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Did Moderna confirm mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer?!

Did Moderna just confirm that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Moderna confirms mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The Expose (formerly The Daily Expose), which claims that Moderna has admitted that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer!

Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Moderna confirms mRNA COVID Vaccines cause Cancer

Moderna has admitted its mRNA COVID vaccine causes CANCER after billions of DNA fragments were found in vials of the dangerous injection.

The revelation was made after Dr. Robert Malone recently made an appearance at an “Injuries Caused by COVID-19 Vaccines” hearing led by Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), at which he revealed how Moderna’s patent shows that its (COVID-19) “vaccine” vials contain billions of DNA fragments and other contaminants linked to birth defects and cancer.

At the hearing, Dr. Malone spoke about how Moderna acknowledges in its patent that RNA is preferable to DNA in vaccines because of the risks involved, but that the company’s mRNA injection, which was administered to tens of millions of people, is contaminated with the latter.

“Moderna has a patent on the use of RNA for vaccines,” Dr Malone stated. “And in that, Moderna explicitly acknowledges that RNA is superior to DNA for vaccine purposes because problems, including the possibility of insertional mutagenesis that could lead to the activation of oncogenes or the inactivation of tumour suppressor genes.”

“FDA says they’re not aware of any concerns, but Moderna, in its own patent, lays out exactly the same concerns that exist about DNA in insertional mutagenesis and genotoxicity.

“So, Moderna knows it – DNA is a contaminant. It is left in because of the way they make it … they use DNA to make RNA, and then they degrade the DNA, and then they have to purify the degraded DNA away from the RNA, and the process they are using is not that good.”

Scientists from the United States and Canada were able to get their hands on unopened vials of Moderna’s COVID jab, with a clear chain of custody, and sampled them. This is their expertise, just to be clear: they do deep sequencing on samples and relay their findings for the public good.

What they discovered were large numbers of DNA fragments in the RNA preparation, to which they applied standard reconstruction tools to see what the circular plasmid DNAs looked like – none of this was disclosed to the public, by the way.

The documentation suggests that there are certain DNA sequences present in the vials that are normally not allowed in anything that is going to go into humans, “not the least of which is an antibiotic resistance gene,” Dr. Malone explained.

“They include these sequences from Simian Virus 40 – not the whole virus, but highly active promoter sequences – which is exactly the thing that the FDA in their older regulations said must be avoided because it confers even more risk for insertional mutagenesis.”

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Truth : Moderna did not confirm mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The Expose, and here are the reasons why…

Moderna did not admit mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer

Let me start by pointing out that Moderna did not admit that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer.

If that actually happened, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media across the world, and sparked mass outrage, criminal investigations and lawsuits. Yet, none of that happened, because Moderna did not admit that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer.

Unsurprisingly, The Expose article did not provide any evidence to back up its shocking claim.

Moderna patent was for HPIV3 vaccines

Robert Malone referred to Moderna’s patent application US 2019/0240317 A1 in his testimony. However, that patent has nothing to do with mRNA vaccines for COVID-19.

The Moderna patent was about RNA vaccines for the Human Parainfluenza 3 (HPIV3) virus – a completely different virus from SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

Insertional mutagenesis happens with virus infections

Robert Malone appears to refer to the Moderna patent application for saying that RNA is preferable to DNA in vaccines due to risks of insertional mutagenesis, which might activate oncogenes, or inhibit tumour suppressor genes.

But if you read the actual patent application, you can see that Moderna was referring to possible risk of insertional mutagenesis in DNA vaccines that directly inject genetically-engineered DNA into a living host:

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccination is one technique used to stimulate humoral and cellular immune responses to foreign antigens, such as hMPV antigens and/or PIV antigens and /or RSV antigens. The direct injection of genetically engineered DNA ( e.g., naked plasmid DNA ) into a living host results in a small number of its cells directly producing an antigen, resulting in a protective immunological response. With this technique, however, comes potential problems, including the possibility of insertional mutagenesis, which could lead to the activation of oncogenes or the inhibition of tumor suppressor genes.

There has been no known case of vaccines causing insertional mutagenesis. On the other hand, insertional mutagenesis can occur naturally in viral infections, as many viruses integrate their own genomes into the genome of the host cells.

No evidence residual DNA is dangerous

Residual DNA isn’t something new, or exclusive to mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. Residual DNA is found in all vaccines and biological products manufactured in any kind of cell.

The risk of residual DNA has also been investigated for about 60 years now, and the US FDA has pointed out that residual DNA do not integrate into our DNA, or cause cancer.

[W]ith regard to the mRNA vaccines, while concerns have been raised previously as theoretical issues, available scientific evidence supports the conclusion that the minute amounts of residual DNA do not cause cancer or changes to a person’s genetic code.

Residual DNA is also “chopped up” into tiny pieces by the DNase enzyme, to no more than 200 bp in length. This ensures that they don’t pose any threat, even if they don’t all get filtered out.

You can read more in our article on residual DNA in mRNA vaccines.

SV40 promoter is not dangerous

The Expose article suggests that the SV40 (Simian Virus 40) promotor sequence used in the Moderna vaccine can cause cancer through insertional mutagenesis. That is not true.

Michael Imperiale, a molecular biologist at the University of Michigan Medical School, explained that the SV40 promoter, on its own, can’t cause cancer. The part of SV40 that’s potentially cancer-causing, known as the T-antigen, isn’t present in the vaccine.

Even the scientist whose testimony to the South Carolina Senate has been used to drive this controversy, has come out to dismiss the concerns that the SV40 promoter is dangerous, or can cause cancer:

It’s just the volume knob that drives high level expression of anything put under its control, which in this case is just an antibiotic resistance marker.

The fear about the SV40 sequences is total nonsense. The vaccine is not going to cause cancer. There is no cancer causing gene in the vaccine.

– Phillip Buckhaults, director of the Cancer Genetics Lab at the University of South Carolina

The Expose is known for fake news

Like Real Raw News and The People’s Voice, The Daily Expose is a website that capitalises on making shocking but fake or misleading stories to generate page views and money. It was later rebranded as The Expose.

Founded in November 2020 by Jonathan Allen-Walker – a welder from Lincolnshire, The Expose / Daily Expose is infamous for publishing COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news or misinformation, so you should NEVER share anything from Daily Expose / The Expose. Here are some of its stories that I personally debunked earlier:

Everything posted by The Expose / Daily Expose must be considered fake news, until proven otherwise.

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Is Operation Lockstep a globalist plot to steal 2024 election?!

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Is Operation Lockstep a plot by global elites to steal the 2024 US Presidential election?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Operation Lockstep is a globalist plot to steal 2024 election!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that global elites are deploying AI terrorists to cancel the 2024 US Presidential election if they fail to elect their selected candidate.

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

WEF Insider: Elite Deploying ‘AI Terrorists’ To Cancel US Election

The winner of the US election has already been selected by the global elite, according to a WEF insider who warns the elite will spend the next two months doing everything in their power to ensure the selected candidate is “elected.”

According to insiders, it’s called Operation Lock Step and if the elite believe the election cannot be stolen, they are are prepared to unleash AI terrorists to hack the power grid, launch dirty bombs, and throw the world into chaos with a devastating cyber attack.

In August, the WEF posted an article titled Four Global Risks to Look Out For in the Post-Pandemic Era. The dystopian article predicts that whatever the official outcome of the 2024 election, the American people won’t trust the result.

Disturbingly, the article also warns WEF members to prepare for an era of destabilizing shock events in the lead up to the November election.

According to the WEF, citizens heading to the polls in November should be expecting “destabilizing events” including a “cyber pandemic – which is intentional,” the emergence of a “new global extremist group,” and fast-tracked climate change disasters including a sudden sea-level rise that will submerge an island nation.

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Truth : There is no Operation Lockstep plot to steal 2024 election!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

There is no evidence of Operation Lockstep

Let me start by simply pointing out that there is no evidence that Operation Lockstep even exists, much less a WEF insider exposing it.

If such a nefarious plot was ever exposed, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media all over the world, and resulted in criminal investigations. There would also have been mass outrage, and likely even protests against such a diabolical plot. Yet, none of that happened, because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

Article was about global risk trends for this decade

The article, which is called “4 global risks to look out for in the post-pandemic era“, is not about the 2024 US Presidential election alone.

It actually details the global risks that Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz believes we should look out for this decade, as is clearly pointed out in the second paragraph:

The following analysis—which is based on a multi-year prediction project with graduate students at New York University and experts at crowdsourced consultancy Wikistrat, where I’m a lead analyst—details the global risk trends to watch this decade.

There is nothing in the article that would describe any nefarious plans by the WEF, or the Rockefeller Foundation, to influence or sabotage the 2024 US Presidential election.

The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Are Haitian migrants in Ohio stealing + eating pets?!

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Are Haitian migrants in Ohio stealing and eating pets like cats and ducks?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Haitian migrants in Ohio are stealing + eating pets!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Haitian migrants in Ohio are stealing and eating pets like cats and ducks!

JD Vance : Months ago, I raised the issue of Haitian illegal immigrants draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio. Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?

End Wokeness : Under Harris and Biden, 20,000 Haitian immigrants were shipped to the town. Now ducks and pets are disappearing.

These claims appear to have started from a post in a private Facebook group on Springfield Ohio crime and information:

Warning to all about our beloved pets & those around us!! My neighbor informed me that her daughters friend had lost her cat,” the user wrote. “One day she came home from work, as soon as she stepped out of her car, looked towards a neighbors house, where Haitians live, & saw her cat hanging from a branch, like you’d do a deer for butchering, & they were carving it up to eat. I’ve been told they are doing this to dogs, they have been doing it at snyder park with the ducks & geese, as I was told that last bit by Rangers & police. Please keep a close eye on these animals.

It then escalated, with some people posting body cam footage of a woman, claiming or suggesting that she was a Haitian who was being arrested for allegedly killing and eating a cat.

Since then, these claims about Haitian migrants in Ohio stealing and eating pets have gone viral on social media, with many right-wing American influencers and politicians sharing or promoting the narrative.

Truth : Haitian migrants in Ohio are not stealing + eating pets!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news being created or promoted ahead of the 2024 US Presidential election, and here are the reasons why…

Springfield police denied reports of stolen pets

The unverified Facebook post claimed that the police and “Rangers” warned about Haitians eating dogs, ducks and geese. That appears to be untrue.

On Monday morning, 9 September 2024, the Springfield Police Division refuted that claim, stating (source) that it has not received any reports about pets being stolen and eaten.

Springfield Police said they were aware of the social media post but that this was “not something that’s on our radar right now.”

Springfield City Manager denied claims pets were harmed by migrants

Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck also debunked claims (source) that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating people’s pets:

In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.

Additionally, there have been no verified instances of immigrants engaging in illegal activities such as squatting or littering in front of residents’ homes. Furthermore, no reports have been made regarding members of the immigrant community deliberately disrupting traffic.

To be clear – none of those claims on social media were ever backed by actual evidence.

Viral video does not show Haitian migrant eating stolen cat

This bodycam footage is being shared as evidence that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating pet cats in Springfield, Ohio.

The problem is – that video does not show a Haitian migrant, but rather, a 27 year-old American citizen called Allexis Telia Ferrell.

Ferrell was arrested on August 16, 2024 at around 11 PM, for killing a cat by stomping on its head, before proceeding to eat it “in a residential area in front of multiple people”.

In addition, the video was actually recorded in in Stark County in Canton, Ohio – about 170 miles (270 kilometres) from Springfield.

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Viral photo was not taken in Springfield, Ohio

Some people are sharing a photo of a Black man holding a dead Canada goose, and claiming or suggesting that he was a Haitian migrant who killed and stole the goose from a nearby park in Springfield, Ohio.

The problem is – this photo was taken about two months earlier in Columbus, Ohio, by isitmeyourelooking4x who posted it (archive) on Reddit, with the caption – Things you see while driving in CBUS – Yes, it’s a goose.

OP : Somehow 2 months after I took the picture in Columbus it is being attributed to a Haitian in Springfield

Others: : Yes but did you take this photo in Springfield or is it just a load of crap?

OP : Don’t know how many times I have to say I took the picture in Columbus before people understand I took it in Columbus. I have never even been to Springfield

Others : Sorry i didn’t see your earlier comment. But yea this is crazy

OP : Ya. Everything the rightwing pushes are lies.

To be clear – the person who took that photo has never said that the man was a Haitian immigrant, or claimed that the man killed or stole the goose.

Haitian immigrants are not “illegal aliens”

Since 2011, Haitian citizens can remain in the United States and obtain work authorisations, and Social Security numbers, through the Temporary Protected Status.

Therefore, it is broadly untrue that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are “illegal aliens” as Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance and others have claimed.

Haitian immigrants were not “sent” to Springfield, Ohio

Claims or suggestions that Haitian immigrants were “sent” to Springfield, Ohio, by the Biden Administration are also false.

According to The New York Times, several manufacturing plants and warehouses opened in the small city between 2017 and 2020, creating a surplus of jobs that attracted Haitian immigrants.

Soon there were not enough workers. Many young, working-age people [from Springfield] had descended into addiction. Others shunned entry-level, rote work altogether, employers said. Haitians who heard that the Springfield area boasted well-paying, blue-collar jobs and a low cost of living poured in, and employers were eager to hire and train the new work force.

In short – an abundance of work attracted Haitian immigrants to Springfield, Ohio. They were not sent there.

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Is Bill Gates embedding Digital ID in kids by 2025?!

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Is Bill Gates planning to embed a Digital ID under the skin of every child in the world by 2025?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Bill Gates is embedding Digital ID in kids by 2025!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Bill Gates is planning to embed a Digital ID under the skin of every child in the world by 2025, with or without parental consent!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Gates Insider: Digital ID Will Be Embedded Under the Skin of Every Child by 2025

Globalist billionaire Bill Gates has begun rolling out Digital IDs that will be embedded under the skin of every child in the world – with or without parental consent.

Globalist billionaire Bill Gates is demanding world governments follow the lead of the European Union and India and approve his “global digital ID” system which has inbuilt features designed to exclude people from participating in society if they do not comply with the globalist agenda.

Gates’ plan to punish and exclude people who do not comply with globalist authoritarian rules can only work if everybody in society is using his global digital ID.

That’s why he is planning to embed the digital ID under the skin of every child in the world born in 2025 to ensure the future global society is 100% compliant with globalist goals.

For those who doubt that Gates and the elite would go this far, it’s time to wake up because the plan to microchip every child under the sun with digital ID has already begun.

The elite are making their move and rolling out the digital identification phase of this dystopian plan in almost every WEF-infiltrated nation.

Just like the EU, Canada, and Australia, the UK has announced plans to require all residents in the UK to enroll in Bill Gates’ digital ID system if they wish to continue participating in society.

The Gates Foundation welcomed the news by pumping $4 million into the digital public infrastructure (DPI) scheme, which will oversee the practical implantation of the mandatory IDs in Britain.

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Truth : Bill Gates is not embedding Digital ID in kids by 2025!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Bill Gates is not embedding Digital ID in children

Let me start by simply pointing out that Bill Gates is not rolling out Digital IDs that will be embedded under the skin of every child in the world, with or without parental consent.

