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Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2025 in Facebook posts:

“Pfizer just released its list of side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine.”

By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“The true nature of cancer is a parasite, hence why, Ivermectin, in conjunction with mebendazole, and (fenbendazole) is so effective.”

By Caleb McCullough • December 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Ivermectin is a treatment after Covid and after vaccination, it is an effective medicine in all phases of Covid 19.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 19, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2024 in a post:

Fox News commentator Dr. Kelly Powers died from “turbo cancer” caused by COVID-19 vaccines.

By Sara Swann • December 6, 2024
Jeffrey Barke
stated on August 23, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration.

By Jeff Cercone • August 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 30, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A 2019 clip from the show “Project Runway,” with a face mask and a designer named Kovid, is proof that the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax.

By Mia Penner • July 2, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 24, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Hospitals murdered patients” with remdesivir, a drug banned from Ebola trials because of “53% kill rate.”

By Jeff Cercone • June 27, 2024
Threads posts
stated on June 19, 2024 in a Threads post:

"Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla admitted yesterday that Covid was used as a test.”

By Jeff Cercone • June 21, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”

By Madison Czopek • June 18, 2024
Bret Weinstein
stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The World Health Organization is discussing ending the First Amendment.

By Sofia Ahmed • May 15, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2024 in Facebook posts:

COVID-19 “vaccine injuries exposed in newly uncovered data.”

By Sofia Ahmed • April 17, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.

By Jeff Cercone • April 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2024 in a video:

World Health Organization pandemic accord “would take away American sovereignty and give the WHO power to put in legally binding policies in America in the case of another pandemic."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 10, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A study that found sunbathing can increase the risk of heart disease is a cover-up for the “side-effects of the vax.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 26, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Al CDC sólo le tomó 4 AÑOS estar de acuerdo con ‘teóricos de la conspiración’ que dijeron en 2020 que: COVID es más o menos como la GRIPE”.

By Jeff Cercone • March 12, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“The CDC officially agrees with ‘conspiracy theorists’ from 2020” who wanted to treat COVID-19 like the flu.

By Jeff Cercone • March 8, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts:

The American Red Cross asking blood donors about their vaccination status proves COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 28, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:

COVID-19 is caused by radiation poisoning.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 14, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “shuts off” recipients’ hearts.

By Sara Swann • January 29, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Chinese scientists “created (a) new COVID-19 strain (with) 100% fatality.”

By Sara Swann • January 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Madison Czopek • January 23, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2024 in an event in Hampton, N.H.:

“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:

World Economic Forum event is evidence that global leaders are planning a new pandemic called Disease X.

By Jeff Cercone • January 18, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 9, 2024 in a post:

Suggests there have been 17 million deaths from the COVID-19 vaccines.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 1, 2024 in a post:

Zombie deer virus is sweeping across 32 states after more than 100 million American wildlife animals were vaccinated by Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation.

By Sofia Ahmed • January 11, 2024
Breitbart
stated on December 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Nationwide data reveals surging levels of newest COVID strain in water supply.”

By Madison Czopek • January 8, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Iceland has banned COVID-19 vaccines “amid soaring sudden deaths.”

By Sara Swann • November 30, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"You’re in danger” because the American Red Cross doesn’t label blood donations from donors vaccinated against COVID-19.

By Jeff Cercone • November 28, 2023
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows “Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wearing a mask in November 2023.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 15, 2023

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