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The U.S. COVID-19 death toll reached the 1 million mark in May 2022; 15 million estimated deaths worldwide
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U.S. deaths from COVID-19 hit 1 million
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Source: Associated Press, Carla Johnson, 2022-05-16 -
InaccurateU.S. CDC director didn’t state that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted; her statements about deaths among vaccine breakthrough cases were misinterpreted
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CDC director admits that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted
Source: Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, 2021-05-17 -
InaccuratePeople infected with SARS-CoV-2 can transmit the virus to others, even if they do not show symptoms of the disease and are not considered sick
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“The greatest trick the CDC ever pulled was convincing the world you can be sick without having symptoms”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-08-23 -
AccurateIt's true that the current carbon dioxide level is higher than any time in human existence
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the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home
Source: NBC News, Denise Chow, 2019-05-14 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines effectively prevent severe disease; haven’t shown signs of antibody-dependent enhancement as claimed by Robert Malone
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COVID-19 vaccines will make SARS-CoV-2 more dangerous due to a mechanism called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)
Source: War Room Pandemic, Robert Malone, 2021-07-28 -
InaccurateArticle wrongly claims that measles vaccine claims more lives than measles infection, misinterprets epidemiological data
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Measles Vaccines Kill More People than Measles, CDC Data Proves
Source: Natural News, Global Research, Ethan A. Huff, 2015-02-05 -
Inaccurate2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain “pShuttle-SN” sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made
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2019 novel coronavirus contains 'pShuttle-SN' sequence proving laboratory origin
Source: Infowars, Natural News, Alex Jones, Mike Adams, 2020-02-02 -
InaccurateNo causal association between the DTaP vaccine and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
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The DTaP vaccine causes SIDS
Source: Raising Natural Children, Dawn Lorenz, 2019-12-09 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 is at least an order of magnitude more deadly than seasonal flu, according to current estimates
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“COVID-19 [is] less deadly than [seasonal] flu”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2020-09-27 -
UnsupportedAnalysis of Dutch cities’ mortality doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of death, contrary to Alex Berenson’s interpretation
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“New paper suggests Covid mRNA vaccination rates are linked to increases in overall deaths”
Source: Substack, Alex Berenson, 2022-07-28