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  • Fact Check: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Shows NO DNA "Contamination," Permanent Genetic Changes Or Death From Cardiac Arrest

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    Is the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine "contaminated" with a type of DNA that causes permanent genetic changes in vaccinated people or leads to death due to cardiac arrest? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told Lead Stories that residual DNA found in Pfizer's COVID shot has produced "no safety concerns." Additionally, an infectious disease expert said…

    • Nov 20, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Shows NO DNA "Contamination," Permanent Genetic Changes Or Death From Cardiac Arrest No DNA Changes
  • Fact Check: FDA Is NOT 'Required To Take The COVID Vaccines Off The Market'

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    Is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "required to take the COVID vaccines off the market" as of October 21, 2023? No, that's not true: COVID-19 vaccines are not being taken off the market by the FDA as of this writing. All vaccines that were available in October 2023 had a reassuring safety profile, and health experts point to statistics…

    • Oct 25, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: FDA Is NOT 'Required To Take The COVID Vaccines Off The Market' No Basis
  • Fact Check: Peter McCullough Cites Discredited Papers, Recirculates COVID-19 Falsehoods In September 13, 2023, Speech

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    Did Dr. Peter McCullough, an American cardiologist who has repeatedly made anti-COVID-19 vaccine statements, successfully discredit the World Health Organization (WHO) and the global health community's approach to COVID-19 treatment during a speech in Strasbourg, France, on September 13, 2023? No, that's not true: McCullough bases his claims on rejected scientific papers with methodological flaws and long-debunked assertions. The physician…

    • Oct 3, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Peter McCullough Cites Discredited Papers, Recirculates COVID-19 Falsehoods In September 13, 2023, Speech Echoed Myths
  • Fact Check: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines NOT Only Tested On 'A Total Of 10 Mice' -- Hundreds Of Humans Also Received Shots During Clinical Trials

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    Were the updated COVID-19 vaccines only tested on 10 mice before they were given emergency use authorization in September 2023? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told Lead Stories that the revised vaccines have adhered to the stringent scientific criteria of the agency concerning safety, efficacy and manufacturing excellence. Human vaccines typically go through rigorous clinical…

    • Oct 2, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines NOT Only Tested On 'A Total Of 10 Mice' -- Hundreds Of Humans Also Received Shots During Clinical Trials People, Too
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Confirm 143,233% Increase in 'Turbo-Cancers' Due to 'mRNA Jabs'

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm a "143,233% increase in turbo-cancers due to mRNA jabs," including COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: A CDC spokesperson confirmed to Lead Stories that "There is no evidence to date indicating that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer of any sort (including so-called 'turbo cancers')." The article where this claim originated didn't…

    • Sep 26, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Confirm 143,233% Increase in 'Turbo-Cancers' Due to 'mRNA Jabs' Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: Vast Majority of 100K 'Severe' Side Effects Per 1M Vaxed Teens NOT Deadly/Permanent -- Soreness, Fever, Nausea, Headache

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    Does data from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) briefing from September 2023 show that mRNA COVID vaccines "CAUSE 100,000-200,000 severe side effects" for every one million shots given to "teens"? Yes, that's the label on a data chart, but it's misleading wordplay that makes vaccine aches and pains sound scarier than they are. The Food and Drug…

    • Sep 25, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Vast Majority of 100K 'Severe' Side Effects Per 1M Vaxed Teens NOT Deadly/Permanent -- Soreness, Fever, Nausea, Headache Short-Lasting
  • 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: '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: 'Survey' Does NOT Prove Vaccinated Over '2X More Likely To Get COVID Than the Unvaccinated'

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    Did a "survey" find that "Vaccinated people are over 2X more likely to get COVID than the unvaccinated"? No, that's not true: The survey in question was not scientifically sound and included methodological flaws, an infectious disease expert told Lead Stories. The claim originated in a blog post by Steve Kirsch, whose false claims regarding COVID-19 vaccines have been debunked…

    • Aug 31, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: 'Survey' Does NOT Prove Vaccinated Over '2X More Likely To Get COVID Than the Unvaccinated' Analysis Flaws
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