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Fact-checks (7340)

truthcommand.com stated on November 21, 2017 in an article on a website:
"Now it’s official: FDA announced that vaccines are causing autism."
By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2017
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
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
Bloggers stated on March 02, 2017 in a headline:
"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."
By PolitiFact Staff • April 4, 2017
Mike Adams stated on February 10, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media:
Mercury is used in vaccines, and there is no safe level of mercury.  
By April Hunt• February 11, 2015
Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2025 in a press conference:
“There's no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.
By Madison Czopek• September 23, 2025
Bloggers stated on December 06, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com:
"The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death."
By Daniel Funke• December 9, 2020
Megyn Kelly stated on February 02, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":
Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.
By Jon Greenberg• February 3, 2015
Viral image stated on December 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
It’s a myth that autism is genetic.
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2021
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
Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Deaths of four alternative medicine doctors show they are being targeted for their ideas.
By Jeff Cercone• July 11, 2023
Ben Carson stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP debate:
There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
By April Hunt• September 23, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 9, 2022
Bloggers stated on October 11, 2018 in :
If you get a flu shot, you're "poisoning yourself."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 25, 2018
Ben Carson stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate :
Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been "too many in too short a period of time."  
By Amy Sherman• September 17, 2015
Instagram posts stated on March 14, 2021 in a video caption:
Aluminum “is in the vaccine” and will hurt the brain.
By Andy Nguyen• March 22, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Zero Amish children diagnosed with cancer, diabetes or autism."
By Tom Kertscher• July 13, 2023
J. Bart Classen stated on January 18, 2021 in a research article:
The COVID-19 vaccine could lead to prion diseases, Alzheimer’s, ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.
By Daniel Funke• February 26, 2021
Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post:
The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.
By April Hunt• July 17, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Doctors in the Netherlands “ordered” to euthanize “citizens with autism and other minor disabilities, even if the patient does not currently express any desire to die."
By Jeff Cercone• July 28, 2023

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