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PolitiFactHealth & medicine
mRNA technology in COVID-19 vaccines was never tested in humans.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Photo shows Magic Johnson donating blood “to help underprivileged communities help fight COVID-19.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
COVID-19 vaccines have killed more people than COVID-19 itself.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."
Publisher’s rating: False
![Image accompanying “[A]uthorities have identified that the international chemical-warfare terrorist ‘Samuel Whitcomb Hyde’ is behind the deadly China ‘coronavirus.'”](https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/hyde_thumb_012720.jpg)
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"U.S. Cancer Death Rate Lowest In Recorded History! A lot of good news coming out of this Administration."
Publisher’s rating: Takes Undue Credit
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"Otro estudio ha confirmado que la hidroxicloroquina es efectiva en el tratamiento del COVID-19".
Publisher’s rating: Rebatido por expertos
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Queen Elizabeth died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Publisher’s rating: False
Daktari Mugambi AruyaruHealth & medicine
COVID-19 vaccines enlarges one's penis
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“Data from around the world suggests that omicron favors the fully vaccinated.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
“Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice"
Publisher’s rating: False
Maldita.esHealth & medicine
El Dr. Marc Siegel recomienda que los niños no vacunados lleven un distintivo amarillo
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Magnetic “lymphatic earrings” aid weight loss.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
“You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die."
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactHealth & medicine
Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
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FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine
"When President Biden took office ... there was no [COVID-19] vaccine available."
Publisher’s rating: False