Study in Italy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines have an “unacceptable” safety profile, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough

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Study in Italy shows nearly 1 in 3 COVID vaccine recipients have neurological side effects, indicating an “unacceptable” safety profile

SOURCE: Peter McCullough, Naveen Athrappully, Substack, The Epoch Times

Published: 08 Nov 2023

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2018 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: Jesse Watters, Facebook, Fox News

Published: 07 Nov 2023

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No cure for diabetes currently exists; Facebook posts claiming otherwise use manipulated videos of news to promote fake diabetes cure

CLAIM
“New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use”

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 07 Nov 2023

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Residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is documented, isn’t associated with genome modification or cancer, contrary to claim by Robert Malone

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The more COVID-19 vaccines doses people receive, the higher the risk of getting COVID-19; vaccines contain DNA fragments that modify the genome and cause cancer

SOURCE: Robert Malone, The Charlie Kirk Show

Published: 03 Nov 2023

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Preventing deaths isn’t the sole benefit of COVID-19 vaccination, contrary to Epoch Times article

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“An accurate reporting by Pfizer would have shown equal numbers of clinical trial deaths in the vaccine and placebo groups and thus, no benefit of vaccination”

SOURCE: Megan Redshaw, The Epoch Times

Published: 31 Oct 2023

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Claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed 3.5 times more Americans than COVID-19 is based on a highly flawed online survey; inconsistent with excess mortality data

CLAIM
Vaccine killed 3.5X more Americans than COVID virus

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Substack, The People’s Voice

Published: 31 Oct 2023

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Viral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD

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Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok

Published: 27 Oct 2023

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Marty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation

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The U.S. government spread misinformation that vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity, that masks were effective, that myocarditis was more common after the infection than the vaccine

SOURCE: Marty Makary, YouTube, Facebook

Published: 26 Oct 2023

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Contrary to viral claim, regulatory agencies knew of residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; no evidence this poses health concern

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Regulatory agencies didn’t know of residual DNA contamination in COVID-19 RNA vaccines; residual DNA could integrate into our DNA and cause cancer

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Twitter

Published: 25 Oct 2023

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Naturopath promotes scientifically unsubstantiated claim that cayenne pepper is “the most powerful blood thinner”

CLAIM
Cayenne pepper is “the most powerful blood thinner”

SOURCE: Barbara O'Neill, TikTok

Published: 19 Oct 2023

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