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  • Fact Check: Reiner Fuellmich's 'Coronavirus Investigative Committee' Report Does NOT Reveal New Evidence For Debunked Claims

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    In this video, did trial lawyer Reiner Fuellmich's "Coronavirus Investigative Committee" reveal new evidence of claims that COVID-19 is no worse than seasonal flu, can be treated with vitamins and ivermectin, is not accurately confirmed with PCR tests and that the approved vaccines are ineffective and untested? No, none of that is true: Fuellmich recycles stale conspiracy theories that have…

    • Sep 29, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Reiner Fuellmich's 'Coronavirus Investigative Committee' Report Does NOT Reveal New Evidence For Debunked Claims Recycles Bunk
  • Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Lose His Spotify Deal Because Of Ivermectin -- He's Still Working With Spotify

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    Did Joe Rogan lose his Spotify deal and millions of dollars after he promoted the horse dewormer, ivermectin, as the cure for COVID-19? No, that's not true: The blog that wrote the claim, Laughing in Disbelief, is a satirical blog with a disclaimer on its content. Rogan is still making content for his podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," and Spotify…

    • Sep 29, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Lose His Spotify Deal Because Of Ivermectin -- He's Still Working With Spotify Satire Site
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence FDA, CDC & WHO Hid Ivermectin Efficacy Data, And Natural Immunity NOT Superior To COVID Vaccine

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    Is this video correct in saying ivermectin is a successful treatment for COVID-19, and that is being covered up by the media and the FDA, CDC and WHO; and is natural immunity through infection better than a COVID-19 vaccine? No, none of those claims are true: There is no proof offered in a video about the three organizations "hiding" information…

    • Sep 15, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence FDA, CDC & WHO Hid Ivermectin Efficacy Data, And Natural Immunity NOT Superior To COVID Vaccine In Plain Sight
  • Fact Check: 2019 CDC Memo On Ivermectin Does NOT 'Blow A Hole' In News Reports Discouraging Self-Medication With Horse Dewormer

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    Does a 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline for treatment of refugees "blow a hole" in the widely reported warnings against use of veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19? No, that's not true: The human formulation of the drug is specifically intended to kill worms and other harmful parasites, which is why the CDC in 2019 urged ivermectin…

    • Sep 14, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: 2019 CDC Memo On Ivermectin Does NOT 'Blow A Hole' In News Reports Discouraging Self-Medication With Horse Dewormer Different Rx
  • Fact Check: Australian Health Organization Did NOT Use Actors To Portray COVID-19 Patients In Video -- They Are Real Patients

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    Did New South Wales Health, an Australian government health organization, use actors to portray COVID-19 patients in a public health video? No, that's not true: The people featured in the video are real COVID-19 patients. The shortened news report appeared in an Instagram post (archived here) published on September 13, 2021. The beginning of the video featured footage of a…

    • Sep 13, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Australian Health Organization Did NOT Use Actors To Portray COVID-19 Patients In Video -- They Are Real Patients Real Patients
  • Fact Check: Claims That Ivermectin Sterilizes 85% Of Men Who Take It Are NOT Supported With Clear Evidence

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    Does a Nigerian study done in 2011 show that men who took ivermectin as a treatment for onchocerciasis, or river blindness, were made sterile by the anti-parasitic drug? No, that's not true: The study, which only included 37 patients and no control group, did not conclude that the participants had been rendered sterile, but noted changes to sperm count and…

    • Sep 10, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Claims That Ivermectin Sterilizes 85% Of Men Who Take It Are NOT Supported With Clear Evidence Need More Data
  • Fact Check: Oklahoma Doctor's Comments About Ivermectin Overdoses, Gunshot Victims and Hospital Backups Were NOT Reported As Stated

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    Did Oklahoma gunshot victims wind up having to wait to be seen at the hospital because there were too many people who had overdosed on the horse worming medication ivermectin? No, that's not true: Reports in various outlets painted a highly exaggerated picture of what Dr. Jason McElyea had described in an interview. Further complicating the issue, when one hospital,…

    • Sep 7, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Oklahoma Doctor's Comments About Ivermectin Overdoses, Gunshot Victims and Hospital Backups Were NOT Reported As Stated Misrepresented
  • Fact Check: Ivermectin Deworms Livestock AND Treats Human Parasites, But Manufacturer Does NOT Recommend It For COVID-19

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    Does the use of ivermectin as a dewormer for horses mean it is only a veterinary medicine? No, that's not true: There are ivermectin doses for 1,000-pound animals and different doses and forms to treat rosacea and parasites in humans. But, while the active ingredient is the same, the veterinary formulation is not the same as the human product, and…

    • Sep 6, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Ivermectin Deworms Livestock AND Treats Human Parasites, But Manufacturer Does NOT Recommend It For COVID-19 Not For COVID
  • Fact Check: Man Touted By Others As 'Ph.D., Oxford' Did NOT Make True Statements About COVID-19 Vaccines To A School Board -- Did NOT Attend Oxford University

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    Does a doctor share evidence of vaccine harm to an Ohio school board? No, that's not true: A man who appeared at a school board meeting in Ohio repeated multiple COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories that Lead Stories has previously debunked as false with documented evidence from scientific studies. Social media users picked up on the man introducing himself as a…

    • Aug 23, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Man Touted By Others As 'Ph.D., Oxford' Did NOT Make True Statements About COVID-19 Vaccines To A School Board -- Did NOT Attend Oxford University Not True
  • Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 -- Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose

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    Has ivermectin been proven a safe and life-saving treatment for COVID-19? No, that's not true: The manufacturer of the drug, Merck, says its scientists find no evidence ivermectin works as a COVID-19 treatment and are concerned by the lack of safety data in studies of human use of it. The drug is a dewormer for horses and cows that is…

    • Aug 23, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 -- Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose Merck Says Nix
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