COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin

CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people

SOURCE: Facebook users, Instagram users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Published: 20 May 2021

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COVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people

CLAIM
COVID-19 vaccines skipped animal testing; COVID-19 vaccines weren’t tested in humans before being released to the public; COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe

SOURCE: Angelina Farella, Bob Hall, YouTube, Facebook

Published: 18 May 2021

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Misinterpretation of VAERS database leads Tucker Carlson to wrongly suggests that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher mortality on Fox News

CLAIM
“3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine”; “more people, according to VAERS, have died after getting the [COVID-19] shot [...] than from all the other vaccines”

SOURCE: Tucker Carlson, Fox News

Published: 14 May 2021

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Spherical structures spotted on Mars likely rocks, insufficient water to grow fungus at the surface of Mars

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Images taken by NASA’s Opportunity and Curiosity rovers as well as the HiRISE camera provide evidence for a variety of fungus-like organisms.

SOURCE: Victor Tangerman, Ryan Morrison, Futurism, Daily Mail

Published: 13 May 2021

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Evidence shows that lockdowns implemented to tackle the spread of COVID-19 have saved lives, contrary to claims in the New York Post

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“COVID lockdowns don’t appear to have saved lives”; “ample scientific evidence points to the fact that lockdowns did not save lives”

SOURCE: Eileen AJ Connelly, Ryan Fazio, New York Post

Published: 10 May 2021

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Deaths are attributed to COVID-19 according to clinical symptoms and diagnosis; deaths that occur after vaccination are systematically reported and investigated

CLAIM
“If you die within 20 days of testing positive for [COVID-19][...], you’ll be counted as a COVID death.”; vaccines are systematically dismissed as a possible cause of death.

SOURCE: Instagram Users, Instagram

Published: 10 May 2021

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A safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for children would protect children and at-risk people by reducing the virus’ spread

CLAIM
Survival is over 99.9% so 'why are they insisting that children get this experimental treatment?'; 'mRNA vaccines are not vaccines but an mRNA treatment'

SOURCE: Wendy Bell, Wendy Bell Radio

Published: 10 May 2021

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Scientific evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 and the virus that causes it exist and are different from the flu

CLAIM
“We found no COVID-19 in any of the 1,500 [COVID-19-positive] samples” but influenza A and B; “what we're dealing with is just another flu strain like every year. COVID 19 does not exist and is fictitious”

SOURCE: Instagram users, Instagram

Published: 06 May 2021

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The benefits of getting the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks; there is no increased mortality rate among vaccinated people relative to unvaccinated people

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COVID-19 vaccines killed people; COVID-19 has a “99.97% survival rate”

SOURCE: Anonymous, Earthley

Published: 06 May 2021

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No device can plug into your car’s fusebox to improve engine efficiency and turn it into a hybrid

CLAIM
Plugging this device into a car’s fuse box can reduce fuel consumption by at least 35% and up to 75% by converting the car into a hybrid.

SOURCE: Anonymous, Christianity Today

Published: 05 May 2021

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