If that actually happened, such a shocking news would have been widely reported by the mainstream media all over the world. It would also have resulted in mass outrage. Yet, none of that happened, because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

Fact #2 : Bill Gates did not create “global digital ID”

Bill Gates also did not create any “global digital ID”, much less demand that world governments use such a system.

Needless to say, The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claim. In fact, it actually provided evidence to the contrary – that different countries are implementing their own digital ID, instead of a “global digital ID”.

Fact #3 : Digital ID helps authenticate your identity online

A digital ID isn’t some nefarious way to get you to comply with the government. It is merely an electronic representation of your identity that is used to prove who you are online.

Currently, governments and companies are using emails, and phone numbers, to determine someone’s identity online. However, using emails / phone numbers and passwords is not a reliable way to prove your identity as such logins can be stolen, or used by multiple people.

A digital ID would offer a convenient and secure way to authenticate your identity, allowing you to safely access online services, and prevent identity theft.

For example, scammers and hackers can steal the login to your bank account, but you can remove that vulnerability by using a digital ID (instead of a username and password) to authenticate your identity.

Fact #4 : Digital ID is usually just a mobile app

A digital ID can take many forms. In its most basic form, it can be a digital version of existing credentials that are used to authenticate the identity of a person – like a physical identity card, a driving licence, or a passport.

Many countries though are opting for a Digital ID app that can be installed on a smartphone, and used to authenticate your identity online, or even offline. Such a Digital ID app will often include the person’s physical credentials like a driving licence, or a health services card.

Needless to say – it is just silly to embed digital IDs under anyone’s skin. Why go to that trouble, when you can simply install it as an app on your phone??? And how would you update the digital ID if it’s embedded under your skin???

Yet again, The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claim that any government plans to embed a Digital ID under the skin of kids.

Fact #5 : Digital IDs are not mandatory

Currently, there are no mandatory digital IDs in the world. That’s because not everyone has a smartphone, and the digital infrastructure do not currently extend to all parts of the world, or any country for the matter.

Countries that implement Digital IDs still accept physical forms of identification, like a national identity card, a driving licence, or a passport.

Fact #6 : It’s pointless to embed children with Digital ID

Even if you actually believe in a nefarious plot to implant people with a Digital ID microchip, it is silly to only do so for children.

For one thing – children are not even allowed to undertake services that would require digital IDs, like opening a bank account, applying for a credit card or a loan, buying a home, paying taxes, etc.

But claiming that evil corporations or governments are trying to microchip your kids is a great way to trigger outrage, and/or get people to share fake news about digital IDs.

Fact #7 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Were self-assembling nano-structures found in mRNA vaccines?!

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Did Korean and Japanese scientists find self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Self-assembling nano-structures were found in mRNA vaccines!

Some people are sharing a study which claims to have discovered self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna!

Andrew Bridgen : Self assembling nano particles found in the Covid 19 jabs !!!!

Alex Jones : SHOCKING! Self-Assembling Nano Structures Found In Incubated Specimens From Pfizer and Moderna mRNA Jabs Have Been Shown In a Peer-Reviewed Study

Kim Dotcom : WARNING: Nanotech discovered in Covid-19 vaccines. In a peer reviewed study Scientists show that Nano structures self assemble after Pfizer/Moderna vaccines are injected into humans

Concerned Citizen : 🚨🌎 Holy Crap – Japanese & South Korean Scientists find NANO-STRUCTURES ‼️

Dr John Campbell reports on latest Pier reviewed Science Paper ‼️

“They took mostly Pfizer & Moderna Vaccines, incubated them in a replicated human body environment”

Legacy Media won’t tell you this – but this is hard evidence that supports all the reported Fibrous Blood Clotting which leads to other chronic illness.

Died Suddenly : BREAKING: COVID SHOTS INSTALLED NANOBOTS

New Japanese study proves Pfizer and Moderna v*ccines contain unauthorized “animated worm-like” entities, invisible to the human eye, which swim, wiggle, and assemble themselves into complex structures, which cause clots inside the body. (What embalmer Richard Hirschman found and exposed in the film Died Suddenly).

Dr. Young Mi Lee and Dr. Daniel Broudy from Okinawa Christian University discovered these “undisclosed additional engineered components” by isolating unused vaxx vials for 3 weeks, and then examined them under 400X magnification.

Lee and Broudy saw that when the nanotechnology was energized it created “discs, chains, spirals, tubes, and right-angle structures.”

The researchers, who published their findings in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory Practice and Research, believe these mysterious nanoparticles are responsible for the explosion of “turbo cancer” and autoimmune diseases around the globe.

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Truth : Self-assembling nano-structures were not found in mRNA vaccines!

The study, which is called Real-Time Self-Assembly of Stereomicroscopically Visible Artificial Constructionsin Incubated Specimens of mRNA Products Mainly from Pfizer and Moderna: A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study, can be read in full here.

As impressive as its long name and article length (64 pages!) may seem, it does not show any actual evidence of self-assembling nano-structures in mRNA vaccines, this appears to be yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines, and here are the reasons why…

The vaccine vials were likely contaminated

The study authors collected 58 vials, of which only 4 were unopened – 2 Pfizer, 1 AstraZeneca and 1 Novavax. The other 54 vials were used, and only contained residuals – leftover vaccine. There were no unopened Moderna vaccine vials.

Ideally, the study authors should have used only the unopened vials. However, it appears that they used all those vials – the vast majority which were already opened and used, and therefore highly likely to be contaminated.

Both Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are delivered in multi-dose vials – 6 doses per Pfizer vial, and 10 doses per Moderna vial. The vaccine doses in those vials are sterile but do not contain preservatives, and must be kept refrigerated at very low temperatures.

But when a nurse or doctor inserts a needle to withdraw a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, it will likely introduce some contaminants, including microbes. Hence, the contents of each vaccine vial must be used within 2 hours (Pfizer) or 6 hours (Moderna) – to ensure its safety as well as effectiveness.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the used vaccine vials were contaminated before the study authors even got their hands on them.

The vaccine samples were likely degraded

mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have to be stored at very low temperatures, or they will degrade quickly:

-70°C to -80°C (-94°F to -112°F) for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or
-25°C to -15°C (-13°F to 5°F) for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Just before administration, they must be thawed and kept at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) – and then, they must be used within 30-31 days.

While the study authors said they kept those vials at -20°C, it is uncertain whether they maintained the cold chain. If the vaccines were left at room temperature for more than a few hours, they would have degraded by the time they were put back into refrigeration.

But more importantly – the COVID-19 vaccines do not last long in our bodies. Right after being injected into our body, these vaccines rapidly enter nearby cells to produce the spike proteins that trigger our immune system to create the necessary antibodies against COVID-19.

Those COVID-19 vaccines, especially the delicate mRNA vaccines, would have broken down into their constituents if they were kept at room temperature for days, never mind weeks or months! It is therefore highly likely that what the study authors observed or photographed were agglutinated (clumps of) components of the degraded vaccines, rather than self-assembling nano-structures!

The vaccine samples were possibly contaminated

It is also highly possible that the vaccine samples were contaminated during their 12-21 months incubation period. After all, even filtered air in a clean laboratory would contain contaminants and microbes.

Unless the samples were sterilised after being prepared, and kept sealed and untouched during their incubation period, it is highly possible they were contaminated at some point in time.

The samples could also be contaminated at anytime the study authors handled them, if they did not take the necessary aseptic precautions.

The photos show large variety of “nano-structures”

If the COVID-19 vaccines were manufactured to deliver some kind of self-replicating nano-structure (for whatever nefarious reasons), the study authors should see the same “nano-structures” appear in all vaccine vials.

Yet, their photos show a dizzying array of different “nano-structures”, some with crystalline structures while others appear to be biological cells. This suggests that the photos show different kinds of contaminants in the vaccine samples, and not actually man-made “nano-structures” of any kind.

The study does not show actual nano-structures

It is odd to see the study authors use a stereo microscope to observe nano-structures. A stereo microscope is a type of optical microscope with two eyepieces (instead of one).

Despite having two eyepieces, stereo microscopes actually have much lower magnification than compound microscopes which have only one eyepiece. Hence, stereo microscopes are used for “low magnification” observation of a sample.

In any case, light microscopes of any kind are not the ideal way to observe nano-structures, because they do not offer enough magnification to resolve such tiny objects. Typically, they have a maximum resolution of just 400 to 700 nanometres (nm).

To observe nano-structures, extremely high-resolution electron microscopes should be used, as they can resolve structures from 0.1 to 10 nanometers (nm) in size.

That is why the study authors were not able to take photos of the mRNA vaccine lipid nanoparticle capsules were are approximately 80-100 nm (Pfizer) or 90-120 nm (Moderna) in size.

In fact, the study does not show any any object in the nanometre scale! The photos they took were of really massive objects in the micrometer scale – 1000x larger than nanometer.

The study authors also provided a 10 micrometer scale in their photos. This tells us that the objects they saw were, for most part, over 100 µm in size. It is possible that some of these structures are even 500-1000 µm (1 mm) in size, and might therefore be visible to the naked eye!

IJVTPR does not appear to be a credible science journal

The study was published in a journal called the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research (IJVTPR). If you have never heard of the IJVTPR, you are not alone. I have never heard of it either.

In fact, it appears to have been established only in 2020 – during the COVID-19 pandemic. And according to the New Lines Magazine, it does not appear to be a credible science journal:

The International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research could easily be mistaken for a respectable publication. Its stated aim is to “bring rigorous independent and unbiased research to the subject of vaccine safety and analysis.”

All 18 members of its editorial board have university degrees, though that doesn’t make them relevant authorities. The editor-in-chief, for example, is neither a scientist nor a medical doctor but a retired professor of linguistics. Its senior editor, meanwhile, is a Canadian neuroscientist with a long history of spreading scare stories about vaccines.

In short, the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research is not the publisher of rigorous and unbiased research that it purports to be.

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Did Canada destroy Pfizer + Moderna vials to hide evidence?!

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Is Canada destroying Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials to hide evidence of a crime?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Canada is destroying Pfizer + Moderna vials to hide evidence!

Some people are suggesting that Canada is now destroying all vials of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, in an effort to hide evidence of some kind of crime.

William Makis MD : BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics across Canada have been ordered to destroy all vials of Pfizer & Moderna COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines! My urgent message to all who have access: DO NOT RETURN OR DESTROY any Vaccine vials, they are priceless! Hide them

Dr David Cartland : Burn the evidence 🔥

COVID-19 vaccine clinics across Canada have been instructed to dispose of all vials of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.

Ontario Alliance : As Ontario COVID-19 vaccine clinics & others across Canada have now been ordered by Health Canada & Public Health Agency of Canada to withdraw & destroy of all vials of Pfizer & Moderna mRNA vaccines ... we realize they are now just trying hard to destroy the evidence for any future legal or political ramification & retribution, just like when Ford Tories said they would lock up Wynne Liberals after 15 years of government corruption & gross mismanagement, Premier Doug the Thug did nothing other than repeat the same & do worse

Lee Golden : BREAKING Burn the evidence 🔥 C19 vax clinics across Canada have been instructed to dispose of all vials of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaxxes!

#StoptheShots #NurembergCode

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Truth : Canada is not destroying Pfizer + Moderna vials to hide evidence!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines, and here are the reasons why...

Fact #1 : Canada is replacing current COVID-19 vaccines with newer versions

First, let me start by pointing out that Canada is just withdrawing the current COVID-19 vaccines to make way for newer versions.

On 27 August 2024, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) issued a memo (PDF) stating that it has ordered a market withdrawal of all COVID-19 XBB vaccines in Canada, in order to facilitate the approval of the newer KP.2 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.

This is because Health Canada will remove the strain identifier - XBB / KP.2, etc. so that the COVID-19 vaccines it approves in the future will have one drug identification number (DIN), presumably to avoid confusing people who might be wondering if they are getting the latest COVID-19 vaccine.

In short - Canada is withdrawing the current COVID-19 vaccines to make way for the newer COVID-19 vaccines that offer better protection against the current COVID-19 strains.

Fact #2 : Three COVID-19 vaccines are being replaced

Canada isn't just withdrawing and replacing the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Canada is also withdrawing and replacing the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which is known as Nuvaxovid.

As mentioned above - Canada is withdrawing ALL of its currently approved COVID-19 vaccines (which target the XBB.1.5 strain), to replace with newer COVID-19 vaccines that will target the KP.2 strain.

Fact #3 : Canada expects new KP.2 vaccines in late September 2024

As the memo explained, the Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization has recommended that people wait for the new KP.2 formulation of COVID-19 vaccines that offer better protection against the newer COVID-19 strains that are circulating now, compared to the earlier XBB formulation.

While the current COVID-19 vaccines are no longer available starting 1 September, the new KP.2 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax, are expected to be approved and distributed in late September 2024.

Fact #4 : British Columbia continues to provide COVID-19 vaccines

While the Public Health Agency of Canada has ordered the market withdrawal of current XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccines, it is allowing each province and territory the "flexibility" to transition to the newer vaccines (source).

British Columbia, for example, will make the current XBB.1.5 vaccines available until the new KP.2 vaccines are approved. On the other hand, Manitoba has stopped giving out doses of the current XBB.1.5 vaccine, but will consider giving them to patients who request, on a case-by-case basis.

Dr. Brian Conway, the medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, says that British Columbia's decision to continue providing doses of the XBB vaccine is a "reasoned" approach:

If you really need a shot now for a medical reason, this is still a very good vaccine that has good cross-protection against the currently circulating strain.

This clearly shows that there is nothing wrong with the current XBB.1.5 vaccines, whether they are from Pfizer, Moderna, or Novavax. At least one province continues to provide them, while at least one more province will provide them on request.

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Are 3 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe for babies?

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The CDC just recommended 3 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for babies 6 months and older – is that safe? Here is what you need to know…

Are 3 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe for babies?

The Children’s Health Defense, which is chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., just posted an article (archive) which claims or suggests that it might not be safe for babies to receive 3 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine because it’s unlicensed for children under 12.

There Are No Licensed COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 12 — But CDC Wants Babies to Get 3 Pfizer Shots by Age 9 Months

According to the latest CDC guidance, 9-month-old babies must receive multiple doses of an unlicensed mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be considered “up to date” with their COVID-19 vaccination.

Nine-month-old babies must receive multiple doses of an unlicensed mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be considered “up to date” with their COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC’s updated guidance, issued Aug. 30, states that children — as young as 6 months old — should get either two doses of the 2024-2025 Moderna vaccine or three doses of the 2024-2025 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

If getting the new Pfizer shot, the baby is supposed to receive the first dose at 6 months, the second dose three weeks later and the third dose at least eight weeks after the second dose — meaning, that by 9 months old, babies are supposed to have received three Pfizer shots.

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) CEO Mary Holland told The Defender, “The earlier COVID shots have been proven unsafe and ineffective. Now we’re asked to believe that newer versions are miraculously safe and effective?”

“This is an insult to people’s intelligence,” she said, “I pray that parents will have the good sense to say no to these dangerous and unnecessary shots for babies.”

As of July 28, 37,814 deaths following COVID-19 vaccination had been reported to VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, run by the FDA and CDC.

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It has since been shared and promoted as evidence that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous for babies.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : The CDC recommends THREE Pfizer Covid shots for babies by age 9 months. These shots are unsafe and ineffective, especially over the long term. And babies are at near-zero risk from Covid. So whose benefit is the CDC serving here?

