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Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Magnetic “lymphatic earrings” aid weight loss.

By Sara Swann • December 1, 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
Instagram posts
stated on November 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Rise in U.S. infant mortality rate connected to COVID-19 vaccines.

By Jeff Cercone • November 15, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner:

Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”

By Grace Abels • November 3, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.:

"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.

By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on October 2, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Flu shot ingredients include aborted human cell cultures, monkey kidney cells and antifreeze.

By Jeff Cercone • October 6, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2023 in a Facebook reel:

“A new deadly pandemic is at our doorstep.”

By Sara Swann • October 5, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Si ganas menos de $50,000 al año” puedes calificar para un crédito de salud y usarlo para “lo que sea”.

By Maria Briceño • September 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 15, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Bill Gates está liberando miles y miles de mosquitos modificados genéticamente para que le piquen a las personas…y que pueden ser perfectamente una arma biológica”.

By Maria Briceño • September 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 30, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Supervisores del TSA de Estados Unidos tuvieron una junta y "para mediados de octubre van a decir que cualquiera persona que vaya a volar, va a tener que usar el tapabocas otra vez".

By Maria Briceño • September 22, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Bill Gates financió la investigación sobre garrapatas de ganado modificadas genéticamente" y ahora 450,000 estadounidenses "tienen alergias a la carne por el síndrome alfa-gal, causado por picaduras de garrapatas”.

By Maria Briceño • September 21, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2023 in an interview:

“I really don’t know who gave (Dr. Anthony Fauci) the commendation.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 14, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 30, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.

By Jeff Cercone • September 1, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 26, 2023 in a video:

Women vaccinated against COVID-19 face "unknown side effects that could perpetually go down through the lineage" to their children.

By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Malaysian doctor put to death for giving COVID injection under the (Nuremberg) Code.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 28, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The World Health Organization said there is "a possible causal relationship" between COVID-19 vaccines and multiple sclerosis.

By Tom Kertscher • August 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

El COVID-19 “nunca existio”.

By Maria Briceño • August 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

La vacuna contra COVID-19 "contiene óxido de grafeno" y para desintoxicarte toma "dióxido de cloro".

By Maria Briceño • August 22, 2023
Steve Kirsch
stated on August 8, 2023 in a blog post:

COVID-19 vaccines have killed 676,000 Americans.

By Tom Kertscher • August 14, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on June 1, 2023 in a TikTok:

“Disease X” is “the next plandemic.”

By Sara Swann • August 7, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2023 in a video:

“Skin cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in the last 60 years or so.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2023
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.:

“Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”

By Michelle Andrews • July 28, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat:

“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2023 in a Facebook video:

Borax can be used to treat a variety of health problems, including joint pain, kidney stones, osteoporosis and chronic fatigue.

By Sara Swann • July 27, 2023
X posts
stated on July 15, 2023 in a Twitter post:

"8 potentes explosiones en planta química de Luisiana - Estados Unidos, causando alerta roja por radiación en la zona donde se ordenó evacuar a toda la población".

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • July 24, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.

By Jeff Cercone • July 21, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview:

“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 21, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video:

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Si lleva más de 6 meses viviendo en Estados Unidos puede solicitar implantes dentales sin coste alguno".

By Maria Briceño • July 18, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Florida to ban mRNA vaccines as credible evidence of biological weapons."

By Tom Kertscher • July 18, 2023

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