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  • Fact Check: Moderna Did NOT 'Confirm' That Its mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Cancer

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    Did Moderna admit that its COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer? No, that's not true: Moderna made no such admission that its COVID mRNA vaccines are contaminated, nor that that they cause cancer or birth defects. There is no publicly available credible evidence that any mRNA vaccines cause cancer, a doctor of infectious disease told Lead Stories. A "study" the cancer…

    • Dec 11, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Moderna Did NOT 'Confirm' That Its mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Cancer Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence 30 New Zealanders Got COVID-19 Vaccine At Clinic, Then Died

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    Have 30 people in New Zealand, all allegedly given COVID-19 shots at one clinic on the same day, all died since receiving their vaccinations? No, that's not true: A New Zealand Ministry of Health official told Lead Stories that "There is no evidence to support this claim." Also, only four deaths in New Zealand are possibly linked to reactions following…

    • Oct 26, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence 30 New Zealanders Got COVID-19 Vaccine At Clinic, Then Died No Crime Scene
  • Fact Check: Canadian Government Data Does NOT Show People Multi-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Have Lost 73% To 74% Of Their 'Immune Capability'

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    Does Canadian government data show that people double-vaccinated for COVID-19 have lost 74% of their "immune system capability," and that those who are triple-vaccinated have lost 73%? No, that's not true: The Public Health Agency of Canada told Lead Stories, "These claims are false." Additionally, there is no publicly available credible Canadian government data or scientific evidence to support such…

    • Oct 6, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Canadian Government Data Does NOT Show People Multi-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Have Lost 73% To 74% Of Their 'Immune Capability' Not Vax Effect
  • 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: World Economic Forum Did NOT Say Fashion Will Be Abolished By 2030 And 'Humans Will Wear A Uniform'

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    Did the World Economic Forum announce in early July 2023 that it will ban fashion, making people exclusively wear uniforms by 2030? No, that's not true: The claim came into being as an exaggerated extrapolation of a 2019 report that wasn't even produced by the World Economic Forum as an organization. The story appeared in an article published by The…

    • Jul 6, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Say Fashion Will Be Abolished By 2030 And 'Humans Will Wear A Uniform' Report≠Law
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say 'AIDS-Associated Diseases And Cancers Increased 338x Since Rollout Of The COVID Vaccine'

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338 times since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The CDC says there are no indications that COVID vaccines are causing or contributing to these conditions. The public health agency regularly monitors and reports on health conditions including…

    • May 24, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say 'AIDS-Associated Diseases And Cancers Increased 338x Since Rollout Of The COVID Vaccine' Not Vax-Caused
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT 'Quietly' Confirm 118,000 Children, Young Adults 'Died Suddenly' From COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "quietly" confirm in late 2022 that at least 118,000 children and young adults have "died suddenly" in the U.S. since rollout of COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Experts told Lead Stories that excess death data has been publicly published by the CDC since COVID was declared a pandemic in March…

    • Dec 15, 2022
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT 'Quietly' Confirm 118,000 Children, Young Adults 'Died Suddenly' From COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Unrelated Data
  • Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Reveal Over 1 Million Americans Have 'Died Suddenly' Since COVID Vaccine Roll-Out, Another Government Report Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are To Blame

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    Does a "secret" CDC report reveal that at least 1.1 million Americans have "Died Suddenly" since the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out? Does a separate government report from the United Kingdom prove the vaccines are to blame? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to connect COVID vaccinations to the deaths. Simply because these people received COVID shots and later died doesn't…

    • Dec 9, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Reveal Over 1 Million Americans Have 'Died Suddenly' Since COVID Vaccine Roll-Out, Another Government Report Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are To Blame Few Vax-Caused
  • Fact Check: Data Does NOT Prove COVID Vaccination Causes 'Significant Numbers Of Deaths' In British Children -- But Raw Numbers Do Show Vaccinated Children Up To 137 Times More Likely To Die

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    Does British government data prove COVID-19 vaccination is causing "significant numbers of deaths" in British children? In addition, does the same dataset also show children are up to 137 times more likely to die following COVID vaccination than their unvaccinated counterparts? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that the numbers draw a causal relationship between COVID vaccination and the…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Data Does NOT Prove COVID Vaccination Causes 'Significant Numbers Of Deaths' In British Children -- But Raw Numbers Do Show Vaccinated Children Up To 137 Times More Likely To Die Sickest Vaxed
  • Fact Check: UK Medicines Regulator Does NOT Confirm COVID Is Man-Made; Vaccines Were NOT Made With Computer-Generated DNA

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    Did the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) admit in a series of email exchanges that COVID-19 is man-made and that COVID vaccines were created with computer-generated DNA? No, that's not true: The MHRA told Lead Stories that the correspondence cited in a claim did take place, but the assertions made from those emails aren't correct. The claim…

    • Nov 10, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: UK Medicines Regulator Does NOT Confirm COVID Is Man-Made; Vaccines Were NOT Made With Computer-Generated DNA Bad Conclusion
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