Liz Churchill : This is murder.

Mary Talley Bowden : All babies are expected to get 3 C0VID shots before their 1st birthday.

Eliminating mandates is not enough.
All risk, no benefit.
Profits over safety.
Any other product would have been pulled off the market a long time ago.

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CDC : 3 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are safe + effective for babies

In this article, I will go through some of their points, and show you what the facts really are!

Fact #1 : FDA authorised Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for babies

First, let’s start by pointing out that the US FDA just authorised the latest, updated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, including for babies 6 months or older:

Unvaccinated individuals 6 months through 4 years of age are eligible to receive three doses of the updated, authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or two doses of the updated, authorized Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.

Individuals 6 months through 4 years of age who have previously been vaccinated against COVID-19 are eligible to receive one or two doses of the updated, authorized Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines (timing and number of doses to administer depends on the previous COVID-19 vaccine received).

In other words – there is nothing wrong with the CDC’s recommendation that the babies as young as 6 months old should receive 3 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Fact #2 : FDA authorised two COVID-19 vaccines for babies

In fact, the US FDA actually authorised two COVID-19 vaccines for babies 6 months and older (archive):

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (2024-2025 Formula) for individuals 6 months through 11 years of age
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (2024-2025 Formula) for individuals 6 months through 11 years of age

So why is Children’s Health Defense article focusing only on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine? After all, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is also based on a similar mRNA platform.

Does this mean that Children’s Health Defense believes only the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous for babies, but not the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine? Why only Pfizer, but not Moderna – they didn’t say.

In that case, well, just go ahead and opt for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine! Problem solved for people who are hesitant about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for babies.

Fact #3 : EUA undergoes same approval process

In case you are wondering – the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has full FDA approval for children and adults who are 12 years and older, and is authorised for emergency use in children between 6 months and 11 years of age.

This does not mean that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous or ineffective in children. After all, both EUA and full FDA approval undergo the same approval process, with this major difference in post-study follow-up:

EUA : At least half of the participants in the studies must be followed for at least two months after vaccination.
Full FDA Approval : All of the participants in the studies must be followed for at least six months.

In addition, full FDA approval requires more details on manufacturing plans and processes, as well as extra time for FDA to conduct oversight and inspections of manufacturing facilities.

You can read more about the differences between full FDA approval, and Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) here.

Fact #4 : Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was proven safe + effective for babies

As the Mayo Clinic points out, both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were tested to confirm their safety and effectiveness in children aged 6 months and older:

To find out the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 17 years old, the FDA looked at the immune responses of children in these age groups after they were fully vaccinated.

The FDA compared those responses to the immune responses of young adults who’d been given higher doses of the same mRNA vaccine.

As with the other vaccines, side effects were recorded. Some of the children were monitored for safety for at least two months after being fully vaccinated.

So it would be false to suggest that the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was never tested in babies as young as 6 months old.

Fact #5 : VAERS reports are unverified

The Children’s Health Defense article said that there were “37,814 deaths following COVID-19 vaccination had been reported to VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, run by the FDA and CDC.”

As I pointed out many times before, VAERS data is unverified, and notoriously susceptible to abuse, and false reporting. That’s because it’s an open system that anyone – not just doctors, can report anything they want.

In addition, the reports may be duplicated and have not been verified to be related to the vaccine or drug in question. That’s why VAERS specifically warns against using its reports to reach any conclusion about the risks or safety of vaccines / drugs in question.

But that is probably why anti-vaccination activists love using VAERS data – it’s unverified, and very susceptible to abuse and false reporting.

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Did Queen’s Brian May suffer stroke from COVID-19 vaccine?!

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Did Queen guitarist Brian May just suffer a stroke from the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Brian May suffered a stroke from COVID-19 vaccine!

Right after Brian May revealed that he suffered a minor stroke a week ago, some people immediately suggested that the Queen guitarist may have been injured by the COVID-19 vaccine.

The People’s Voice : Queen Guitarist Brian May, Who Promoted Covid Vaccines During Pandemic, Unable To Use Arm Following Stroke

Fully vaccinated and boosted Queen guitarist Brian May, who promoted the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines during the pandemic, has revealed he suffered a stroke earlier this week leaving him unable to use his arm.

Like many other vaccinated celebrities, he had news to share about a sudden and unexpected medical emergency.

Sudden And Unexpected : Fully vaccinated and boosted Queen guitarist Brian May, who promoted the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines during the pandemic, has revealed he suffered a stroke earlier this week leaving him unable to use his arm.

Lidiya Angelova : Brian May promoted so called COVID-19 vaccines. Stroke is a common adverse reaction to these gene products. The problem is that many innocent will die and get sick because listened to him.

Covid Vaccines were NEVER SAFE : Pfizer Covid 2021 Batch strikes again? Brian May suffers stroke. Same Brian May who pushed and promoted the experimental COVID vaccines.

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Truth : Brian May did not suffer a stroke from COVID-19 vaccine!

It is now tradition for anti-vaccine activists to immediately blame all injuries or deaths on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines…

Fact #1 : Brian May suffered from a minor stroke

On 27 August 2024, Sir Brian May (born Brian Harold May on 19 July 1947) mentioned that he suffered “a small health hiccup“, which forced him to miss his wife’s performance at the Albert Hall the night before.

On Wednesday, 4 September 2024, the Queen guitarist finally revealed that he had suffered a minor stroke, and was taken to Frimley Hospital in an ambulance.

That little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke.

All of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn’t have any control over this arm, so it was a little scary, I have to say.

Notably, Brian May was not diagnosed with Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) – a rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Fact #2 : Brian May temporarily lost control of his arm

Brian May revealed that he suddenly lost control of his left arm. That is not one of the symptoms of TTS. May also said that he was now fine, and can play the guitar again with full control of his left arm.

The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days.

Fact #3 : TTS occurs soon after AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination

It is simply impossible for Brian May to suffer a blood clot from the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because it would have occurred within days or weeks.

TTS, which is also known as Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT), occurs soon after a person receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and has a very specific diagnostic criteria:

Received the vaccine 4 to 42 days prior to symptom onset
Any venous or arterial blood clot (often cerebral or abdominal)
Low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) of less than 150 x 10⁹/L
Test positive for PF4 heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Markedly elevated D-dimer (> 4x the upper limit of normal)

Now, we obviously do not have Brian May’s medical report, and we don’t know whether he actually received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (instead of a different COVID-19 vaccine).

But we do know that the UK government stopped using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in winter 2021. So even if Brian May received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, it wouldn’t have caused TTS / VITT some 3 years later!

Fact #4 : COVID-19 blood clot risk is much higher

What you may not know is that COVID-19 infections greatly increases the risk of developing blood clots – up to 41% in positive patients, and up to 95% in severe COVID-19 cases.

Blood clots can also develop (through different mechanisms) with smoking and the use of oral contraceptive pills (OCP). Back in May 2021, we created this table to better demonstrate the risk:

	Risk	Difference
Thrombocytopenia in severe COVID-19 cases	Up to 95%	45,238X
Thrombocytopenia in COVID-19 cases	Up to 41%	19,524X
Dying from COVID-19 Infection	0.25% to 10%	119X to 4762X
Thrombosis from OCP (Adult)	Up to 0.46%	219X
Thrombosis from Smoking	0.18%	85.7X
Thrombosis from OCP (Adolescents)	Up to 0.01%	4.8X
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (AstraZeneca Vaccine)	0.0021%	Baseline

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Did Kamala Harris paralyse girl in 2011 hit-and-run accident?!

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Did Kamala Harris paralyse a 13 year-old girl in a 2011 hit-and-run accident?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Kamala Harris paralysed girl in 2011 hit-and-run accident!

Some people are sharing a video and/or an article which claim that Kamala Harris paralysed a 13 year-old girl in a 2011 hit-and-run accident!

Jen X : 🚨 In June 2011, Kamala Harris allegedly struck two pedestrians in San Francisco and fled the scene leaving a 13 years old girl paralyzed. Alisha Brown, a victim, claims Harris’ team intimidated her mother to keep silent. Story surfaced after her mother’s death in 2024.

K.D. : Kamala Harris hit a woman then fled the scene in 2011. This was buried to cover up for her felony hit and run that left a woman paralyzed SMH~!

Truth Patriot : 🚨 Kamala Harris’s Hit-and-Run Cover-Up: The Scandal Erupts 🚨

Back in 2011, Kamala Harris, now our Vice President, allegedly struck a 13-year-old girl with her car, leaving the scene like a ghost in the night. But here’s where it gets spicier – the girl, now wheelchair-bound, claims Harris’s team didn’t just leave her there; they allegedly intimidated her family into silence. #JusticeForVictims #KamalaCoverUp

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Truth : Kamala Harris did not paralyse girl in 2011 hit-and-run accident!

With help from Shayan Sardarizadeh of BBC Verify, we can confirm that this is another example of fake news created about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : KBSF appears to be a fake website

Let me start by pointing out that the article and video (archive) by KBSF – San Francisco News is fake.

First of all, there is no TV station by the name KBSF in San Francisco, or anywhere else in the United States for the matter.

In addition, the website itself is brand new – its domain – kbsf-tv.com, was only registered on 20 August 2024, at around 9:13 PM Zulu Time (UTC). The ownership of the website domain is also being “redacted for privacy” – which is common with scam or fake websites.

According to Shayan Sardarizadeh of BBC Verify, KBSF – San Francisco News has all the hallmarks of AI-powered fake news websites set up by Mosc0w-based John Mark Dougan, who is a former Florida police officer.

Fact #2 : Accident photo was taken in 2018

The cover photo, which purportedly shows the scene of the hit-and-run accident, wasn’t taken in 2011, or in San Francisco for the matter.

That photo was actually taken on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, on Route 10 in Mangilao, Guam. The 59 year-old driver struck an 81 year-old man, who later died at the hospital.

Fact #3 : Article confuses victim’s name

The KBSF article twice named victim / whistleblower as Alisha Brown, but later changed it to Alicia Brown. The video itself labels the victim as Alicia Brown.

Fact #4 : X-ray photos are not from car accident

As “evidence”, the video showed two X-ray photos, purportedly showing the injuries that Alisha / Alicia Brown suffered after being hit by Kamala Harris in 2011. The truth is – those X-ray photos were taken from medical research journals.

The first is an x-ray image taken on 4 February 2009, and shows rib fractures in a 58 year-old man suffering from Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.

The second x-ray image shows a Type C pelvic ring injure in a 12 year-old girl, that was posted online in the Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics on 1 February 2017.

Obviously, both x-ray images had nothing to do with any hit-and-run accident involving Kamala Harris, or a 13 year-old girl called Alicia / Alisha Brown.

Fact #5 : This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did Japan warn COVID-19 vaccines cause population collapse?!

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Did Japan just warn that the COVID-19 vaccines are causing a global population collapse?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Japan warns COVID-19 vaccines cause population collapse!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Japan just warned that the COVID-19 vaccines are causing a global population collapse!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Japan Warns COVID Vaccines Causing Global Population Collapse

Japan has issued a dire warning about the mRNA vaccines that were administered globally in late 2020 and declared “safe and effective.” According to Japanese scientists, these vaccines are safely reducing the global population and effectively collapsing populations.

The scientists, among the most respected in the world, also allege that international organizations such as the UN, along with multiple world governments, are involved in a massive cover-up to hide the full extent of this catastrophic loss of life.

According to the scientists, over one billion people have already perished, with many more deaths expected to follow.

Japan’s findings are redefining our understanding of the global depopulation crisis and highlighting the urgent need to hold those responsible for crimes against humanity accountable.

Kazuhiro Haraguchi, the Minister of Internal Affairs, has formally apologized to the Japanese nation, declaring “You were right, vaccines are killing millions of our loved ones.”

Japan understands that apologizes are not enough and the government and universities have ordered thousands of scientific researchers to investigate the vaccines from every possible angle.

The Covid mRNA task force is determined to fully understand the “crimes against humanity” perpetrated during the Covid pandemic specifically related to the roll out of experimental mRNA vaccines.

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Truth : Japan did not warn COVID-19 vaccines cause population collapse!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Japan did not warn about COVID-19 vaccines

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Japanese government has not issued any warning about the COVID-19 vaccines killing people, never mind causing a global population collapse.

If that actually happened, such a shocking news would have been widely reported by the mainstream media all over the world, and resulted in a mass outcry of outrage. Countries all over the world would also have stopped using COVID-19 vaccines, and launched their own investigations.

Yet, none of that happened. No report of population collapse anywhere in the world, no warning by the Japanese government, no outrage. Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

Fact #2 : Japan still recommends COVID-19 vaccines

If the Japanese government believes that the COVID-19 vaccines are killing people, and causing a global population collapse, it would have immediately stopped the use of the vaccines.

Yet, that did not happen. In fact, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) still recommends getting vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, even for children 5-11 years in age!

Fact #3 : Japanese population has been declining for years

The truth is – Japan has been suffering from a declining population for over a decade – since 2010. That’s ten years before the COVID-19 vaccines were invented!

Japan’s declining population has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines. It’s being caused by a steady drop in birth rates. In fact, the number of new births have been falling for 8 straight years – from 2015 to 2023.

In 2023 – the fertility rate in Japan was only 1.3 – far below the fertility rate of 2.1 for a population to remain stable. In other words – the number of births in Japan cannot compensate the number of deaths, and it has resulted in a decline in the Japanese population.

This trend will continue for decades, even if Japanese families start having large families of 4-5 children right away. That’s because it will take a long time for those children to have children of their own, and start “correcting” the decline.

The Japanese government’s Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) projected in 2023 (PDF) that the population in Japan by fall 30% by 2070.

Fact #4 : One billion people did not die from COVID-19 vaccines

It’s preposterous to claim that over one billion people have already died from the COVID-19 vaccines.

There are just over 8.2 billion people in the world right now. It would mean that 1-in-8 people have already died. If such a tragedy did occur, virtually everyone would know several people who had died from the COVID-19 vaccines. It would also have devastated economies all across the world. That obviously did not happen.

On top of that – 1 billion people dying in the last 44 months or so would mean 22.7 million deaths per month, or over 745,000 per day! Do you believe that so many people have died in the past 3.5 years?

The hospitals, morgues, crematoriums, cemeteries and funereal services would not only be overwhelmed, they would be filled to the brim for years! In fact, some countries would likely be forced to bury their dead in mass graves.

Fact #5 : World population continues to increase

Finally, I should point out that the world population continues to increase year-on-year.

In fact, the world’s population is projected to keep increasing every year until hitting a peak of about 10.3 billion people in 2080.

Fact #6 : Mass grave photo is from 2011

The People’s Voice article used a photo which showed a mass grave with soldiers carrying a coffin. That photo was taken in March 2011, and has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines, or even the COVID-19 pandemic.

The photo shows members of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force carrying the coffin of a victim of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, at the temporary mass grave site in Higashi Matsushima, northern Japan.

Fact #7 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Did Fatman Scoop die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine?!

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Did Fatman Scoop collapse on stage and die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine SADS?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-09-03 : Added new details
Originally posted @ 2024-09-02

Claim : Fatman Scoop died suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine!

Right after news broke that Fatman Scoop collapsed on stage and died suddenly at 53 years of age, some people immediately claimed or suggested the American rapper was killed by the COVID-19 vaccine!

