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  • Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Just Agree To Pay $2.3 Billion In Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement In DOJ History -- Happened In 2009, Unrelated to C-19 Vaccine

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    Did Pfizer recently agree to pay $2.3 billion for medical fraud, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice and was this related to Covid-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: Pfizer did agree to pay such a settlement in 2009, but not in 2023. The settlement was for the misbranding of the anti-inflammatory…

    • Sep 22, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Just Agree To Pay $2.3 Billion In Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement In DOJ History -- Happened In 2009, Unrelated to C-19 Vaccine Old Settlement
  • Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Have NOT 'Killed 20 Million People'

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    Have COVID-19 vaccines "killed 20 million people" since their rollout? No, that's not true: The article making this claim cited a 2022 study that estimated COVID vaccines had saved -- not killed -- nearly 20 million lives in the first year of the pandemic, the study's lead author told Lead Stories. Also, the calculations used to produce the 20 million…

    • Sep 21, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Have NOT 'Killed 20 Million People' Uncorroborated
  • Fact Check: CDC Study Did NOT Confirm 'COVID Jab Lowers Male Life Expectancy By 24 Years'

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    Did a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm that men who receive COVID-19 vaccines "will tragically suffer a 24-year loss in their life expectancy"? No, that's not true: Dr. Nabin Shrestha, an infectious disease expert and one of the cited study's authors, told Lead Stories that such claims are "clearly misleading" and do not…

    • Sep 19, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: CDC Study Did NOT Confirm 'COVID Jab Lowers Male Life Expectancy By 24 Years' No Such Study
  • Fact Check: Florida Has NOT Officially Classified COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines As Bioweapons As Of September 18, 2023

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    Has the state of Florida officially classified COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as bioweapons? No, that's not true: There is no legislation in Florida that has classified mRNA vaccines as bioweapons as of September 18, 2023. One county Republican organization in the state voted to send a letter to Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron Desantis requesting the classification but the letter…

    • Sep 18, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Florida Has NOT Officially Classified COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines As Bioweapons As Of September 18, 2023 Letter To Gov
  • Fact Check: Tennessee Governor Did NOT Recently Sign Off On New Internment Camps -- This Is Old And Misconstrued News

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    Did Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee sign an executive order, around September 2023, to build quarantine internment camps as has been done in many other states at the same time, supposedly? No, that's not true: This TikTok video was first posted on August 17, 2021, shortly after Tennessee Executive Order No. 83 was issued. The executive order (EO) was extended twice…

    • Sep 13, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Tennessee Governor Did NOT Recently Sign Off On New Internment Camps -- This Is Old And Misconstrued News Expired In '21
  • Fact Check: 5G Is NOT Causing Vaccinated People's Heads To Explode -- Video Shows Iraqi Protesters Shot With Tear Gas Grenade

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    Are the heads of vaccinated people exploding and combusting when the 5G signal in Israel is turned up? No, that's not true: These video clips are real, but the headline is baseless as the video clips have nothing to do with Israel, COVID-19 vaccines or 5G. The first two graphic clips show 2019 footage of Iraqi protestors who were killed…

    • Sep 7, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 5G Is NOT Causing Vaccinated People's Heads To Explode -- Video Shows Iraqi Protesters Shot With Tear Gas Grenade Misrepresented
  • Fact Check: Myocarditis Did NOT Cause 850 Deaths In Two Weeks In Monterrey -- Increased Deaths Happened During Heat Wave

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    Did 850 deaths occur in two weeks in Monterrey, a city in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leรณn, that were caused by myocarditis? No, that's not true: The increased number of deaths in Mexico during June 2023 occurred during a heat wave, and it wasn't 850 deaths. Myocarditis is a term for the inflammation of the heart muscle and is…

    • Sep 6, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Myocarditis Did NOT Cause 850 Deaths In Two Weeks In Monterrey -- Increased Deaths Happened During Heat Wave Other Causes
  • Fact Check: 'Government Report' Did NOT Find 'Millions of Children' Vaccinated With COVID Vaccines Developed 'VAIDS'

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    Did a 2023 "government report" prove that "millions of children" who were vaccinated with the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed a condition known as "vaccine acquired immune deficiency, or VAIDS"? No, that's not true: There was no "government report." A site with a rich history of spreading false statements distorted a genuine Australian study. In response to the claim, the…

    • Sep 6, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: 'Government Report' Did NOT Find 'Millions of Children' Vaccinated With COVID Vaccines Developed 'VAIDS' No Such Report
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Remove COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports From Its Website

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remove COVID-19 vaccine adverse event reports from its website? No, that's not true: The national public health agency did not remove COVID vaccine adverse event reports from its website. The CDC and other health agencies regularly monitor and report on vaccine safety, including adverse events, through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting…

    • Sep 5, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Remove COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports From Its Website Still Gathered
  • Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest 'Moderna Chemist' Melissa J. Moore -- It's Satire

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    Did the U.S. military place "Moderna chemist" Melissa J. Moore under arrest for developing a "mRNA clot shot" for the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer? No, that's not true: A Moderna spokesperson told Lead Stories that this claim is "false." Also, the website where this claim was made has a disclaimer that states it publishes satirical content. The claim appeared in a…

    • Sep 1, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest 'Moderna Chemist' Melissa J. Moore -- It's Satire Satirical Site
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