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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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