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  • Fact Check: NIH Did NOT Admit 5G Can Actually Create Coronavirus Within Human Cells

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    Did the NIH admit 5G can actually create coronavirus within human cells? No, that's not true. The site Infowars.com claimed the National Institutes of Health admitted that 5G technology can create coronavirus within human cells based on a "study" that has been taken down for being "obviously wrong" and "probably misleading," the site that originally published it told Lead Stories.…

    • Jul 27, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NIH Did NOT Admit 5G Can Actually Create Coronavirus Within Human Cells Bogus Study
  • Fact Check: New CDC And WHO Study Does NOT Prove 'No Evidence' Face Masks Prevent Virus

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    Does a new CDC and WHO study prove there is no evidence that face masks prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true. The study is not "new" as claimed in a Russian-sponsored YouTube video and it does not conclude that face coverings don't help in reducing the transmission of the virus that leads to COVID-19. The…

    • Jul 26, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: New CDC And WHO Study Does NOT Prove 'No Evidence' Face Masks Prevent Virus Russian Claim
  • Fact Check: Video Claiming 'Multiple Scientific Studies' Show Masks Don't Work Uses Old Data, Ignores Current Science On COVID-19

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    Does current science say that face masks don't work to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19? No, this is not true. First, a video making the claim that masks -- from N95 to cloth ones -- don't work relies on dated studies. Second, while much debate does exist over face coverings reducing the spread of…

    • Jul 20, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Claiming 'Multiple Scientific Studies' Show Masks Don't Work Uses Old Data, Ignores Current Science On COVID-19 Reality Check
  • Fact Check: States Were NOT Ordered To Fraudulently Inflate COVID-19 Cases 15 Times Actual Rate

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    Were Texas and other states ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization to fraudulently increase by 15-fold the tally of COVID-19 cases? No, that's not true. The CDC gathers data based on the non-binding suggestions of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Aside from that, Texas Department of State Health Services data…

    • Jul 6, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: States Were NOT Ordered To Fraudulently Inflate COVID-19 Cases 15 Times Actual Rate No CDC Fraud
  • Fact Check: Greg Evensen's 'Heads Up Oklahoma' Posted By Johnnie Cheadle Is NOT About 2020 Coronavirus

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    Are Oklahoma police planning to set up roadblocks to enforce a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination law and slap micro-chipped bracelets on people? No, this is not true: A video featuring conspiracy blogger Greg Evensen is from a 2009 speech in which he predicted forced vaccinations for the H1N1 swine flu, not 2020's novel coronavirus. Those roadblocks never materialized, but the video…

    • May 15, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Greg Evensen's 'Heads Up Oklahoma' Posted By Johnnie Cheadle Is NOT About 2020 Coronavirus 2009 Video
  • Fact Check: No Proof Is U.S. Planning to Force Vaccinations With Bill Gates Amid Coronavirus

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    Is the U.S. government planning to force Americans to take vaccinations during the coronavirus pandemic with the help of Bill Gates? No, there is no proof for that: A video from InfoWars has gone viral, asking if viewers were going to "allow your government to impose forced vaccinations?" The video tapped into history to suggest the government's response to COVID-19…

    • Apr 29, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: No Proof Is U.S. Planning to Force Vaccinations With Bill Gates Amid Coronavirus No Proof
  • Fake News: Former FBI Director James Comey NOT Implicated In Spy Ring

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    Did a website point to evidence implicating former FBI Director James Comey in a spy ring? No, that's not true: The story is "clickbait" and offers no documentary evidence to back up its claims. The site links to another website that has knowingly pushed "propaganda and conspiracies" and has failed numerous fact checks. Some of the audio clips refer to…

    • Feb 10, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Former FBI Director James Comey NOT Implicated In Spy Ring
  • Fake News: NO Evidence Coronavirus Is A Man-made Depopulation Weapon

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    Is the coronavirus a "man-made" depopulation weapon? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support this theory, which is being spread by conspiracy-minded outlets like InfoWars. While scientists are still investigating the source of the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it appears to have originated at an animal or seafood market in…

    • Jan 31, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
  • Fake News: Virginia Governor Does NOT Plan To Use Roadblocks And U.N. Troops To Seize Guns

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    Is the Virginia governor planning to use roadblocks and U.N. troops to seize guns? No, that's not true: Gov. Ralph Northam has not requested United Nations assistance to confiscate guns, and he has not suggested using roadblocks for weapons seizures. The story first surfaced on an online radio program called "The Common Sense Show," which is known to traffic in…

    • Jan 1, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Virginia Governor Does NOT Plan To Use Roadblocks And U.N. Troops To Seize Guns
  • Fake News: Israel Did Not Invent 5G Technology, And It Did Not Ban It

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    Did Israel invent 5G technology, then ban it because of health concerns? No. That's not true: Israel is aggressively pushing the 5G networking service through a tender to incentivize that country's carriers to start rolling it out, according to Reuters. While Israeli companies are actively developing 5G tech, it's not accurate to say that they invented it. The United States…

    • Nov 23, 2019
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Israel Did Not Invent 5G Technology, And It Did Not Ban It
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