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10 COVID-19 vaccine claims we've investigated during Trump's 2nd term
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have continued to spread online throughout Trump’s second term — sometimes from public officials including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Reporter Emery Winter compiled 10 rumors we’ve unpacked about the vaccine, including:
Did Trump and RFK Jr. plan to ban the COVID-19 vaccine?
Did Fauci suffer a pulmonary infarction due to the COVID-19 vaccine?
Did Pfizer say hantavirus was a side effect of its COVID-19 vaccine?
Does a study show mRNA COVID-19 vaccines help extend cancer survival?
How you can stop Google AI from accessing your Gmail, chat information
Google AI can access emails and chats if users allow it to. There is a way to opt out.
Did Texas make marijuana possession a felony after 70% of voters supported legalization?
Social media users were referring to a Democratic primary proposition, not a statewide referendum.
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For years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been accused of funding research at a Chinese lab that created a genetically modified virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
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