Erin Elizabeth : Another major celebrity collapses on stage and dies suddenly. How many more is it going to take? Can you guess what he had in common with the others? Say yes below if you can see this. God so many people are dying after the jab.

Steve Kirsch : New normal. It’s so obvious that it’s the Covid shots causing this.

Tommy Robinson : ‘Fatman scoop’ becomes the latest in a huge line of people to “die suddenly” on stage or on a sporting field in the last few years. We all know what’s happening. #ArrestFauci

Naughty Beaver : Fatman Scoop, vaccinated, “Died suddenly” on stage in the middle of a performance.

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Truth : Fatman Scoop did not die suddenly from COVID-19 vaccine!

It is now tradition for anti-vaccine activists to immediately blame all injuries or deaths on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines…

Fact #1 : Fatman Scoop’s cause of death is still unknown

Let me start with a quick summary of the circumstances around his sudden death.

On Friday, August 30, 2024, Fatman Scoop (born Isaac Freeman III on August 6, 1971) was performing at the Town Center Park in Hamden, Connecticut, when he suddenly suffered a medical emergency and collapsed on stage.

His collapsed was caught on video. Fatman Scoop was seen climbing onto a platform, and struggling to go around the DJ. He then said, “If you came to party…” and pausing a moment before saying breathlessly “make some noise“, and then he collapsed out of view.

Medics tried to revive Fatman Scoop, and he was rushed to a nearby hospital. The next morning, his manager – DJ and producer Birch Michael, announced his death “with the heaviest of hearts“. And Fatman Scoop’s family then posted their statement, saying that “the world lost a radiant soul, a beacon of light on the stage and in life“.

Neither Fatman Scoop’s manager, nor his publicist Chanel Rae, or his family, have stated his cause of death. They certainly did not blame the COVID-19 vaccines for his death.

In fact, it has been speculated that an energy drink he consumed may have contributed to his death. Sharron Elkabas, the CEO of Fatman Scoop’s PR firm, told The Hollywood Reporter that the hiphop artist drank an energy containing stimulant compounds before his performance:

He had an energy drink before going on stage. He never drank energy drinks, but he did before this show.

Fatman Scoop also shared earlier that he suffered from COVID-19 and cellulitis in April. How bad was it? Did that COVID-19 infection, or his cellulitis, play any part in his death months later? Who knows?

The truth is – none of us know what caused Fatman Scoop’s death. Until and unless his family, or the Connecticut Medical Examiner reveals his official cause of death, no one knows for sure how he died – whether it was a heart attack, a cardiac arrest, or something else.

Fact #2 : Fatman Scoop was not vaccinated against COVID-19!

Fatman Scoop has publicly stated in an interview with Lil Jon that he was against the COVID-19 vaccines, and did not want to take it. He also stated (wrongly) that “the vaccine only MASKS the symptoms”.

I don’t want the vaccine. I’ll take my chances. No vaccine for me.

It is therefore impossible for Fatman Scoop to die from any COVID-19 vaccine side effect. After all – he never got vaccinated against COVID-19!

With that, Fatman Scoop now joins the list of unvaccinated people whose sudden deaths (or injuries) were abused by anti-vaccination activists for their agenda, like Kris Jordan, Aaron Carter, Kirstie Alley, Stephan Bonnar, Shane Macaulay, David Wayne Burleson, and Kaden Clymer.

Will those anti-vaccination activists apologise? I highly doubt it. They will likely just move on to the next sudden death / injury…

Fact #3 : Vaccine side effects appear with hours / days

Some people have also claimed (without evidence) that Fatman Scoop may have changed his mind, and got vaccinated against COVID-19.

But even if Fatman Scoop ended up getting the COVID-19 vaccine, he would have received his doses at least three years ago! He cannot possibly have suffered from a vaccine side effect, because they appear within hours or days, not months later.

Mild side effects like injection site pain, fever, muscle ache, headache, lethargy develop within minutes to hours of the vaccination. Anaphylaxis develops within minutes, while other severe adverse reactions like myocarditis and VITT develop within days or weeks.

The spike proteins produced by the COVID-19 vaccines also do not stick around for months. If these spike proteins are permanent (as antivaxxers claim), we would have lifelong immunity.

Your own immune system will identify the spike proteins as foreign, and destroy them within a matter of days, although some may last for up to a few weeks. This is part of how vaccines teach your immune system to identify the enemy and destroy it.

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Are the Mongols riding to Colorado to battle Venezuelan gangs?!

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Claim : The Mongols are riding to Colorado to battle Venezuelan gangs!

Some people are sharing videos which apparently shows Mongols MC bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gangs, with the Hells Angels!

Matt Wallace : Rumors are circulating that the Hells Angels & Mongols are heading to Colorado TO DEAL WITH THE ILLEGAL VENEZUELAN GANGS ⚠️

THEY ARE F*CKED 😳

RyGuy : Reportedly this is a convoy of the Hells Angels, the Mongols and other biker bands, banded together to take on the Venezuelan gangs in Aurora Co 🍿🍿🍿

IcedOutlan : JUST IN 🚨: Reports showing Hells Angels & Mongols driving to Colorado to fuck up illegal Venezuelan gangs! #HellsAngels

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Truth : The Mongols are not riding to Colorado to battle Venezuelan gangs!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : This video shows the Mongols Victory Ride in 2010

This video clip does not show the Mongols MC bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado to fight against the Venezuelan gangs.

It actually shows the Mongols Victory Ride in 2010 (over 13 years ago!), after the Mongols Motorcycle Club won its legal case against the Department of Justice and the ATF.

The Mongols Victory Ride took place over 10 days – from 30 July until 8 August 2010, and covered four states:

July 30 : Mongols Victory Ride began in Los Angeles, California
August 1 : The Mongols stopped at Las Vegas, Nevada
August 3 : The Mongols continued to Denver, Colorado
August 8 : The Victory Ride concluded at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota

The viral video clip circulating on TikTok appears to be edited from the original video that was posted by the Mongols MC on its official YouTube channel on 3 October 2010.

Bizarrely, the first part of the video was flipped horizontally from the original video, so the bikers appear to be riding on the left side of the road. This may have been done to make it more difficult for fact checkers to identify the original video.

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Fact #2 : This video was posted in 2022

This video most definitely does not show Mongols MC bikers on their way to Aurora, Colorado, to “help clean up the Apartments”.

It appears to have been digitally altered from an earlier video, which was posted by @pysssh on TikTok, on 6 November 2022 (archive), with the caption – Republicans ROARING to go vite [sic] Nov 8th!!!

It is unknown when that video was taken, and it does not appear to be related to the 2022 US midterm elections. But it is most certainly not a Mongols MC event, based on the casual clothes of some of the bikers, and the lack of Mongols MC patches.

A man can also be seen wearing a Susquehanna Valley Harley-Davidson t-shirt, while another is seen wearing a Harley-Davidson vest.

A Sidecarddog Riley booth can be seen at the back of this bike rally. The first available videos of Sidecarddog Riley show him at the Ocean City Bike Fest in Maryland, but the video does not seem to be taken in Ocean City. In fact, three bikes with readily visible number plates appear to be registered in Pennsylvania.

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Fact #3 : This video was recorded in Brazil

This video does not show Mongols MC bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gang members either.

This video appears to be originally posted by @robertoguedesjr on TikTok on 7 July 2024 – over a month before the Aurora gang takeover video went viral.

While I cannot yet determine where it was actually recorded, you can see three police vehicles escorting the bikers, and they all have the words Policia printed on them. They appear to be São Paulo State Highway Police vehicles escorting Brazilian bikers.

In short, this video was recorded several weeks earlier in Brazil, not the United States.

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Fact #4 : Aurora PD established a special task force to tackle the gangs

For those who are not sure what the fuss is about, here’s a quick summary of what’s going on in Aurora, Colorado.

On August 28, 2024, surveillance footage of a shooting incident that happened 10 days earlier at The Edge – an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, went viral. It showed young men with handguns and at least one automatic rifle breaking doors in, and barging their way into the apartment units. In another video, gunshots rang out as people called to their loved ones.

The Edge was one of three apartment buildings that are allegedly being terrorised by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). However, Interim Aurora Police Chief Heather Morris said in an interview that officers found no evidence of a gang takeover:

We’ve been talking to the residents here and learning from them to find out what exactly is going on. And there’s definitely a different picture. I’m not saying that there’s not gang members that don’t live in this community, but what we’re learning out here is that gang members have not taken over this complex.

In any case, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman said that the city is seeking an emergency court order to shut down those apartment buildings, and the Aurora Police Department has established a “special task force” in collaboration with local, state, and federal partners to handle the situation.

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Are Hells Angels heading to Aurora to fight Venezuelan gangs?!

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Are Hells Angels bikers now heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight Venezuelan gangs?! Take a look at the viral claims and videos, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-09-02 : Added another video
Originally posted @ 2024-09-01

Claim : Hells Angels are heading to Aurora to fight Venezuelan gangs!

Some people are sharing videos which apparently shows Hells Angels bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight Venezuelan gangs!

TaraBull : BREAKING: Multiple reports and videos on social media suggest the Hells Angels are heading to Aurora Colorado. Failed leadership has consequences

Juanita Broaddrick : Holy crap. Bikers on way to Aurora, Colorado. Is this real? One sure way to get cops to Finally get involved.

We Have It All : There’s gonna be some sh!t going down in Colorado! Democrats crapped all over this state. We’re not having it. Time to clean it up.
🚨To ANY illegal gangs acting like asshats this is your final warning‼️
Better run better run better run!!!!! Hells Angels are coming for you.

We Have It All : Oooohweeee! I don’t think the Venezuelan gangs have a clue what’s about to hit them🤭

Gunther Eagleman : Sht is getting real…!

Angry Citizen : #BREAKING #Aurora Allegedly all Branches of the Outlaws ((81)hellsangels)
Are heading to Aurora to deal with the problem #GANGWAR

richflood22 : Aurora, Colorado, some friends are coming#hellsangels #aurora #Colorado ##gangs

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Truth : Hells Angels are not heading to Aurora to fight Venezuelan gangs!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : This video shows the Rolling Thunder protest

This video clip does not show Hells Angels heading to Aurora, Colorado on 31 August 2024. Neither does it show Hells Angels heading to Milwaukee in July 2024, as other people have alleged (example).

The original video clip was actually recorded in Canada, sometime in April 2022 – more than 2 years ago, as a convoy of motorcyclists headed to Ottawa for the 2022 Rolling Thunder protest ride.

The original clip was posted on TikTok by @bidmartcanada (but appears to have been removed) but it is still available on TikTok (here) and was also featured in this CTV News video on 25 April 2022.

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Fact #2 : This video was recorded a year ago

This video was edited to claim that the Hells Angels bikers were going to, or are already at, Aurora, Colorado, in August 2024. That’s not true.

The original video was posted by @johnwauto on 17 August 2023 – a year ago. It showed bikers riding through Main Street of Sturgis, South Dakota.

It is unknown if those bikers were from Hells Angels. But why is certain is that they were in Sturgis for the 83rd Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which ran for 10 days from 4-13 August.

To be clear – those bikers were there for a good time, not to trade fists and gunfire with Venezuelan gang members in Aurora, Colorado!

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Fact #3 : This video was posted in 2022

This video most definitely does not show Hells Angels bikers on their way to Aurora, Colorado, to “help clean up the Apartments”.

It is unknown when that video was taken, and it does not appear to be related to the 2022 US midterm elections. But it is most certainly not a Hells Angels event, based on the casual clothes of some of the bikers, and the lack of Hells Angels patches.

A man can also be seen wearing a Susquehanna Valley Harley-Davidson t-shirt, while another is seen wearing a Harley-Davidson vest.

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Fact #4 : These bikers are from Survivors Motorcycle Club

This video does not show Hells Angels bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gang members. They are from the Survivors MC – a motorcycle club dedicated to combating addiction.

The video was originally posted by @aliens_are_purple on 31 August 2024, with hashtags like #cleanandsober, #soberlife, and #getyourmindright

He also shared in a later video that they had already arrived at the venue (which is obviously not Aurora in Colorado), and had a little barbecue, and explained that the 4-day road trip was to raise money for a good cause.

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Fact #5 : This video was recorded in Brazil

This video does not show Hells Angels bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gang members either.

This video appears to be originally posted by @robertoguedesjr on TikTok on 7 July 2024 – over a month before the Aurora gang takeover video went viral.

In short, this video was recorded several weeks earlier in Brazil, not the United States.

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Fact #6 : These do not appear to be Hells Angels bikers

This video was allegedly taken by @sp500_trades, who posted it on X (archive) saying “Can confirm. #HellsAngels headed to Aurora, CO!”

He said that he recorded the video on Highway 64, near the Arkansas-Oklahoma border, on the afternoon of August 30, 2024 (archive, archive). Apparently, it was a long convoy of bikes followed by some repair vans, headed west on Highway 64.

However, if you look closely, you can see that it’s an eclectic convoy of motorcycles and trikes in a staggered formation. The Hells Angels ride in a tight paired formation, and they do not ride trikes. So those are unlikely to be Hells Angels bikers.

In addition, you can see that shadows appear on the left side of the bikers, which suggest that the bikers are heading south. If they were headed west, they would be riding with the sun in their face, not to their right.

Of course, the highway may have curved south when this video was recorded, and the bikers are headed west to Colorado. After all, there was a biker rally in Durango, Colorado from 29 August to 1 September. But what is clear is that those are not Hells Angels bikers.

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Fact #7 : Aurora PD established a special task force to tackle the gangs

For those who are not sure what the fuss is about, here’s a quick summary of what’s going on in Aurora, Colorado.

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Is Trump planning to destroy UN + arrest COVID-19 criminals?!

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Is the Trump team planning to destroy the UN and arrest COVID-19 pandemic criminals?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Trump is planning to destroy UN + arrest COVID-19 criminals!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that the Trump team is planning to destroy the United Nations, and arrest globalist criminals for their role in the COVID-19 pandemic!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Insider: Trump To ‘Shatter UN Into a Thousand Pieces’ and Arrest COVID Plandemic Criminals

The Trump team is determined to shatter the United Nations into a thousand pieces and arrest globalist criminals in agencies including the World Heath Organization who are understood to be key players in the COVID plandemic.

In a groundbreaking development, the Trump transition team are preparing to authorize officials to arrest elite globalist figures allegedly involved in the perpetration of the COVID plandemic and other crimes against humanity.

The globalist United Nations and its corrupt agencies are being targeted as the head of the snake, with a Trump transition team member warning that an election win in November represents a mandate to stop funding the United Nations and go after the corrupt leadership.

In a shot across the bow at globalist overlords including Gates, Tedros and Schwab, the Trump team member said, “everything changes after November.”:

UN globalists understand the prospect of a Trump presidency means their days are numbered and they are running scared, pulling out all stops to stop Trump from returning to the White House and finishing the job he started.

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Truth : Trump is not planning to destroy UN + arrest COVID-19 criminals!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Trump team did not announce plans to destroy UN

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plan to destroy the United Nations.

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about destroying the UN, it would have been reported widely, and criticised by the Democrats as well as people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no outrage on social media, no condemnation by the Democrats. Nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is planning to destroy the UN if he wins the 2024 Presidential election.

