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Instagram posts stated on February 22, 2024 in a post on Instagram:
“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”
By Madison Czopek• February 28, 2024
Facebook posts stated on October 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks."  
By Samantha Putterman• October 23, 2019
Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says cutting out sugar and drinking hot lemon water will cure cancer.
By Samantha Putterman• April 9, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 04, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Unusual cancers” are “exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have “the spike protein."
By Tom Kertscher• February 8, 2023
Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.
By Tom Kertscher• February 20, 2023
Meddaily stated on February 28, 2018 in a headline:
The flu shot is "designed to spread cancer."
By Amy Sherman• March 9, 2018
Instagram posts stated on June 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"Dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours."
By Gabrielle Settles• June 17, 2021
Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook:
“It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.”
By Sara Swann• April 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 05, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says "Every single person who has cancer has a pH that is too acidic," and claims Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for proving that cancer can’t survive in an alkaline-rich environment and thrives in an acidic, low oxygen environment.
By Samantha Putterman• July 17, 2019
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A molecule found in a Himalayan fungus "kills cancer cells with 40 times potency."
By Andy Nguyen• February 15, 2022
Facebook posts stated on September 06, 2022 in a post:
Soursop cures cancer.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Alkaline foods” can heal the body of cancer.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 28, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 09, 2022 in a video:
"People who have had cancer in the past, they get the COVID jab and now, they're getting cancer two to three, four months later and it's the same cancer they had except much worse."
By Monique Curet• March 11, 2022
Viral image stated on August 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"If your body's pH is alkaline, you cannot get cancer. And if you have cancer, it goes away."
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 26, 2022
Instagram posts stated on May 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338x since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the CDC and foreign government bodies."
By Samantha Putterman• May 24, 2023
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Monkey virus DNA found in COVID-19 shots”
By Sara Swann• June 21, 2023
Instagram posts stated on August 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"AirPods are essentially microwaving your brain.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 4, 2022
Bloggers stated on July 10, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Cancer institute finally admits marijuana kills cancer."
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2018
Facebook posts stated on December 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”
By Miriam Valverde• December 10, 2020
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad:
McCain "has opposed stem cell research."
By Robert Farley• September 24, 2008

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By Madison Czopek• June 17, 2021

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