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No vaccine contains strains of both the flu and the virus that causes COVID-19; COVID-19 is not the flu
Claim:
The U.S. CDC encourages the use of a “[COVID-19] flu shot” on children.
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Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-09-15 -
Incorrect2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
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“Fauci frankensteined Covid bats on our soil a year before the pandemic, but then acted all shocked when the virus started spreading” ; Fauci’s goons went to the Wuhan lab, bottled up a virus and brought it to a lab in America”
Source: Facebook, Fox News, Jesse Watters, 2023-11-01 -
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0.5HighCOVID-19 vaccine candidate by Pittsburgh scientists show promising results in animal studies, but clinical trials still needed before efficacy in humans is known
…Li et al. (2015) Editorial: Why Vaccines to HIV, HCV, and Malaria Have So Far Failed—Challenges to Developing Vaccines Against Immunoregulating Pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5 – Kim et al….
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UnsupportedLack of evidence for cancer treatment protocol that recommends antiparasitic drugs ivermectin and mebendazole
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"Peer-reviewed" cancer treatment protocol shows Ivermectin and Mebendazole are effective against cancer
Source: Twitter, William Makis, 2024-10-13 -
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MisleadingCDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
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75% of deaths were people with ‘at least four comorbidities’
Source: The Joe Pags Show, Anonymous, 2022-01-11 -
MisleadingClinical trials showed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is safe; its side effects are mostly mild
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80% of people taking the Moderna vaccine had significant side effects; children in Sudan got polio from the polio vaccine
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, 2021-02-10 -
InaccurateMultiple scientific studies suggest that masking can help limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools, contrary to claim in Federalist article
Claim:
“There’s no science behind masks on kids”.
Source: The Federalist, Shawn Fleetwood, 2021-08-24 -
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