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Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.

By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023

Viral image stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2023

Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post:

“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”

By Grace Abels• September 6, 2023

Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"The NEXT pandemic is here and children are the target, says Bill Gates.”

By Jeff Cercone• May 25, 2023

Instagram posts stated on September 09, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Defibrillators are being installed all over” the U.K. after a child’s death, which may be “why the UK suddenly stopped” COVID-19 vaccination for children under 11 years old.

By Jeff Cercone• October 5, 2022

Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post:

The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”

By Bill McCarthy• December 2, 2020

Bloggers stated on July 27, 2022 in a blog post:

In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.”

By Sara Swann• August 24, 2022

Nancy Pelosi stated on March 12, 2020 in a press conference:

Of the Trump administration’s European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: “Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you’ll be in the U.K.”

By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2020

X posts stated on March 25, 2021 in a tweet:

"They’re unable to administer vaccines if the lockdown ends because the emergency ends with it.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 2, 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 February 06, 2021 in a video on Facebook:

Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."

By Daniel Funke• February 11, 2021

Bloggers stated on January 29, 2022 in a blog post:

In England, “official data shows children are up to 52 times more likely to die following COVID-19 vaccination than unvaccinated children.”

By Sara Swann• February 11, 2022

Viral image stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Covid vaccinations now prohibited in people under 50 in Denmark.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2022

Facebook posts stated on December 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“It feels amazing” that unvaccinated people are “4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch omicron” than people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.

By Jeff Cercone• January 4, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics predicted the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Madison Czopek• July 30, 2021

Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The U.K. is no longer recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for pregnant women.

By Sara Swann• August 31, 2022

Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2024 in an Instagram post:

King Charles’ cancer diagnosis is linked to mRNA cancer therapy trial in U.K.

By Loreben Tuquero• February 9, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2022 in a screenshot of a tweet:

In its July “red alert” for extreme heat, the U.K.'s Met Office warned that high temperatures could cause blood clotting.

By Kristin Hugo• July 29, 2022

Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:

United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."

By Tom Kertscher• November 8, 2021

John Thune stated on August 29, 2012 in at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

The Obama administration "even proposed banning farm kids from doing basic chores!"

By Amy Sherman• August 30, 2012

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