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  • Fact Check: FEMA's October 4, 2023, Wireless Emergency Alert Test Is NOT Mandatory On Mobile Devices -- It is Possible To Opt Out

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    Is it true that there will be no way to opt out of the FEMA and FCC Nationwide Emergency Alert Test on October 4, 2023? No, that's not true: If a person does not want to receive the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) portion of the test, they need only to turn their phone off at approximately 10:20 a.m. Alaska Time…

    • Oct 2, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FEMA's October 4, 2023, Wireless Emergency Alert Test Is NOT Mandatory On Mobile Devices -- It is Possible To Opt Out May Opt Out
  • Fact Check: COVID Shots Do NOT Cause 'Vaccine-Induced AIDS,' Did Not Cause 500% Increase In HIV In US Military

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    Do COVID-19 shots cause "vaccine-induced AIDS" (VAIDS) and did they cause a 500 percent increase in HIV in the U.S. military during 2021? No, that's not true: "The claims are false," U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Lisa Lawrence told Lead Stories in a March 3, 2023, email. Only one thing causes AIDS and that's HIV. Even if there had been…

    • Mar 3, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: COVID Shots Do NOT Cause 'Vaccine-Induced AIDS,' Did Not Cause 500% Increase In HIV In US Military Not Vax-Caused
  • Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain 'HIV Protein' Causing 'Vaccine AIDS'

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    Do COVID-19 vaccines contain an "HIV protein" that is causing "vaccine AIDS," resulting in an increase in people "showing up HIV-positive"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to suggest COVID mRNA vaccines currently available in the U.S. contain an HIV protein. Neither of the ingredient lists for the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty or the Moderna Spikevax COVID vaccines contain an…

    • Dec 30, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain 'HIV Protein' Causing 'Vaccine AIDS' Not Listed
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Prove That NASA Confirmed That Vaccinated People Are 'No Longer Human'

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    Has NASA classified people vaccinated against COVID-19 as "Homo Borg Genesis"? No, that's not true: This term cannot be found in any of the agency's publicly available documents, and NASA's representative told Lead Stories the agency hasn't changed "the classification of humans." The claim appeared in a video published on October 3, 2022, by redvoicemedia.com, a website that describes itself…

    • Oct 6, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Prove That NASA Confirmed That Vaccinated People Are 'No Longer Human' Did Not Happen
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