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Claim: In early October 2023, a new study was released proving that the higher a country’s vaccination rate is, the higher the excess death rate in that country will be. In early October 2023, a post went viral on X (formerly Twitter) that read “BREAKING: New study shows that the higher a country’s …
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Claim: Emails released in September 2023 through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that the Biden Administration “hid deadly COVID vaccine risks from the public.” In late September 2023, several conspiracist media outlets and anti-vaccine social media accounts claimed that newly …
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Claim: The CDC stated in late summer 2023 that Americans who had received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were at higher risk of infection from new variants of the virus than those who were unvaccinated. Context The CDC’s “Risk Assessment Summary for SARS CoV-2 Sublineage BA.2.86” stated that the new …
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Claim: A viral video authentically shows Bill Gates being hit in the face with a pie in 1998. For many years, claims have spread on social media platforms that Bill Gates was once hit in the face with a pie. Here, for example is a YouTube video posted to the platform on April 3, 2020. The video was …
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Claim: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is buying hundreds of burned-out lots destroyed in the August 2023 Maui wildfires for “pennies on the dollar.” In September 2023, The Dunning-Kruger Times website published a story that said Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was spending “pennies on the dollar” …
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Claim: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks once said during a July 2020 interview, “If you can’t wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I don’t understand. I’ve got no respect for you man.” On Sept. 19, 2023, users on X (formerly Twitter) virally shared an old video clip claiming it showed …
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Claim: An online article authentically reported that Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates was buying hundreds of burned-out lots destroyed in the August 2023 Maui wildfires for “pennies on the dollar.” On Sept. 6, 2023, The Dunning-Kruger Times website published an article that said Microsoft Co-Founder …
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Claim: The character of Mr. Burns on the animated television series “The Simpsons” is based on Jacob Rothschild of the British Rothschild banking family. For nearly a decade, claims have circulated online that “The Simpsons” television character Mr. Burns, Homer Simpson’s boss at the Springfield …
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Claim: The CDC stated in late summer 2023 that Americans who had received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were at higher risk of infection from new variants of the virus than those who were unvaccinated. Context The CDC’s “Risk Assessment Summary for SARS CoV-2 Sublineage BA.2.86” stated that the new …
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Claim: Melissa J. Moore, the chief scientific officer for Moderna, was arrested by U.S. Navy JAG investigators. On Aug. 30, 2023, the website Real Raw News published yet another in a seemingly endless series of stories claiming that the “military” had arrested an individual associated with the …
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