Febrile seizures after COVID-19 vaccination are rare and aren’t linked to long-term health problems, contrary to implication in Gateway Pundit article

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“FDA admits” that “young children are at a ‘significantly elevated’ risk of seizure after taking the COVID-19 vaccine”

SOURCE: Ben Kew, Gateway Pundit

Published: 05 Apr 2024

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Claim that the HPV vaccine increases risk of cervical cancer misleads by cherry-picking data from FDA document

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HPV vaccine increases the risk of developing cervical cancer

SOURCE: Pierre Kory, Instagram

Published: 05 Apr 2024

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2019 report by TV host Sharyl Attkisson exaggerates one expert’s opinion in court case to claim vaccines cause autism

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Government silenced “top expert witness” who denied the vaccine-autism link in court and changed opinion; his testimony could have changed the court’s decision

SOURCE: Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure

Published: 03 Apr 2024

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No, a court didn’t rule that the FDA broke the law with advisory warning against using ivermectin for COVID-19

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Court rules FDA broke the law with advisory warning against using ivermectin for COVID-19; FDA lost lawsuit, proving ivermectin is effective against COVID-19

SOURCE: Roger O'Handley, Pierre Kory, Jim Hoft, Twitter, Gateway Pundit

Published: 28 Mar 2024

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Fluoride level in U.S. drinking water is safe; people of all ages, including infants, can consume fluoridated water

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Babies shouldn’t drink fluoridated water; the blood-brain barrier in infants is not fully formed until six months of age

SOURCE: Robert W. B. Love, Instagram

Published: 22 Mar 2024

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Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers

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Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist

SOURCE: David Landsel, Paul Sacca, Brooke Mallory, New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network

Published: 22 Mar 2024

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Claim that artificial sweeteners like aspartame cause cancer lacks support, according to review from WHO agencies

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Artificial sweeteners “are proven to cause cancer”; “people in the 1930s ate cake, cookies and ice cream with SUGAR. And they were healthy”

SOURCE: Social Media User, Instagram

Published: 21 Mar 2024

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Castor oil is only medically recognized as a laxative; other alleged medical benefits, including treating cancer, lack scientific support

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“Scar tissue, bone spurs, tumors, [castor oil is] excellent for breaking that up”

SOURCE: Barbara O'Neill, TikTok

Published: 20 Mar 2024

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Steve Kirsch promotes flawed study making false claim about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer risk

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“Pathologist reports a stunning 52% increase in cancer risk for ages 15-59 who were vaxxed”

SOURCE: Steve Kirsch, Ivana Pavic, Substack, Instagram, Twitter

Published: 18 Mar 2024

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No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill

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“U.S. doctors found that ’long Covid’ developed in 70 percent of cases after vax injection, not after infection”

SOURCE: Pierre Kory, Paul Marik, The Hill, Disclose.tv

Published: 15 Mar 2024

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