Fact #2 : Trump team did not announce plans to arrest COVID-19 criminals

I should also point out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plan to arrest anyone for the COVID-19 “plandemic” – a long debunked conspiracy theory.

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about arresting people for the being involved in a non-existent “plandemic”, it would have been reported widely, and mocked by the Democrats as well as people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no mockery on social media, no ridicule by the Democrats. Nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is planning to arrest people for being involved in a ridiculous conspiracy theory.

Fact #3 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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UN peacekeepers caught smuggling illegal voters into US?!

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Claim : UN peacekeepers were caught smuggling illegal voters into US!

Real Raw News posted an article (archive) which claimed that UN peacekeepers were caught smuggling illegal voters into the United States!

As usual, the article is (intentionally?) long, rambling and confusing, so here is an excerpt. Please feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

They’re Here

According to our source, General Smith last week received a credible tip claiming a UN “humanitarian relief effort,” comprised mostly of French forces, had landed in Mexico City and would shuttle 500 illegals in 10 busses over the border on August 17, then bring them to MVD offices in Nogales, Sierra Vista, and Green Valley. The general’s tipster said Arizona Department of Transportation director Jennifer Toth had staffed the offices with registered Democrats who favored inclusivity and open borders.

Nonetheless, the general sent two Marine platoons to Nogales Thursday afternoon, ordering them to ambush the convoy of illegals and arrest or “eliminate” UN personnel—if they posed an imminent threat or entered the US illegally.

Upon arriving at the crime-ridden border city, the Marines discovered where they believed the incursion would take place. A half-mile northwest of the Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry, someone had torn down a 20-foot-wide section of the border fence and the razor wire in front of it. A tracked vehicle—a backhoe or crane—had left indentations in the ground.

At 4:00 a.m. Saturday, the Marines spotted three ramshackle buses approaching the gap in the fence. They were jam-packed with illegals and driven by men wearing blue helmets with “UN” stenciled in white on either side.

Marine Hummers armed with .50 machine guns and Mk19 grenade launchers quickly swooped in and formed an impenetrable blockade that prevented the buses from entering the United States. The Marines illuminated the buses with floodlights, blinding the drivers and occupants, and through a loudspeaker, commanded them to reverse course or be fired upon as enemy combatants. The lead bus driver, speaking English with a thick French accent, called out through his own bullhorn, asking permission to approach the Marines to negotiate an equitable resolution.

The unarmed Blue Helmet kept his hands atop his head as he plodded toward the Marines, then explained he had been given explicit and lawful permission to bring 140 “political refugees” into the United States. He even had a permission slip signed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Kamala Harris, Border Czar.

The Marine in charge gestured to the Marine crewing the Mk19 grenade launcher. A second later, the lead bus erupted in a fireball, struck by three grenades. Two more blue helmets emerged from the bus, one racing toward the rear door, the other unslinging his famas automatic rifle. His blue helmet offered no protection against the .50 round that almost cleaved his head off.

Our source said the surviving buses kicked up dirt as they sped from the border.

“We’ve detained indefinitely the UN soldier, a one sub-lieutenant Philip Dubois. He says he knows nothing about plans to interfere in the election. He insists he was escorting political refugees but doesn’t know why he was asked to drive through a big hole in a fence. He also said there were never ten buses, just three, which we’re sure is a lie. And our fear is seven buses got in someplace else. We take border security and voting integrity very seriously,” he said, adding that White Hats will be on guard for further enemy encroachments.

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Truth : UN peacekeepers were not caught smuggling illegal voters into US!

The truth is – this is just another fake story created by Real Raw News, and here are the reasons why…

UN peacekeepers did not try to smuggle illegal voters into US

This is really silly, but it has to be said – UN peacekeepers did not try to smuggle illegal voters into the United States.

If that actually occurred, it would have been widely reported, and condemned by people on both sides of the political divide, and everyone in between. It would have also sparked criminal and Congressional investigations.

Yet, there has been no legitimate media coverage, not even an outraged Senator or two. That’s because it never happened – it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, the Real Raw News article offered no evidence to back up its claim, just rambling nonsense.

US Marines did not kill UN peacekeepers or illegal immigrants

It also has to be said that there is no report of US Marines killing UN peacekeepers, or illegal immigrants at the US-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona.

If any US official fired their guns into Mexican territory, never mind actually killing people on Mexican soil, it would have been a diplomatic disaster. The Mexican government would have been outraged, and demanded that the US Marines be handed over to them to be charged for murder.

It would also have been widely reported, and condemned by people in the United States and Mexico. Yet none of that happened, because it was all made up.

Needless to say, the Real Raw News article provided no evidence to back up its claim, just rambling nonsense.

US Marines cannot deploy within the US

It is really silly for anyone to claim that US Marines were sent to defend the border against UN peacekeepers and/or illegal immigrants.

The Posse Comitatus Act prevents federal military personnel from being deployed within the United States, except when expressly authorised by the Constitution, or an Act of Congress.

Generally, only the President of the United States can order the deployment of US federal military personnel and federalised National Guard troops within the United States using the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Even if President Joe Biden was so inclined to send US Marines to help defend the border, he wouldn’t have ordered them to arrest and/or shoot anyone attempting to enter the United States illegally.

Non-citizens cannot vote in US federal elections

While the number of illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States has increased in the post-pandemic years, they do not pose any political threat, as it is illegal for non-citizens to vote in any US federal election since 1924.

In addition, non-citizens voting in US federal elections can be punished with fines and up to one year of imprisonment, and of course, deportation, since 1996. So it is not surprising to find that non-citizen voting in the US is very rare.

For example, research by the Brennan Center for Justice in 2017 looked at 42 jurisdictions in the 2016 election, and reported that of 23.5 million votes cast, election officials only found about 30 cases of potential non-citizen voting that they referred for prosecution or further investigation.

Photo shows Nepalese peacekeepers in South Sudan

The photo used by the Real Raw News article does not show UN peacekeepers at the US-Mexico border in 2024.

That photo actually shows Nepalese peacekeepers who just arrived in Juba – the capital of South Sudan to support the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on 2 April 2014 – more than 10 years ago!

Needless to say, those Nepalese peacekeepers were not in South Sudan to smuggle illegal voters into the US!

Real Raw News is known for fake news

Real Raw News is a fake news website that capitalises on making shocking but fake stories to generate page views and money.

To protect himself from legal repercussions, the owner and writer, Michael Baxter (real name – Michael Tuffin), claims that his articles are “humour, parody, and satire“.

That disclaimer, which is not clearly mentioned in his articles, lets him keep creating fake news to go viral, and generate money.

A March 2018 screenshot of Michael Tuffin, who goes by the pseudonym Michael Baxter

His articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should NEVER share anything from his website. Here are some of his fake stories that I debunked earlier:

Everything posted by Real Raw News should be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.

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Is Trump’s team planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes?!

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Is the Trump transition team planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Trump team is planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that the Trump transition team is planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Trump Insider: Arrest Warrants Ready for Elites Spraying ‘Genocidal’ Chemtrails

In a groundbreaking development, the Trump transition team are preparing to authorize officials to arrest elite figures allegedly involved in the covert operation of spraying chemtrails to manipulate weather patterns, control populations, and disperse harmful toxins, including aluminium and barium.

These high-level arrests are set to target those at the top who have orchestrated these activities, rather than the operational staff unaware of the full scope of their actions.

On Monday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent shock waves through the corridors of power in D.C. and Davos when he promised to stop the government’s clandestine chemtrails operations poisoning Americans and citizens of other nations.

According to a Trump campaign team member, evidence is being gathered, arrest warrants prepared, and prosecutors readied to bring down the criminal cartel that has been using stratospheric spraying operations to advance their agenda of contamination and control:

Did you catch that? They are determined to go after those at the top, not the operational staff who may or may not be aware of the crimes they are involved in perpetrating.

It all began going wrong for the mainstream media when Kennedy Jr responded a video on X that featured footage of chemtrails planes and a voice over detailing secrets about the pilots who fly these machines.

As Kennedy Jr explained, chemtrails are not a conspiracy theory, they are a conspiracy crime, and as part of the Trump administration he will ensure that the perpetrators are exposed and bought to justice.

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Truth : Trump team is not planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Trump campaign did not announce plans for chemtrail crimes

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plans to arrest anyone for “chemtrail crimes”. That’s probably because there isn’t any actual law against chemtrails in the first place!

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about arresting people for chemtrail crimes, it would have been reported widely, and mocked by scientists and people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no mockery or howls of laughter on social media, nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is preparing to arrest people for “chemtrail crimes”.

Fact #2 : Chemtrails do not exist

The term “chemtrails” refers to the belief that condensation trails (contrails) left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents being deliberately spread for various nefarious purposes.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that condenses into ice crystals in the extremely cold air.

In fact, these contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

On top of that, it would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents like mpox. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence that chemtrails exist, much less are an actual crime that people can get arrested for, never mind evidence that the Trump campaign plans to arrest people for “chemtrail crimes”.

Fact #3 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Did Kamala Harris lie about working at McDonald’s?!

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Did Kamala Harris lie about working at McDonald’s during college?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Kamala Harris did not work at McDonald’s!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Kamala Harris may have lied about working at McDonald’s during college. Here are some examples / excerpts:

Ryan Fournier : BREAKING: McDonald’s Corporate sources have come forth and said they have no record of Kamala Harris working at any of their locations.

Who lies about working at a McDonalds?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Washington Free Beacon : ‘I Did Fries’: Kamala Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald’s, but She Never Mentioned It Until She Ran for President. Did She Really Toil Beneath the Golden Arches?

Harris’s résumé a year after she graduated college makes no mention of McDonald’s

Harris’s work at McDonald’s, which allegedly took place at a franchise in the California Bay Area the summer after her freshman year in college, is a recent addition to her carefully curated life story. For decades, Harris never mentioned it, not on the campaign trail nor in two books. It’s absent from a job application and résumé she submitted a year after she graduated from college. Third-party biographers did not write about it. Not until Harris ran for president in 2019 and spoke to a labor rally in Las Vegas did she mention the job, telling the crowd that she “was a student when I was working in a McDonald’s.”

If some details of the job have varied, while others are murky, that might be because there is no record of Harris mentioning the McDonald’s job before that labor rally in Las Vegas in June 2019. The job goes unmentioned in both of her memoirs, published in July 2010 and January 2019.

The Free Beacon also obtained a copy of Harris’s October 1987 job application for a law clerk position in the Alameda County district attorney’s office. On that form, Harris, who was in law school at the time, listed several jobs—including a month-long clerical job at a stock brokerage—in a section that asked her to list every position she held in the last 10 years. McDonald’s is absent.

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Truth : Kamala Harris likely worked at McDonald’s

This appears to be an example of fake news about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Kamala Harris often spoke about working at McDonald’s

Let me start by pointing out that Kamala Harris has often spoken about working as a cashier, fry-maker, and ice-cream server at McDonald’s in Alameda, California during her summer off while studying at Howard University.

It was a short stint – she only worked at McDonald’s during the summer of 1983, but it appeared to be an experience for her. In 2019, Harris would join a picket line of McDonald’s workers who were striking for a $15 minimum wage.

At that time, she said that while she “did the french fries and the ice cream” at the Golden Arches that summer, “there was not a family relying on me to pay the rent, put food on the table, and keep the bills paid by the end of the month” like those McDonald’s workers.

Months before she ran for President, Kamala Harris spoke about working at McDonald’s on The Drew Barrymore Show – “I did fries, and then I did the cashier“.

Kamala Harris has worked at many small jobs, and may be leaning heavily on that summer job at McDonald’s because it’s more relatable to working class and middle class voters.

In contrast, her rival – former President Donald Trump is famous for his love of eating (not working) at McDonald’s, and is not known to have ever worked at any minimum wage job in his life.

Fact #2 : McDonald’s has not commented on Kamala Harris’ summer job

While Ryan Fournier claimed that McDonald’s corporate sources have come forth to say that “they have no record of Kamala Harris working at any of their locations“, he provided no evidence.

More importantly – McDonald’s itself never commented on Kamala Harris’ summer job, much less said that it has “no record of Kamala Harris” ever working at any of its locations.

Fact #3 : McDonald’s would not have franchisee’s employee records

Back in 1982, there were two McDonald’s locations in Alameda, California – at 1346 Park Street, and at 2031 Webster Street. It is not known where Kamala Harris worked that summer.

However, it is more than likely that both McDonald’s restaurants were owned and operated by franchisees, as McDonald’s was expanding rapidly through franchising in the early 1980s. Even today, some 82% of McDonald’s restaurants are owned by franchisees, and not owned by McDonald’s Corporation.

McDonald’s franchisees handle their own employees, and McDonald’s corporate would not have those employee records. So even if someone at McDonald’s Corporation took the effort to look into employee records, they would not be able to see employee records handled by franchisees.

I should also point out that Kamala Harris worked at McDonald’s in the summer of 1983 – 41 years ago. It is highly unlikely that McDonald’s Corporation or even the franchisee would still have employee records going that far back!

Fact #4 : Kamala Harris listed her most recent jobs

The Free Beacon pointed out that when Kamala Harris applied for the position of a law clerk in the Alameda County district attorney’s office in October 1987, she failed to mention her summer job at McDonald’s four years earlier.

If you look at the form below (archive), you can see that Kamala Harris filled the three available slots with her three most recent jobs:

working as a law clerk for Alexander, Miller & McGee from June to August 1987
working as an operator for Charles Schwab & Co from July to August 1986
working as a student assistant for the Federal Trade Commission from April to May 1986

While her other jobs were not listed, it seems more than likely that Kamala Harris would have other jobs to list before she would need to list her stint at McDonalds in the summer of 1983.

In fact, her resume stated that she also worked as a U.S. Senate Intern for Senator Alan Cranston in the summer of 1984 – a year before her summer job at McDonald’s.

It also seems likely that Kamala Harris would have realised that a summer job frying potatoes and working the cash register at McDonald’s might not impress the Alameda County district attorney’s office, even though some people might feel otherwise.

Fact #5 : This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this appears to be yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did NASA confirm plans for 2025 Mass Extinction Event?!

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Did NASA confirm plans for a Mass Extinction Event in 2025?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : NASA confirmed plans for 2025 Mass Extinction Event!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that NASA documents reveal that it plans to play a leading role in a Mass Extinction Event in 2025!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Official NASA Documents Confirm Plans For Mass Extinction Event in 2025

Official NASA documents reveal the agency has been preparing for decades to play a leading role in a mass extinction event in 2025 that will lead to the collapse of civilization and the depopulation of the majority of people on planet earth.

During a PowerPoint presentation, NASA’s Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell outlined plans for a devastating series of inside job terror attacks and biological warfare on US soil against US citizens in 2025 as part of the plot to destroy civilization as we know it.

Alarmingly, many of the details outlined in the NASA PowerPoint presentation have already occurred, indicating that the plans for the mass extinction event are well underway.

A PowerPoint presentation by Chief NASA Scientist Dennis Bushnell at the Langley Center in July 2001 detailed a plan to wage war on humanity and radically depopulate the planet… in the year 2025.

According to the NASA presentation, the year 2025 will feature terrorist attacks in the United States, biological attacks, and an EMP or electromagnetic pulse.

