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Claim: Tom Hanks was arrested for “pedophilia” in Australia, and fitted with an ankle bracelet to monitor his movements. In March 2020, actor Tom Hanks was in Queensland, Australia, for the filming of a biopic about singer Elvis Presley, when he and his wife Rita Wilson went to a hospital “after …
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Claim: The seasonal flu kills more people every year in the U.S. than COVID-19 has to date. Throughout the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, countless social media posts, high profile pundits, and even the president attempted to downplay the threat of the virus in the U.S. in various …
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Claim: Dr. Anthony Fauci said the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was told to cancel a grant funding research for a study investigating how coronaviruses jump from bats to humans. [template id=”240357″] In late June and early July 2020, Snopes readers asked whether Dr. Anthony Fauci, the …
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Claim: A video shows Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates briefing the CIA in 2005 about a mind-altering vaccine. In May 2020, a video (below) supposedly showing Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates briefing the CIA about a mind-altering vaccine was circulated on social media. [embedded content] But the …
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Claim: Martial arts movie star Chuck Norris has died from the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve learned and how to inoculate yourself against COVID-19 …
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Claim: People vaccinated for seasonal influenza face higher chances of catching SARS-COV-2, which causes COVID-19, or testing positive for the virus when they do not actually have it. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can …
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Did Trump Suggest Injecting Disinfectant Could Be COVID-19 Treatment? | Snopes.com U.S. President Donald Trump said, with regard to possible medical treatments for COVID-19: “And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like …
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Claim: Bill Gates — along with a coalition dubbed “ID 2020” — seeks to “microchip” the world population using a COVID-19 vaccine. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve learned and how to …
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Claim: Bill Gates is being sued by India over the deaths of girls resulting from vaccinations. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve learned and how to inoculate yourself against COVID-19 …
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Claim: A television station broadcast results from the 2020 Illinois presidential primary the day before the election occurred. What’s True A local Illinois television station accidentally aired a graphic that appeared to show the results from the state’s 2020 Democratic primary one day before the …
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