Claim that previously infected people don’t transmit COVID-19 is unsupported, originates from misinterpretation of CDC’s FOIA response

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Previously infected individuals who get reinfected don’t transmit the virus to others; previous infection provides “better protection” than vaccination and this immunity “does not wane”

SOURCE: Aaron Siri, Cristina Laila, Substack, Gateway Pundit

Published: 24 Nov 2021

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Contrary to claim in Becker News article, not all cases of infection lead to immunity; falsely claims that most COVID-19 deaths weren’t caused by COVID-19 but by comorbidities

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“The CDC Finally Admits a Massive Number of Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People”; 94% of Covid-related deaths were not caused by Covid-19

SOURCE: Kyle Becker, Becker News

Published: 21 Nov 2021

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Pfizer CEO’s wife didn’t die from vaccine complications; Myriam Bourla is alive and well

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“Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine”

SOURCE: Anonymous, Conservative Beaver

Published: 15 Nov 2021

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Article misrepresents WHO guidance regarding vaccination at schools; the WHO recommends that parents must be informed about the vaccination

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The WHO considers a child's presence at school alone to be sufficient as informed consent for vaccination

SOURCE: Pam Vernon, Signs of the Times

Published: 14 Nov 2021

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Claim that French study showed long COVID doesn’t exist misinterprets the study and fails to account for its limitations

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Long COVID is “mostly a mental disease”; the condition long COVID is solely due to a person’s belief, not actual disease; long COVID doesn’t exist

SOURCE: Anonymous, Substack

Published: 13 Nov 2021

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Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication

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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children contains tromethamine, “a heart attack medication” with “a lot of potentially serious side effects”

SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram

Published: 12 Nov 2021

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Italy didn’t change its definition of COVID-19 deaths; the disease killed more than 130,000 Italians

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“Italian Higher Institute of Health has drastically reduced the country’s official COVID death toll number by over 97% after changing the definition of a fatality to someone who died from COVID rather than with COVID”

SOURCE: Paul Joseph Watson, Summit News, Zero Hedge, Il Tempo

Published: 11 Nov 2021

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There is no evidence that luciferase is an ingredient in the COVID-19 vaccines

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Luciferase is in the COVID-19 vaccines to tag and track people

SOURCE: Emerald Robinson, Substack

Published: 11 Nov 2021

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Article by The Exposé failed to account for caveats listed in U.K. vaccine surveillance reports; falsely claims fully vaccinated people have weakened immunity

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The Vaccine Surveillance Reports published by the U.K. government suggest that fully vaccinated people are developing AIDS

SOURCE: Anonymous, The Exposé

Published: 05 Nov 2021

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No evidence suggests that Pfizer’s smoking cessation medication Chantix increases the risk of cancer; recall of this product is irrelevant to the safety of COVID-19 vaccines

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It “took 15 years to uncover” Chantix’s carcinogenic effects; there are reasons for being “skeptical of something that hasn’t even been established/approved for a full 12 months”

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Published: 05 Nov 2021

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