Critical infrastructure will be destroyed as part of the plan to bring civilization to its knees, and American citizens will be tortured on prime time news.

Deborah Tavares has the details about this disturbing NASA presentation.

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Truth : NASA did not confirm plans for 2025 Mass Extinction Event!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : NASA is not planning for mass extinction event in 2025

Let me start by simply pointing out that NASA is not planning to initiate, or participate in, a mass extinction event in 2025. That’s just silly.

If there was even a hint (never mind an actual NASA document!) of such a dastardly NASA plot to kill billions of people, it would have sparked mass outrage and numerous criminal investigations.

None of that ever happened. No legitimate media reporting, no mobs of outraged people picketing outside NASA, no Congressional investigations, no criminal indictments, nothing.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence NASA is planning to “play a leading role in a mass extinction event in 2025“.

Fact #2 : It was a NASA presentation on the future of warfare

The NASA document in question – Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare [Circa 2025], which was written by NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell, has nothing to do with any mass extinction event.

If you look at the PowerPoint presentation (PDF), you can see that it was a prediction of the future of warfare meant to inform the US military on:

future war fighting concepts
new procurement decisions
“heads up” for the intelligence community
Department of Defense R&D planning

There is nothing in the entire NASA document that even suggests a mass extinction event in 2025, much less revealing that NASA intends to play a major role in such a plot. Why on Earth (a NASA pun!) would anyone suggest otherwise???

Fact #3 : 2025 refers to time period for developing new systems

The 2025 reference is not a “deadline” for some kind of nefarious plot, like a mass extinction event. Rather, it was a timeline for the development and fielding of new systems. This was clearly explained on page 5 of the document:

Order of 10+ years required to develop/field new systems, in inventory for 30+ years, should be designed for middle of inventory period, hence 2025 time period

In the very last page, Dennis Bushnell also wrote about warfare changes in time period of 2030 due to on going revolutions in IT, biotechnology, nanotechnology, etc. Now, why would he be talking about 2030 and beyond, if NASA was going to obliterate humanity in 2025?

Fact #4 : NASA document photo is fake

The People’s Voice article and video used a cover image which purportedly shows a NASA document with the title “depopulation plans for 2025“. That is a fake image that appears to be AI-generated.

If you look at the actual NASA document (PDF), you can see that there is no such title. In fact, it doesn’t even mention the word “depopulation” even once!

And if you take a closer look at the photo, you can see that other than the title “depopulation plans for 2025” and the NASA logo, the rest of the text is gibberish – a clear sign of generative AI.

Fact #5 : It was an old NASA presentation

I should also point out that this NASA document is old, being published in 2011 – 13 years ago! That’s very old as technology goes.

NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell, who wrote it, shared it as part of his presentation at the 4th Annual Testing and Training for Readiness Symposium & Exhibition, which ran from 13-16 August 2011.

The document was released by NASA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at least since 4 April 2016 (XLS record), and is available for viewing and downloading at multiple websites.

So why would anyone bring up this old NASA presentation on the future of warfare that is clearly outdated, and suggest that it reveals NASA’s non-existent plans to “play a leading role in a mass extinction event in 2025“???

Fact #6 : NASA photo does not show Dennis Bushnell

The NASA photo that The People’s Voice article and video used does not show Dennis Bushnell at all. Neither was it taken at his August 2011 presentation.

Instead, the photo shows Trent J. Perrotto from the NASA Office of Communications hosting a news conference (video) on the Completion of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative at NASA Headquarters on 14 November 2013.

NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell was not present at that briefing, so why would anyone use that completely unrelated photo of other NASA officials in an article about him???

Fact #7 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called chemtrails a crime – is he right?

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has just vowed to stop the crime of chemtrails! Take a look at what chemtrails are all about, and find out what the facts really are!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to stop the crime of chemtrails!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to stop the crime of chemtrails, in response to a video on X (formerly Twitter), which purportedly shows a whistleblower pilot speaking about chemtrails.

Here is an excerpt of the article, which is long and (intentionally?) confusing, so feel free to skip to the next part for the facts!

Concerned Citizen : “I call them tanker terminators – we are paid more than any other pilot”

Chemtrail Pilot Whistleblower.

I’m convinced the majority of them are remotely operated – the tech obviously exists & there’s way too many.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : We are going to stop this crime.

This came after RFK Jr. suspended his US Presidential aspirations for a role in Donald Trump’s campaign. Donald Trump also said, on Sunday, that RFK Jr. would tackle health issues in a potential future Trump Administration.

His response suggests that a potential Trump Administration will “stop” that crime. Over 3 million people saw his reply, at the time I wrote this article.

Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about chemtrails!

In this article, I will go through some of the key claims about chemtrails, and share with you what the facts really are!

Fact #1 : Chemtrails do not exist

Chemtrail conspiracists believe that governments or corporations are using chemtrails to make people sick, control the population, test biological or chemical weapons, or change the weather.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – short for condensation trails.

Contrails are usually trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that can condense into ice crystals inextremely cold air. Such engine contrails generally form at high altitudes – usually above 8,000 metres (26,000 feet), where the air temperature is below −36.5 °C (−34 °F), but can also form at lower altitudes if the air is cool and moist.

Contrails can also be triggered by changes in the air pressure over the wing surface, or in wingtip vortices. They can also form at the tips of rotating propellers. Such contrails are usually seen at low altitudes, particularly when the ambient humidity is high.

For example, you can see contrails forming at the tips of this Curtiss P-40 Warhawk’s propellers. Obviously, this antique warbird isn’t being used to spray chemicals or toxins through its propellers!

Fact #2 : Contrails can last a long time

According to atmospheric scientists, such contrails can dissipate after a short time, or persist for a long time – it all depends on the atmospheric conditions the plane is flying through.

If the air is very dry, contrails will not form, or will be short-lasting. But if the air is humid and cold, the water vapour will immediately condense into ice particles, which can persist for a long time.

Conspiracists insist that contrails persist for a long time in the sky because they contain chemicals or toxins that are used to control people’s minds, or make them sick. But that wouldn’t make sense, because those chemicals or toxins are persisting in the air for hours, instead of dispersing to affect people below.

Real villains who actually fund chemtrail missions will want the chemicals or toxins to quickly disperse to both avoid detection, and to rapidly affect the people below. They wouldn’t want the chemicals or toxins to stay impotently for hours high in the sky.

After all, letting the chemicals or toxins stay in the sky for a long time will let people on the ground get away from the danger zone, get under shelter, or put on protective gear – defeating the nefarious plan.

Interestingly, many of these chemtrail conspiracists do not run away, get under shelter, or put on protective gear whenever they see what they call “chemtrails”. Instead, they take photos and videos to post on social media. You have to wonder – is that what people normally do when they are being gassed???

Fact #3 : It’s silly to spray chemicals so high in the sky

It is also silly for any nefarious government or corporation to spray chemicals or toxins or mind control drugs so high in the sky.

Wind speeds increase with altitude. At normal flight altitude, the wind can actually reach speeds of 200 km/h or more. So anything that is sprayed at such a high altitude will get blown to a completely different area.

That’s why crop-dusters fly close to the ground – to ensure that the pesticide or herbicide only hits the targeted area, and not get blown elsewhere. Similarly, the US Air Force and US Army used low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and even armoured personnel carriers (APC) to spray Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

On top of that, chemicals or toxins released at such high altitudes will get diluted as it disperses into the air. By the time it reaches the ground (if it ever does), it would be in really low concentrations. That’s the same reason why aircraft are allowed to dump fuel to reduce weight in emergency situations – tons of jet fuel can be dumped at high altitude because it will dissipate before reaching the ground.

Fact #4 : Contrails existed decades before chemtrail conspiracy

The chemtrail conspiracy only started in the late 1990s, after the US Air Force published a 1996 report about weather modification. However, such contrails were seen for decades before the first conspiracist even thought of the concept.

Large, long-lasting contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

Flight crews on such high-altitude bombing missions have personally seen those contrails forming from their own aircraft, as well as aircraft around them. So have people on the ground.

Fact #5 : Contrails form over uninhabited areas too

Contrails are seen forming even when the aircraft is flying over open oceans and uninhabited areas.

Why would any nefarious government or corporation spray chemicals or biological agents over oceans and uninhabited areas? Surely they don’t plan to control the minds of fishes, or wildlife?

Fact #6 : It would be impossible to cover up such a conspiracy

Any large-scale program to spray chemicals or toxins using high-altitude aircraft would be impossible to conceal.

It would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents. Not only would the pilots and engineers be willing participants, it would require airlines to sacrifice space, weight and money on their flights to load those chemicals or biological agents.

Thousands more would also need to manufacture, store and transport those chemicals and biological agents, while thousands more people working at airports will need to assist in the storage and loading of those chemicals and biological agents.

It is inconceivable that so many people would be such willing participants in any program that would harm other people, including their family and friends. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

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Is Bill Gates creating a supervirus using COVID, Mpox and HIV?!

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Is Bill Gates creating a supervirus using COVID-19, Mpox and HIV?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Bill Gates is creating a supervirus using COVID, Mpox, and HIV!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Bill Gates is creating a supervirus using COVID-19, Mpox, and HIV, to kill billions of people.

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Insider: Bill Gates Developing COVID-Mpox-HIV ‘Supervirus’ To Kill Billions of Humans

Bill Gates is working with Fauci to develop a new ‘supervirus’ that will combine RNA from SARS-CoV-2, mpox and HIV which will be capable of wiping out the vast majority of the population in a short space of time.

According to Biotech Analyst Karen Kingston, the supervirus will be aerosolised and sprayed on billions of humans worldwide.

On Wednesday, Kingston joined Brannon Howse to discuss the US House Committee questioning the alliance of the Biden-Harris Administration alliance with the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”) and the US biopharmaceutical FDA trials being conducted by the Chinese military.

“It appears that the NIH has been funding the creation of a highly debilitating immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that can be transmitted via an injection, or even viaskin-to-skin contact during herpetic skin lesion breakouts (“mpox”),” Kingston said.

She explained that US and Canadian scientists filed a patent for mpox in China. The patent shows that the “monkeypox mRNA” was encoded as a latent virus into the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA found in Pfizer’s and Moderna’s covid-19 mRNA injections. In other words, a multi-species mpox was being used as a vaccine delivery vehicle for SARS-CoV-2.

“So, they’re saying that mpox is a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. It makes no sense,” she said. “And now the NIH is funding ways to aerosolise this.”

In some people, the covid injections cause vaccine-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (“VAIDS”)*, which weakens their immune system. And, Kingstone explained, because the sequences for pox-like viruses are embedded in the mRNA sequences contained in covid injections, those who develop VAIDS are likely to present with shingles and other herpetic (herpes virus) outbreaks, and herpetic cancer which is called Kaposi Sarcoma.

What’s scary, Kingston said, is that they are attempting to combine mpox, HIV and SARS-CoV-2; to make “a virus within a virus; [a] supervirus using nanoparticles technology to strengthen it so that there could be skin-to-skin transmission of a virus that is similar to HIV,” she said. This means it will be able to spread in a similar way that chickenpox spreads, through touching blisters or the liquid from blisters.

“It appears what they are trying to do is: within the pox virus family incorporate HIV mRNA strands so that there can be human-to-human transmission to just continually weaken our immune systems,” Kingston said.

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Truth : Bill Gates is not creating a supervirus using COVID, Mpox, and HIV!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : No evidence Bill Gates is creating any virus with Dr. Fauci

This may seem silly, but let me start by pointing out that there is ZERO evidence that Bill Gates is creating any virus with Dr. Anthony Fauci, much less a “supervirus” made using COVID-19, Mpox, and HIV.

If there is such a project to create a supervirus to kill billions of people, it would have resulted in massive outrage, and numerous criminal investigations. Yet, there has been no legitimate media report, or even any outrage or criticism from the scientific community (who would know best about such matters). That’s because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence that Bill Gates is working with Dr. Anthony Fauci to create a supervirus of any kind, never mind one made from COVID-19, Mpox and HIV.

Fact #2 : Karen Kingston did not even mention Bill Gates

The People’s Voice article appears to be based on an opinion piece and video clip by Karen Kingston (archive).

Interestingly, Karen Kingston did not mention Bill Gates even once! So why would The People’s Voice article suggest otherwise???

Fact #3 : Karen Kingston only worked as Pfizer representative

According to information posted on her LinkedIn profile (archive), Karen Kingston only worked at Pfizer from June 1996 to November 1998, as a healthcare representative.

As a Pfizer healthcare representative (example), her job scope would have been to sell Pfizer products or services to healthcare professionals in her region or area. She would not have any insight into product development, never mind actually conduct any research.

Her 2.5 year stint at Pfizer also occurred over 21 years before COVID-19 pandemic. So she would not have any insight into the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

As far as we can tell, Karen Kingston did not work on any scientific research at Pfizer, and she left long before mRNA vaccines were developed. So she can hardly be described as as “insider”.

Fact #4 : Pfizer mRNA vaccine was developed by BioNTech

In addition, the Pfizer mRNA vaccine was actually developed by a separate company – BioNTech, which is based in Germany. It was co-founders Özlem Türeci (left) and her husband, Uğur Şahin (right), who created the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.

Pfizer was merely BioNTech’s partner for the purpose of carrying out clinical trials, manufacturing and distribution of the BioNTech mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. That’s why the vaccine was initially known as BNT162b2 – BNT being short for BioNTech, and later became the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

In short – Pfizer did not develop the mRNA vaccine technology used in its COVID-19 vaccine. It was created by Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci at BioNTech.

Fact #5 : Pfizer mRNA vaccine does not contain mpox or HIV viruses

The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine does not contain any monkeypox (now known as mpox) virus, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

We know this because the full sequence for the mRNA encoding used in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine consists of only 4250 nucleotides.

On the other hand, the monkeypox virus DNA genome is much larger at about 197kb in size, while the HIV virus RNA genome is about 9.2kb in size.

In other words – it is simply impossible for the much smaller mRNA encoding to contain monkeypox and HIV viruses!

Fact #6 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Did the US attack + bomb these 26 countries since WW2?!

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Did the US attack and bomb these 26 countries since World War 2?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : US attacked + bombed these 26 countries since WW2!

People are sharing a video on TikTok and WhatsApp, which purportedly shows the US attacking and bombing 26 countries since World War 2!

Have you ever wondered how many countries the United States has bombed since World War 2?

Countries bombed by the US

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Truth : US did not attack + bomb all 26 countries since WW2!

This is yet another example of propaganda created and/or promoted by the Chinese 50 Cent Army (wumao, 五毛) and/or pro-CCP netizens, and here are the reasons why…

Let me start by pointing out that the video isn’t accurate. The United States did not attack and bomb all those 26 countries.

The list also lacks context for any bombing that might have occurred, making it look like the US was being the aggressor, attacking those countries without reason.

Let’s go through the list of countries in the video, and provide you with the necessary facts and context:

Cuba (true) : On 15 April 1961, eight B-26 bombers attacked Cuban airfields to support the Bay of Pigs Invasion by Cuban exiles. There was the only airstrike, and no civilians were targeted.

Dominican Republic (false) : The US intervened in the Dominican Civil War of 1965, but never bombed the country as it was defending the military-installed government against a coup.

Guatemala (false) : The US armed, funded, and trained Guatemalan rebels in deposing democratically-elected President Jacobo Árbenz, and installing the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas. However, the US did not bomb Guatemala during the coup.

