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Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”

By Madison Czopek • December 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office."

By Jeff Cercone • December 6, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 in a photo:

Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“The CDC says that little 6 month old babies must get SEVEN doses of the Covid vaccine in order to be considered fully ‘up to date’ on their vaccinations.”

By Caleb McCullough • November 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 7, 2024 in Instagram posts:

“2,038 suicides have been reported (Nov. 6) following Donald Trump’s election win.”

By Loreben Tuquero • November 8, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 17, 2024 in comments made at a campaign rally:

“We're bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don't have the legal right to be in our country.”

By Sam Whitehead • October 23, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Bill Gates dijo que "estamos tomando cosas que son ya sabes organismos genéticamente modificados y los estamos inyectando en los brazos de niños pequeños" en el contexto de las vacunas.

By Maria Briceño • September 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

CDC warns a third of adults may die from dangerous bacteria in ramen noodles.

By Jeff Cercone • September 18, 2024
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 in an X post:

Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 3, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 26, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

El director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud "dice que ya no es emergencia sanitaria la viruela del mono" en 2024.

By Maria Briceño • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows helicopter “dropping millions” of mosquitoes in Massachusetts towns hit by eastern equine encephalitis virus.

By Jeff Cercone • August 28, 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 August 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The World Health Organization ordered governments to prepare for “mega lockdown” because of an mpox strain.

By Sofia Ahmed • August 20, 2024
Tim Sheehy
stated on June 8, 2024 in in a U.S. Senate candidate debate:

“Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.”

By Matt Volz • July 10, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"There were 42,000 people diagnosed with (an) STD in Houston” in one week.

By Jeff Cercone • June 28, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”

By Madison Czopek • June 28, 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
Facebook posts
stated on June 19, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Video muestra a Rita Moreno hablando con Jorge Ramos sobre un "método natural" para tratar la diabetes.

By Maria Briceño • June 24, 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
Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Video muestra al Dr. Jorge Bayter promoviendo un medicamento para curar la hipertensión.

By Maria Briceño • June 18, 2024
X posts
stated on June 7, 2024 in an X post:

Canadian Cancer Society apologized and said it will “no longer use the term ‘cervix’ and instead use the term ‘front hole.’”

By Sara Swann • June 17, 2024
Viral image
stated on June 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Fox News reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “formally endorses Barbara O’Neill’s ‘US without diabetes’ initiative.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 14, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

"La ivermectina cura el cáncer”.

By Maria Briceño • June 10, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Video muestra a Rita Moreno revelando “sus gotitas” que la hicieron “ex diabetica”.

By Maria Briceño • May 28, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 24, 2024
X posts
stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:

Video shows Slovakia Prime Minister Fico speaking against the World Health Organization the week before he was the target of an assassination attempt.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 16, 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 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Dr. Mehmet Oz said singer Adele used a “coffee trick” to lose weight.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 26, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X:

“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 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

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