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Bill Gates quoted out of context about injecting kids with genetically modified organisms in discussion on GM crops

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Bill Gates stated that 'We’re taking things that are genetically modified organisms, and we’re injecting them into little kids’ arms; we just shoot them right into the vein'

SOURCE: Anonymous, YouTube

Published: 26 Mar 2021

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Solar geoengineering isn’t happening or damaging the planet; aircraft contrails are formed by water vapor, not chemicals

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"The intentional dimming of direct sunlight by aircraft dispersed particles, a form of global warming mitigation known as “Solar Radiation Management”, has and is causing catastrophic damage to the planet’s life support systems."

SOURCE: Dane Wigington, Geoengineering Watch

Published: 25 Mar 2021

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Both viruses and bacteria cause disease; pathogenic viruses aren’t naturally created in the body as a response to damage

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“You don’t catch viruses, you naturally create them inside of your body”; “bacteria and viruses don’t cause disease.”

SOURCE: Melissa Sell, Facebook

Published: 24 Mar 2021

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COVID-19 vaccines are critical for controlling the pandemic; vaccines still offer partial protection against new variants of the virus

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COVID-19 mass vaccination will select for more virulent variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, which will escape vaccine-induced immunity and cause more severe disease

SOURCE: Geert Vanden Bossche, Children’s Health Defense, The HighWire

Published: 23 Mar 2021

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