El Salvador (false) : The US did not bomb El Salvador as it was supporting the government of El Salvador against the communist FMLN groups in the Salvadoran Civil War of 1979 to 1992.

Nicaragua (false) : The US funded and aided the Contras in its campaign to topple the Sandinista Administration. However, it never bombed Nicaragua.

Panama (true) : The US invaded Panama in December 1989 to depose and arrest General Manuel Noriega for racketeering and drug trafficking, and restoring Panamanian democracy. Its bombing was limited to military targets – F-117A Nighthawks, for example, dropped a 2,000 pound bomb between two Panama Defense Force (PDF) barracks at Rio Hata.

Grenada (true) : The US and six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada in 1983 after receiving a formal appeal for assistance from the Organisation of Easter Caribbean States, which received an appeal of assistance from the Governor-General of Grenada Paul Scoon, after the Prime Minister of Granada, Maurice Bishop, was arrested and executed by the Revolutionary Military Council. Bombing by airstrikes and artillery was limited to military targets, although US Navy A-7s accidentally bombed a mental hospital, killing 18 people.

Peru (false) : The US never bombed Peru.

Congo (false) : The US supported the Democratic Republic of the Congo, together with the United Nations, but it never bombed the Congo.

Libya (true) : The United States bombed Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing. The airstrikes targeted military assets like the Bab al-Azizia Barracks, and the Murat Sidi Bilal training camp for naval commandos.

In 2011, NATO forces including the US, bombed Libya as part of its military intervention, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (UNSCR 1973) during the First Libyan Civil War. Since then, the US has continued to bomb terrorist camps in Libya.

Libyan people celebrating attack on Muammar Qaddafi’s main military compound in Tripoli, August 23, 2011
Photo credit : AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini

Somalia (true) : The US has conducted airstrikes and drone strikes against al-Shabaab militants in support of the Federal Government of Somalia since 2016. To be clear – these bombings were conducted with the agreement, and coordination, of the government of Somalia.

Sudan (true) : On 20 August 1998, the US Navy launched cruise missiles at the al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, on bad intelligence which suggested it may be used in VX nerve gas manufacturing, and had financial ties between the factory and Osama bin Laden.

Serbia (true) : NATO forces, including the US, launched airstrikes against the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, to stop the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Albanians. Yugoslav President Milošević was later indicted for war crimes (like Russian President Vladimir Putin).

Bosnia (true) : NATO forces, including the US, launched airstrikes to support United Nations Protection Force protecting safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Army of Republic Srpska. The United Nations requested NATO assistance to support its efforts to prevent a genocide in 1995.

Lebanon (false) : The US did not bomb Lebanon, because it intervened in the 1958 Lebanon crisis at the request of President Camille Chamoun. Together with Lebanese government forces, American troops successfully occupied the Port of Beirut and Beirut International Airport. After the crisis ended three months later, the United States withdrew.

Iran (false) : While the US has arguably conducted clandestine operations against Iran, it has not actually bombed Iran. Even when Iran shot down a US drone in June 2019, the US did not retaliate militarily.

Iraq (true) : In 1991, 42 countries including the United States, launched airstrikes against Iraq, during the liberation of Kuwait.

In 2003, the US, UK, Australia, Poland, and Iraqi rebels invaded Iraq to oust Prime Minister Saddam Hussein. Massive airstrikes allowed the coalition to conclude major combat operations in less than a month.

Kuwait (false) : In 1991, 42 countries including the United States, launched airstrikes and artillery bombardments against Iraqi forces during the liberation of Kuwait. However, I chalk this as false, as they were not targeting Kuwait.

Syria (true) : Since 2014, the US, UK, France, Jordan, Turkey, Canada, Australia and other countries have been launching airstrikes against the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front forces inside Syria.

Afghanistan (true) : The US, UK, Canada, and other countries, bombed and invaded Taliban-ruled Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks on the United States.

Vietnam (true) : The US conducted extensive bombing of North Vietnam after attacks by North Vietnamese guerrillas, and North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam in a massive Easter Offensive in 1972.

Laos (true) : The US dropped 260 million bombs on Laos, to try and cut North Vietnam’s logistical trail known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Cambodia (true) : The US dropped 214 tons of bombs on Cambodia from 1965 to 1968, in attacks on the sanctuaries and base areas of North Vietnamese and Viet Gong forces during the Vietnam War.

Indonesia (true) : Despite President Eisenhower’s orders that no Americans be involved, the CIA bombed Indonesia’s outer islands on 19 April 1958, during its failed attempt to overthrow the Sukarno government.

North Korea (true) : The US, as part of the United Nations Command, carried out an extensive bombing campaign of North Korea during the Korean War of 1950-1953, which started after North Korean troops attacked South Korea on 25 June 1950.

China (false) : The US never bombed China.

This is really nothing more than yet another example of propaganda created or promoted by the infamous Chinese 50 Cent Army (wumao, 五毛), and/or pro-CCP netizens. Here are some other examples I fact-checked recently:

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Is Kamala Harris disqualified due to mother’s immigration fraud?!

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Is Kamala Harris now disqualified to run for President due to her mother’s immigration fraud?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Kamala Harris is disqualified due to mother’s immigration fraud!

Some people are sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Laura Loomer (archive), who claimed that Kamala Harris may be disqualified to run for President of the United States due to her mother’s immigration fraud.

🚨🚨🚨Did Kamala Harris’s @KamalaHQ mother commit immigration fraud? And is Kamala Harris trying to force her dead mother into all of her campaign speeches as a way to normalize immigration fraud and illegal immigration? 🚨🚨🚨

Recently obtained immigration documents obtained by @LoomerUnleashed referencing Shyamala Gopalan Harris, the mother of Vice President @KamalaHarris, reveal serious issues that may lead to Kamala Harris’s disqualification as a presidential candidate.

As per a document from the United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service form I-463, dated August 21, 1967, Shyamala Gopalan Harris claimed to have only one child even though both of her children were born by this time. This discovery was just uncovered by @LauraLoomer and
@CcpSkipTracer.

Take note of the following birthdates:
Kamala Devi Harris was supposedly born on October 20, 1964. Kamala’s younger sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris was born January 30, 1967.

Why did Shyamala lie on official immigrations forms and say she only had one child if she had two?

Did Kamala Harris’s mother, who she made the focus of her DNC Convention Presidential nomination acceptance speech, commit immigration fraud?

This is a developing story and additional posts and receipts will be posted.

Truth : Kamala Harris’ mother did not commit immigration fraud!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Visa petition was filed on 18 January 1967

Let me start by pointing out that Kamala Harris’ mother – Shyamala Gopalan Harris filed her visa petition on January 18, 1967.

At that time, Kamala Harris was just over 2 years old, and her mother was pregnant with her younger sister.

Fact #2 : Maya Harris was born on 30 January 1967

Maya Lakshmi Harris – Kamala Harris’ younger sister, was born on 30 January 1967 – 12 days after her mother filed her visa petition.

In short – Shyamala Harris did not lie on her application form. The form does not show that she committed any form of immigration fraud.

At that time she filed her visa petition, Shyamala Gopalan Harris was still pregnant and had not given birth to Maya Harris. She only had one child, as stated in her application form.

Fact #3 : INS approved Shyamala Harris’ visa petition on 21 August 1967

It took the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) almost 7 months to approve Shyamala Harris’ visa petition on August 21, 1967.

To be clear – the August 21, 1967 date refers to the visa petition’s approval date, and not its application date.

Fact #4 : Laura Loomer did not share two other relevant forms

This may be confusing for many people because Laura Loomer only shared Form 1-463, which is one of two approval documents issued by the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) to Shyamala Gopalan Harris – Kamala Harris’ mother, on August 21, 1967.

One page earlier was Form 1-171, which notified Shyamala Harris that her visa petition was approved. That INS Notice of Approval confirmed that her petition was filed on 1-18-67 (January 18, 1967) – almost 7 months earlier.

You can check these relevant pages in the full list of documents (PDF) on Shayamala Gopalan Harris that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on September 28, 2020.

Form 1-140 (pages 34-35) : The Immigration Petition for Alien Workers filed by Shyamala Gopalan Harris on January 18, 1967

Form 1-171 (page 32) : The Notice of Approval of Visa Petition issued by the INS on August 21, 1967.

Form I-463 (page 33) : The report of third preference petition approved by the INS on August 21, 1967.

Did Laura Loomer miss this notice of approval? Did she not see the date of petition? If she saw the notice of approval and the petition date, why did she not share it?

It would also be most peculiar if Laura Loomer did not see Shyamala’s actual application form, which immediately followed the form she shared.

In any case, we now know conclusively that it was at least a “misunderstanding” by Laura Loomer. Perhaps next time, she will do a better “investigative job”? One can only hope…

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Did Cristiano Ronaldo just die suddenly in tragic car crash?!

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Did football legend Cristiano Ronaldo just die suddenly in a tragic car accident?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-08-26 : Added a fact check video and new updates.
Updated @ 2024-03-21 : Added new updates, including a new photo.
Originally posted @ 2023-04-18

Claim : Cristiano Ronaldo just died suddenly in tragic car crash!

People are claiming on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and social media that football legend Cristiano Ronaldo just died suddenly in a tragic car accident, with photos of the car accident and his funeral procession!

YouTube : Cristiano ronaldo no more || ronaldo death || UR Cristiano || cristiano ronaldo || ronaldo || death

TikTok : Fallece CR7 Triste Noticia (CR7 Passes Away Sad News)

YouTube : CRISTIANO RONALDO DEAD IN CAR ACCIDENT

YouTube : 10 minutes ago / Cristiano ronaldo Death | Sad News | RIP Cristiano Ronaldo

YouTube : He died #cr7 #cristiano #cristianoronaldo

myricebowl : CR7 DIED | CR7 dies in a car crash and the other car flees the scene

nolfi : cr7 is dead. RIP 😭😭😭😭

Good Bye Cristiano ronaldo | Rip Cristiano

Rip #fyp #ronaldo #cristianoronaldo #rip #sad #viral #blowthisup #foryoupage #cr7

He’s dead 🥶☠️ #ronaldo #football #fyp #foryou #soccer

Very Sad News 10 minutes ago! Cristiano Ronaldo Super star Food ball CR7 lost his life in a car accident in Portugal

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Truth : Cristiano Ronaldo did not die suddenly in tragic car crash!

This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by people to generate income from page / video views and advertising, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Cristiano Ronaldo is still alive + well!

Cristiano Ronaldo (born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro on 5 February 1985) is still very much alive and well, as of Monday, 26 August 2024!

Of course, you will want “proof of life”, don’t you? Well, Ronaldo posted a photo of himself on Monday, 26 August 2024, which showed him at the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, where the host nation’s “Team Falcons” won the $7 million prize money.

Obviously, Ronaldo is not only alive, he’s very healthy.

Fact #2 : No legitimate media outlet reported Ronaldo’s death

These social media posts, as well as YouTube and Facebook videos have been circulating for months now, but people don’t seem to notice that no legitimate media has reported on Cristiano Ronald’s death!

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the world’s best footballers and a mega celebrity. His death would have been covered extensively by the media across the globe!

Yet, no legitimate media outlet has reported that Cristiano Ronaldo died recently from any cause. Why should you believe no-name websites, or random YouTube / Facebook / TikTok videos?

There is also the inconvenient fact that there has been no massive outpouring of grief from his millions of fans.

Fact #3 : Viral car crash photo was from 2009

The viral photo of a badly damaged car is genuine, and shows a car in which Cristiano Ronaldo drove and crashed. However, that happened 15 years ago, when the Portuguese footballer was just 23 years old!

At 10:20 am on 8 January 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo crashed his Ferrari sports car into a roadside barrier in a tunnel on the A538 Wilmslow Road near the Manchester airport, on the way to train with the Manchester United team.

The car was badly damaged, with one of the front wheels sheared off and thrown over a hundred metres away. However, Cristiano Ronaldo was not injured, and got out of his car by himself, and later went on to train that morning.

Fact #4 : Cristiano Ronaldo accident and funeral photos are fake!

Because Cristiano Ronaldo never died in a car crash or a hospital, these fake news creator have to resort to using photos from other accidents or funerals.

For example, this photo does not show a screenshot of a news report about Cristiano Ronald’s tragic car accident, in which the other car fled the scene.

The fake news creator simply used a photo from a tragic accident in the Portuguese island of Madeira, where a tour bus swerved off a winding street and tumbled down a hill, killing at least 29 people and injuring dozens of other passengers.

To make it more convincing, the fake news creator added the LIVE and BREAKING NEWS chyrons to the image. Needless to say, Cristiano Ronaldo was not onboard the tour bus. He was never there, never mind injured or killed in that April 2019 tragedy.

In this example, the fake news creator merely added an inset photo of Cristiano Ronaldo with an arrow, a crying emoji and a LIVE chyron, to a photo of the funeral procession of IRA veteran Bobby Storey, which occurred on 30 June 2020.

If you take a closer look, you will see a bagpiper and Argos – a retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. You may also notice that everyone’s white! That’s because the photo was taken in Belfast, not Portugal!

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portuguese. Why on Earth would his funeral be held in Ireland?! And why would his family want a bagpiper at his funeral?!

Fact #5 : Ronaldo death hoax is driven by fake fact check too

This Cristiano Ronaldo death hoax is, ironically, just another fake fact check article by MediaMass Project, which keeps “updating” the dates in their fake fact check article:

News of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the March 2024 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the 39-year-old footballer is alive and well.

Rumors of the footballer’s alleged demise gained traction on Sunday after a ‘R.I.P. Cristiano Ronaldo’ Facebook page attracted nearly one million of ‘likes’. Those who read the ‘About’ page were given a believable account of the Portuguese footballer’s passing:

“At about 11 a.m. ET on Saturday (August 24, 2024), our beloved footballer Cristiano Ronaldo passed away. Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985 in Funchal. He will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.

Hundreds of fans immediately started writing their messages of condolence on the Facebook page, expressing their sadness that the talented 39-year-old footballer was dead. And as usual, Twittersphere was frenzied over the death hoax.

Where as some trusting fans believed the post, others were immediately skeptical of the report, perhaps learning their lesson from the huge amount of fake death reports emerging about celebrities over recent months. Some pointed out that the news had not been carried on any major Portuguese network, indicating that it was a fake report, as the death of a footballer of Cristiano Ronaldo’s stature would be major news across networks.

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Their claim of a viral R.I.P. Cristiano Ronaldo Facebook page is false. There is no such Facebook page. It is their standard fake fact check spiel for fake celebrity deaths.

The statement from Cristiano Ronaldo’s unnamed rep confirming that he is not dead is exactly the same as statements from other reps of celebrities MediaMass claimed were victims of death hoaxes, like Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barry Gibb, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Celine Dion, Clint Eastwood, Dolly Parton, Harrison Ford, Justine Bieber, Lionel Messi, Lucy Liu, Madonna, Melanie Laurent, Mike Tyson, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Pattinson, Simon Cowell, Slyvester Stallone, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise, and Tom Hanks.

Hidden in the description page for the MediaMass Project is a disclaimer that they are a “satire” website. That’s the usual “cover” for websites peddling fake news.

Regardless of their reasons, anything posted by MediaMass.net must be considered as fake news, until proven otherwise.

