference:
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2020
Facebook posts stated on March 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The coronavirus is “simply the common cold.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 9, 2020
Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”
By Tom Kertscher• December 10, 2021
Instagram posts stated on May 21, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Instagram:
COVID-19 vaccines administered during pregnancy drove an increase in cases of myocarditis in babies.
By Madison Czopek• May 23, 2023
Bloggers stated on September 27, 2021 in Articles:
Norway decided “that (the coronavirus) should be treated like other respiratory diseases, such as the flu or cold, because… it is no more dangerous than those mentioned.”
By Noah Y. Kim• September 30, 2021

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