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    Did the government of Thailand announce plans to cancel COVID-19 vaccine contracts with Pfizer-BioNTech after a suspected connection between the Pfizer vaccine and Princess Bajrakitiyabha's December 2022 collapse was established? No, that's not true: An official from Thailand's National Vaccine Institute told the Associated Press on February 7, 2023, that the country does not intend to reconsider its contract with…

    • Feb 7, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Thailand Does NOT Plan To 'Nullify' Pfizer-BioNTech Contracts -- NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Caused Thai Princess' Collapse Natural Causes
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    Did scientists prove that 93% of the people who died after being vaccinated for COVID-19 were killed by the vaccine? No, that's not true: The non-peer-reviewed paper by two scientists, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi and Dr. Arne Burkhardt, provides no proof for its claims and uses a tiny sample size of just 15 people to draw its conclusions. A professional peer…

    • Jan 12, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
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  • Fact Check: COVID-19 Shots Are NOT Set To Contribute To The 'Decimation Of The World's Population'

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    Are COVID-19 shots set to contribute to the "decimation of the world's population"? No, that's not true: The claim is one of several presented without credible evidence during a video interview with Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, a German microbiologist. He also alleges that the COVID-19 pandemic is "fake," that PCR tests lie, that the success of vaccines is measured by their…

    • Apr 28, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: COVID-19 Shots Are NOT Set To Contribute To The 'Decimation Of The World's Population' Vaccines Work
  • Fact Check: Study Does Say People Under 70 DO Have A 0.05% to 0.07% Chance of Dying From COVID-19, But That's About 60,000 Dead Americans So Far

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    Does a Stanford professor's study conclude that people under 70 years of age only have a 0.05% to 0.07% chance of dying from the novel coronavirus? Yes, that's true, but the professor, a medical doctor with an expertise in epidemiology, estimates patients under 70 account for 20% of the deaths in the United States, which adds up to about 60,000…

    • Dec 15, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Study Does Say People Under 70 DO Have A 0.05% to 0.07% Chance of Dying From COVID-19, But That's About 60,000 Dead Americans So Far 60K Dead
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