Vaccine misinformation

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  Medical misinformation can be deadly. So why do so many doctors get away with it?

  verifythis.com - Kelly Jones

  After the first presumptive case of COVID-19 was reported in the state of Oregon in February 2020, Steve LaTulippe, M.D., was seeing patients at his …

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  Once struggling, anti-vaccination groups have enjoyed a pandemic windfall

  NBC News - Brandy Zadrozny

  Newly filed tax records show that ICAN, one of the country’s best-funded anti-vaccine organizations, saw a 60 percent jump in revenue in 2020. Del Bigtree ended his closing speech at last week’s anti-vaccinemandate rally in Washington with a message, bellowed to a few thousand rallygoers and the …

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  How the falsehood of athletes dying from coronavirus vaccines spread

  The Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler

  “Of course, we’ve heard story after story. I mean, all these athletes dropping dead on the field, but we’re supposed to ignore that.” — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), in an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Jan. 27 Johnson made this comment after he asserted that there have been “over 22,000 deaths …

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  Is Microsoft Developing Microchips to Store COVID-19 Info?

  snopes.com - Dan Evon

  This message reads: “Human trials will start this July on a micro-chip implant smaller than a pin-head that will hold your booster status and other …

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  Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Did NOT Say Two Doses Of Vaccine Offer Very Little Protection Against COVID-19 | Lead Stories

  leadstories.com - Dana Ford

  Re: Omicron Did the CEO of Pfizer say that two doses of the vaccine offer very little protection against COVID-19? No, that's not true: He was …

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  Protesters descend on WA Board of Health after misinformation about vaccine plans goes viral

  seattletimes.com - Jim Brunner and Elise Takahama

  Online misinformation fueled a protest at the state Board of Health, with anti-vaccine activists and some congressional candidates claiming, wrongly, …