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  • Fact Check: Henry Ford Health Study Of Vaccinated Vs. Unvaccinated Children Did NOT Pass Internal Peer Review -- It Compared Apples To Oranges

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    Did the Henry Ford Health system withhold from publication a study that compared the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated children, despite that study being statistically sound? No, that's not true: medical research experts reviewed the data and found a mismatch between comparison groups that made comparisons invalid. The Henry Ford Health system said its internal review of the draft paper…

    • Oct 31, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Henry Ford Health Study Of Vaccinated Vs. Unvaccinated Children Did NOT Pass Internal Peer Review -- It Compared Apples To Oranges Flunked Review
  • Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Apologize For Windows, Viruses, And Vaccines At White House Dinner -- Fake Audio Added

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    Did Bill Gates use his turn speaking at a White House dinner to apologize for things such as: Windows, viruses, vaccines, sterilizing people, and trying to block out the sun -- finishing by asking for a pardon over "all the Epstein shit"? No, that's not true: This video was published by a parody account and bears their watermark in the…

    • Sep 5, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Apologize For Windows, Viruses, And Vaccines At White House Dinner -- Fake Audio Added Parody Video
  • Fact Check: Peer-Reviewed Study About Covid-19 Vaccines Did NOT 'Confirm' Epidemic Of 'Turbo Cancer'

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    Did a "first population-wide peer-reviewed study" confirm that COVID-19 vaccines cause "turbo cancers"? No, that's not true: The study referred to its results as preliminary. The corresponding author told Lead Stories that more research is needed to confirm the findings about cancer among those vaccinated against COVID-19. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published on The Gateway Pundit…

    • Sep 3, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Peer-Reviewed Study About Covid-19 Vaccines Did NOT 'Confirm' Epidemic Of 'Turbo Cancer' Preliminary
  • Fact Check: Crop-Duster-Style Mass Spraying Of Population Is NOT What Canadian Researchers Mean By 'mRNA Aerosols' For Vaccination --

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    Do Canadian researchers propose to mass-vaccinate people with crop duster-style spraying of the populace, as a social media post implies? No, that's not true: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have paid researchers to develop a needle-free inhaler to inoculate people one at a time against the virus that causes COVID-19. The post that pushes the crop duster idea…

    • Aug 4, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Crop-Duster-Style Mass Spraying Of Population Is NOT What Canadian Researchers Mean By 'mRNA Aerosols' For Vaccination -- Not From Plane
  • Fact Check: Research Paper Did NOT Show Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increased Death Risk by 36%, Killed 470,000 in America

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    Did Florida statistics show that the Pfizer COVID vaccine "likely KILLED over 470,000 Americans" and "increased your risk of death by at least 36%"? No, that's not true: A draft research paper found only that those who got the Pfizer vaccine had a higher rate of death from all causes than did those who received the Moderna vaccine but it…

    • May 13, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Research Paper Did NOT Show Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increased Death Risk by 36%, Killed 470,000 in America Misses Unvaxed
  • Private, Ritualistic And Consequential: The Conclave Is Conspiracy's Natural Habitat

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    The conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor is set to start on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. It is a centuries-old ceremony entrenched in secrecy and powerful rituals, which strikes the world's imagination. This year, 135 cardinals from 71 countries across the five continents (of which Pope Francis has appointed 108, and 12 come from countries that never had a cardinal…

    • May 3, 2025
    • by: Raffaella Menichini
    Private, Ritualistic And Consequential: The Conclave Is Conspiracy's Natural Habitat Extra Omnes
  • Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic Study Did NOT 'Reveal' That The 2024/2025 Flu Shot Increases Flu Risk -- Vaccine Ineffective, But Not Cause Of Infections

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    Does a draft paper by scientists at The Cleveland Clinic "reveal" that the 2024/2025 flu shot increased the risk of flu, as social media posts claim? No, that's not true: This study's finding that vaccination was "associated with" a higher risk isn't the same as showing the vaccine is what caused increased risk. The authors of the study found that…

    • Apr 15, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic Study Did NOT 'Reveal' That The 2024/2025 Flu Shot Increases Flu Risk -- Vaccine Ineffective, But Not Cause Of Infections Authors Say No
  • Fact Check: Dr. Pierre Kory Did NOT Prove Texas Measles Death Announcement Was '100% False' -- Assertions Not Backed With Evidence

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    Did Children's Health Defense podcast guest Pierre Kory prove that Texas' confirmation of a 2nd measles death of an unvaccinated 8-year-old in Lubbock was "100 Percent False"? No, that's not true: Kory, who in 2024 was stripped of his internal medicine credential, never examined the patient and said he based his claim on a partial copy of her medical file,…

    • Apr 9, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Dr. Pierre Kory Did NOT Prove Texas Measles Death Announcement Was '100% False' -- Assertions Not Backed With Evidence Didn't Examine
  • Fact Check: Rogan Podcast Guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries Misstates The Facts About Polio

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    Did Joe Rogan podcast guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries accurately describe problems with the polio vaccine and with organized medicine's responses to polio? No, that's not true: A Brown University Medical School professor said Humphries made several errors of fact. She erred in claiming DDT pesticide caused polio and that symptoms of arsenic poisoning match those of polio, leading to misdiagnosis.…

    • Apr 8, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Rogan Podcast Guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries Misstates The Facts About Polio Still Not True
  • Fact Check: Video Demonstrates A Prop Syringe, NOT Vaccine Avoidance By 'The Elites'

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    Does video of a syringe with a retracting needle prove that "the elites" faked receiving vaccinations? No, that's not true: It is generic footage demonstrating the use of a prop syringe for use on stage or during filming. It did not document any high-profile individual using the dummy syringe to avoid vaccination. Entries on social media sharing the video in…

    • Mar 31, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Demonstrates A Prop Syringe, NOT Vaccine Avoidance By 'The Elites' Stage Prop
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