COVID-19

In March 2021, staff at a Walgreens pharmacy in Monroe, North Carolina inadvertently injected some individuals with saline instead of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Did a Walgreens in NC Inadvertently Inject Saline Instead of COVID-19 Vaccines?
  • 19 April 2021
Saline, or sodium chloride solution, is used to dilute some COVID-19 vaccines before injection.
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Did Mick Jagger Come Out as a Lockdown Skeptic?
  • 17 April 2021
The Rolling Stones frontman's new song laments life under lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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’18 Reasons I Won’t Be Getting a COVID Vaccine’ Post Filled With Reckless Falsehoods
  • 16 April 2021
A blog post riddled with misinformation is effectively a "Now That's What I Call Music"...
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Did US Government Develop Implantable COVID-Detecting Microchip?
  • 15 April 2021
Think of it as a “check engine” light.
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Are COVID-19 Tests Sterilized With a Chemical Linked to Cancer?
  • 14 April 2021
Expected 2020 federal limitations on ethylene oxide emissions were paused in response to the pandemic.
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Did CDC recommend wearing tin foil masks
Did CDC Recommend Everyone Wear Tin Foil Face Masks To Prevent COVID-19?
  • 13 April 2021
Move over tin foil hats. Tin foil face masks are here!
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Ted Nugent claims there was COVID 1 through 18
Did Ted Nugent Ask Why There Were No Lockdowns for ‘COVID 1 Thru 18’?
  • 11 April 2021
In a 12-minute video, the musician amplified several bogus claims and conspiracy theories about COVID-19.
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Do ‘Disposable Blue Face Masks’ Contain Asbestos-Like Substance?
  • 8 April 2021
A specific disposable mask that contains a coating of graphene was distributed by officials in...
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FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019 file photo, Strasbourg chief Rabbi Harold Abraham Weill looks at vandalized tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Westhoffen, west of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France. Coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 shifted some anti-Semitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded, Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry in an annual report Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Report: Pandemic Amped Up Anti-Semitism, Forced It Online
  • 7 April 2021
“Anti-Jewish hatred online never stays online," said Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress.
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Daniel Roberts poses for a picture Monday, April 5, 2021, in McMinnville, Tenn. Roberts received a COVID vaccine over the objections of his family, who are against being vaccinated. “Five hundred thousand people have died in this country. That’s not a hoax,” Roberts said, speaking of the conspiracy theories he hears from family and friends. ”I don't know why I didn’t believe all of it myself. I guess I chose to believe the facts.” (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Viral Thoughts: Why COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Persist
  • 6 April 2021
As the world struggles to break the grip of COVID-19, psychologists and misinformation experts are...
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Is Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla the Son of Holocaust Survivors From Thessaloniki?
  • 6 April 2021
Thessaloniki, with a population of nearly 50,000 Jews, fell under German occupation in April 1941.
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Is It a Bad Idea To Laminate Your COVID-19 Vaccine Card?
  • 6 April 2021
As of early April 2021, more than 62 million Americans had been fully vaccinated.
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