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Checked by FactCheck.org18 Jul 2024United StatesHealth
Donald Trump, former President

“A vaccination that is like 38 different vaccines, and it looks like it’s meant for a horse, not a, you know, 10-pound or 20-pound baby. ... And then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: No childhood vaccine or combination of vaccines targets 38 diseases at once. There’s no evidence that the current vaccination schedule is harmful to children.

Checked by FactCheck.org23 May 2024United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“AstraZeneca finally WITHDRAW Covid vaccine worldwide, months after" the company "admitted" rare side effect "for the first time in court documents”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: A rare risk of dangerous blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was identified in early 2021. The company announced it was pulling the vaccine off the market globally, citing a decline in demand.

Checked by FactCheck.org16 May 2024United StatesHealth
Joe Biden, President

“Former President Donald Trump said “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: In an interview with Time, Trump was asked if states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute women who get an abortion in violation of state law. Trump said “they might,” but that’s for each state to decide.

Checked by FactCheck.org19 Apr 2024United StatesHealth
Joe Biden, President of the United States

“Speaking of Donald Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic, “Remember when he told us, ‘Don’t worry; this will all be over by Easter’? Remember when he told us, literally, inject bleach?”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Trump said he hoped that by Easter the country could reopen businesses and other services that had been temporarily shut down. He did not “literally” tell the public to “inject bleach” as a treatment for COVID-19.

Nicole Shanahan, Independent Vice Presidential Candidate

“I discovered that women’s fertility is in precipitous decline around the world. We are facing a crisis in reproductive health that is embedded in the larger epidemic of chronic disease.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Women are having fewer children today than in the past globally, but experts say that’s by choice. Infertility rates have remained steady during the last decades.

Checked by FactCheck.org27 Feb 2024United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Hundreds of millions of people were used as lab rats and now the truth that WE ALL ALREADY KNEW can no longer be denied,” suggesting a new study proves that "experimental" COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: A study of around 99 million people confirmed known serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccination. A co-author of the study: “The few serious side effects that we have observed in this and other studies have been rare.”