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Misleading: A Portuguese health worker died two days after getting the Pfizer vaccine.
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Misleading: A Portuguese health worker died two days after getting the Pfizer vaccine.

False: Barack Obama has warned Africans against getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
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False: Barack Obama has warned Africans against getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

False: A consultant at a hospital in Surrey said that hospitals are empty and that there is no pandemic.
Health-Covid

False: A consultant at a hospital in Surrey said that hospitals are empty and that there is no pandemic.

False: COVID-19 vaccines are made from aborted fetal cells.
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False: COVID-19 vaccines are made from aborted fetal cells.

False: A list of U.S. patents is evidence that viruses are man-made.
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False: A list of U.S. patents is evidence that viruses are man-made.

False: New data from the CDC points to the flu being misdiagnosed as COVID-19.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: New data from the CDC points to the flu being misdiagnosed as COVID-19.

True: Dead bodies cannot spread COVID-19.
Health-Covid

True: Dead bodies cannot spread COVID-19.

Misleading: People have legal rights to take or refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Misleading: People have legal rights to take or refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.

False: Six people died during Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine trials.
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False: Six people died during Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine trials.

False: COVID-19 is not a real pandemic. It is a conspiracy.
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False: COVID-19 is not a real pandemic. It is a conspiracy.

Partly_True: Starting schools at 10 a.m instead of 8:30 a.m. showed significant benefits in student's health and performance.
Health-General

Partly_True: Starting schools at 10 a.m instead of 8:30 a.m. showed significant benefits in student's health and performance.

True: Corey's Digs is spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
Health-Covid Media-General Tech-Social-Media

True: Corey's Digs is spreading misinformation about COVID-19.

Misleading: Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine contains polyethylene glycol which causes fatal allergic reactions.
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Misleading: Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine contains polyethylene glycol which causes fatal allergic reactions.

False: The Pfizer vaccine will change our DNA.
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False: The Pfizer vaccine will change our DNA.

False: Moderna started testing on humans too quickly.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma Health-Vaccines

False: Moderna started testing on humans too quickly.

False: In 2020, the death toll in the U.S. is almost the same as it's been in previous years.
Health-Covid

False: In 2020, the death toll in the U.S. is almost the same as it's been in previous years.

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