Fact #6 : This is just fake celebrity news

This is yet another example of fake celebrity news created to generate engagement, page views or money through advertising, just like these examples:

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Is monkeypox a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease?!

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Is monkeypox / mpox an autoimmune disease caused by the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Monkeypox is a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that monkeypox is a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease – autoimmune blistering disease, or shingles, or even herpes!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Top Virologists Blow Whistle: Monkeypox Is Actually COVID Vaccine-Induced ‘Autoimmune Blistering Disease’

Top doctors worldwide are stepping forward to expose the World Health Organization’s monkeypox scare as a cover-up for known side effects linked to the COVID mRNA vaccines.

According to leading virologist Dr. Poornima Wagh, we are not experiencing an outbreak of monkeypox around the world, as claimed by the WHO. As Dr. Wagh explains, the symptoms experienced by those diagnosed with monkeypox are actually a known side-effect of the Covid shots.

Meanwhile, Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg has warned that the WHO’s claims of a monkeypox emergency is another scam and the disease we are witnessing is actually the result of destroyed immune syste shingles caused by the Covid shots.

Monkeypox cases are currently being reported in highly vaccinated countries around the world, while lesser-vaccinated countries are not reporting any cases.

Take, for instance, the confirmed Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine side-effect known as automimmune blistering disease which is listed in the fine print of confidential Pfizer documents as a known side-effect of the vaccines.

The condition is hidden within the 9-page long list of adverse events of special interest at the end of Pfizer’s reissue_5.3.6 postmarketing experience.pdf document.

Official government data and confidential Pfizer documents strongly suggest the Covid-19 injection is in the process of reactivating the dormant chickenpox virus or herpes virus due to the severe damage mRNA does to the immune system.

This means we may not be witnessing a worldwide outbreak of monkeypox at all, but rather a huge cover-up of the consequences of administering an experimental injection to millions of people.

Meanwhile, another confidential Pfizer document contained in the data dump, known as ‘reissue_5.3.6 postmarketing experience.pdf’, revels that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have destroyed immune systems, causing herpes viral infections to make a major comeback.

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Truth : Monkeypox is not a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Monkeypox is not an autoimmune disease

Let me start by pointing out that monkeypox (which is now known as mpox) is not an autoimmune disease in the first place.

Mpox / monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus.

Fact #2 : Monkeypox is not caused by COVID-19 vaccines

To be clear, monkeypox is not caused by any COVID-19 vaccine, because they do not contain the monkeypox virus, as some have alleged.

Fact #3 : Mpox virus was first identified in 1958

Mpox was first identified by Preben von Magnus in crab-eating macaque monkeys (hence, the name) that were being used as laboratory animals in Denmark, way back in 1958 – more than 60 years before the COVID-19 vaccines were invented.

Fact #4 : First human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970

In addition, the first known human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mpox is endemic.

This occurred more than 50 years before the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved, so mpox infections have nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines.

Fact #5 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate

It is ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox / monkeypox outbreak is caused by COVID-19 vaccination, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!

According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people in Congo – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.

Fact #6 : COVID-19 vaccines are not associated with autoimmune disease

After billions of doses were administered and over 3.5 years of monitoring, COVID-19 vaccines are not known to cause any autoimmune disease. Neither do they cause viral diseases like herpes by “destroying the immune system”.

People claiming that mpox is really autoimmune blistering disease, or herpes, or shingles, appear to base their “opinions” on the Pfizer list of 1,291 Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) that some claim the FDA tried to block for 75 years.

That’s just utter nonsense, because the AESI list is not a list of vaccine side effects, and includes irrelevant adverse events like viral infections (herpes, MERS, varicella, etc., as well as “manufacturing production issue” and even “product availability issue”!

Fact #7 : Autoimmune diseases cannot spread like a virus

Autoimmune diseases like autoimmune blistering disease, pemphigus, or pemphigoid, arise when your own immune system mistakenly attacks your skin, or mucous membranes. It cannot spread from person to person.

Monkeypox / mpox infections, on the other hand, are caused by a viral infection that spreads through close or sexual contact.

So it is really silly to claim or suggest that the current outbreak of monkeypox / mpox is really vaccine-induced autoimmune diseases that spread from person-to-person… like a virus!

Fact #8 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Did WEF report confirm 6 billion people will die in 2025?!

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Did a WEF report confirm that 6 billion people will die in 2025?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : WEF report confirms 6 billion people will die in 2025!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that a WEF report confirms that 6 billion people will die in 2025!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

WEF Document Confirms 6 Billion Humans Will Die In 2025

A World Economic Forum report hiding in plain sight confirms that upwards of six billion people will die in 2025 – and according to reports from Davos, Klaus Schwab has confirmed the stated goal is on target to be achieved.

WEF co-founder Klaus Schwab was caught boasting in a loose-lipped moment with reporters that Agenda 2030 is a red herring or ruse to throw normies off the scent.

In reality, the situation is more urgent than that. 2025 is the year the elite are earmarking for massive worldwide population decline — and according to Schwab, the goal of reducing the population by more than 6 billion people is on track to be achieved.

A BBC journalist reported that she was summoned to Davos earlier this month for the regular meeting where Klaus Schwab briefs the mainstream media on which narratives to promote in order to advance the globalist agenda.

The journalist noted that it was her first time attending the monthly media meeting in Davos, though some of her colleagues have been participating for years.

She describes Klaus as being strangely emotional, almost as if he were intoxicated, laughing frequently and reminiscing in a sociopathic manner about the depopulation agenda, which he admitted has been intricately planned for decades.

Deagel predicted in 2020 that the UK would see its population decline by 77.1% by the year 2025. Deagel predicted in 2020 that the United States would see its population decline by 68.5% by the year 2025. While Germany was predicted to see its population decline by 65.1% by the year 2025. While also predicting a huge decline among other Western countries including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Truth : WEF did not issue any report that 6 billion people will die in 2025!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : WEF did publish any report that 6 billion people will die in 2025

Let me start by pointing out that the World Economic Forum (WEF) did not publish any report that claimed or suggested that 6 billion people would die in 2025.

If the WEF actually published such a report, it would have been covered widely and mocked or criticised. Yet, there has been no media coverage of such a WEF report, nor social media outrage. That’s because there was no such WEF report.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence of any WEF report that claimed or suggested that 6 billion people would die in 2025.

Instead, The People’s Voice article appears to be based on a 2020 forecast by the Deagel.com (archive) – a website that is not part of, or owned by, the WEF.

It is already said that this website is non-profit, built on spare time and we provide our information and services AS IS without further explanations and/or guarantees.

Fact #2 : BBC did not report on Klaus Schwab comments on Agenda 2030 and depopulation

I should also point out that the BBC did not publish any story about Klaus Schwab calling the UN Agenda 2030 “a red herring or ruse to throw norms off the scent“.

Neither did the BBC publish any story claiming or suggesting that Klaus Schwab said that “the goal of reducing the population by more than 6 billion is on track to be achieved“.

Needless to say, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence to back up its “fact checked” claims.

Fact #3 : Deagel forecast did not show 6 billion people will die in 2025

The Deagel forecast for 2025 (archive) did not show that 6 billion people will die in 2025.

For one thing – it only covered 183 out of 195 countries. But more importantly, the report actually predicted that the population in some countries will increase while falling in other countries.

India : population increases by 61.72 million
Pakistan : population increases by 13.95 million
Philippines : population increases by 12.77 million
Indonesia : population increases by 6.56 million
Egypt : population increases by 8.27 million

In addition, the Deagel report stated that its 2025 population predictions included migratory movements (from one country to another):

The countries forecast population numbers do reflect birth/deaths but also migratory movements. Many countries are going to increase their gross population due to immigration while their native population may shrink.

But ultimately, the Deagel forecast of the world’s population in 2025 did not show that 6 billion people would die in 2025. So it is really peculiar why anyone would suggest otherwise…

Fact #4 : More than US population would have to die every month

The premise isn’t even logical. There are currently only 8.2 billion people in the world right now. That means 3 out of every 4 people – 75% of the people in the world, must die in the next 16 months!

For 6 billion people to die by 2025, 375 million people – larger than the entire population of the United States, must die every month. That’s just over 12 million people per day – or roughly the population of Belgium.

Obviously, people are not dying like flies, so why would anyone claim or suggest that 6 billion people would die in 2025???

Fact #5 : World population continues to increase

As you can tell by now, six billion people are not going to die in 2025. Instead, the world’s population continues to grow year-on-year.

In fact, the world’s population is projected to keep increasing every year until hitting a peak of about 10.3 billion people in 2080.

Fact #6 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

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Did Klaus Schwab warn of Era of Shock Events for 2024 Election?

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Did Klaus Schwab warn of an Era of Shock Events for the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Klaus Schwab warned of Era of Shock Events for 2024 Election!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Klaus Schwab earned of an Era of Shock Events for the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Klaus Schwab Says ‘Era of Shock Events’ Is Coming Ahead of 2024 Election

Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum (WEF) just warned an “era of shock events”is coming ahead of the 2024 US election as the global elite prepare to unleash chaos in society.

In a dystopian article, the WEF warns that citizens heading to the polls in November should be expecting “destabilizing events” including a “cyber pandemic – which is intentional,” the emergence of a “new global extremist group,” and fast-tracked climate change disasters including a sudden sea-level rise that will submerge an island nation.

The globalist elite are desperate for elections in 2024 to go their way as they continue attempting to evade prosecution for crimes against humanity perpetrated in the post-pandemic era. In this context it is no surprise the WEF is warning us to “Look for global risks to be further exacerbated by unexpected, destabilizing shock events.”

What are the global elite planning? Perhaps the most concerning line in the article is in reference to intentional cybersecurity attacks. Given Klaus Schwab’s longstanding interest in unleashing a “devastating cyber attack” on the world, this warning should not be taken lightly.

Referencing the Crowdstrike global cybersecurity outage in July, the WEF said “Imagine if a bad actor did this – on purpose and on an even grander scale?”

The WEF also claimed that we are living in an “opportunistic time” for a “global extremist group” to emerge and wreak havoc around the world without suffering many consequences.

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Truth : Klaus Schwab did not warn of Era of Shock Events for 2024 Election!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Klaus Schwab / WEF did not write the article

Let me start by pointing out that Klaus Schwab did not write the article, which was published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on 19 August 2024.

The article was an opinion piece by Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz, who is a professor at New York University, and does not work for the WEF. The disclaimer at the bottom clearly states that “The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.”

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence that Klaus Schwab had anything to do with the article, or the opinions contained within, much less actually say that an “era of shock events” is coming ahead of 2024 election.

Fact #2 : Article was about global risk trends for this decade

The article, which is called “4 global risks to look out for in the post-pandemic era“, is not about the 2024 US Presidential election alone.

It actually details the global risks that Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz believes we should look out for this decade, as is clearly pointed out in the second paragraph:

There is nothing in the article that would describe any nefarious plans by the WEF to influence the 2024 US Presidential election.

Fact #3 : Era of Shock Events was not about 2024 election

There is a section in the article called “An era of shock events”. However, it has nothing to do with the 2024 US Presidential election. In fact, it actually points out that “realistically America’s 2024 election won’t change [the ending of the US-driven post-Cold War era]”.

Here are the three shock events that Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz thinks “may” impact global stability:

a new global extremist group
an intentional cyber pandemic
the sinking of an island nation due to climate change

Obviously, none of them have anything to do with the 2024 US Presidential election! Why would anyone suggest otherwise???

Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Was this man shot with buckshot or infected with monkeypox?!

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Was this man shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot, or infected with mpox / monkeypox?! Take a look at the viral photo, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-08-21 : Added Ama Llulla network fact check, and more details
Originally posted @ 2024-08-20

Claim : This man was shot with buckshot, not infected with monkeypox!

Some people are claiming that the famous photo of a man with multiple black scabs was not infected with monkeypox, but rather, he was shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot.

Debbie Crawford : Fake pic! That is a guy that got shot with Buckshot years ago, stop with the fear porn already

Kevin McKernan : It’s a buckshot injury you PhDarded NPC.

Tarek : this is not monkey pox..i am in Congo and help with hospitals.. this is just a protestor shot with buckshot in Iran

Truth : This man was infected with monkeypox, not shot with buckshot!

This appears to be an example of (accidental?) fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : False claims based on Iran HRM article

It appears that people who claimed that this photo actually shows a man who was shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot, based their opinions on an Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) article that was posted on 8 November 2022 (archive). Here’s an excerpt:

Shooting to kill, an unretouched image of Iran regime

A documentary on the Iranian regime’s use of shotguns against Iranian protesters

State forces in Iran fire the shotguns with pellets as alternatives to live ammunition against protesters. This use of arms is an act against international laws. A shotgun is not only considered a deadly weapon, but it accidentally harms anyone in its range. Children and the elderly are all possible targets, even passers-by and those who may not be participating in protests.

The Iran HRM article posted a slightly-cropped photo of the man with dozens of large black scabs, with the description – “A citizen hit by buckshot“.

Fact #2 : Photo shows immunocompromised mpox patient

The truth is – the viral photo was wrongly labelled by Iran Human Rights Monitor, as a victim of buckshot fired by Iranian security forces.

This photo was taken by Dr. Hiram Jerónimo, a Mexican infectious disease specialist, who posted it on 11 October 2022 – almost a month before the Iran HRM article.

He confirmed that the man was an immunocompromised patient who suffered a severe case of monkeypox (Viruela símica) with more than 250 lesions.

Obviously, this photo was taken in Mexico by Dr. Jerónimo, and could not have been taken in Iran.

Fact #3 : A single buckshot wound would not present like this

The Iran HRM article suggests that the man might have been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun firing either #4 buckshot or 00 buckshot, due to the size of the wounds.

However, if you take a closer look, you can see that the wounds extend all around his body – around both sides, and all the way to his head and even the ears! It would be quite impossible for him to be shot with so many pellets in a single shot. I counted over 105 large black scabs in that photo, and there’s more if you count the healed pockmarks.

For those wounds to be caused by a shotgun, he would have been shot multiple times – at least 4 to 12 times, based on the number of wounds. He would also “need” to be shot at different angles, for the buckshot to hit his back, his head, as well as both left and right sides.

If that man was really shot multiple times by a 12-gauge shotgun, he would have likely died, even if they used smaller buckshot.

Buckshot wounds look different, and would also not protrude outwards like pox-like bumps, which is how monkeypox / mpox presents (source).

Fact #4 : Some wounds have healed

If you look closely at the photo, you can also see circular scars of healed wounds on the man’s back.

Unless he got shot with buckshot on two different occasions days or weeks apart, it is far more likely that those are healed monkeypox scars.

Fact #5 : Ama Llulla confirmed this in February 2023

Ama Llulla – the Peruvian fact-checking network, actually fact checked this viral photo in a February 2023 article, and confirmed that it was a photo of an immunocompromised patient suffering from severe monkeypox (mpox) which was posted by Dr. José Hiram Hernández Jerónimo on 11 October 2022.

It also confirmed that the photo was incorrectly circulated as someone who was injured during the protests in Iran (translated):

It should be noted that the image of the patient has previously been circulated incorrectly, claiming that he was injured during the protests in Iran. In a statement from ‘Stichting Van De Familieleden’ (SF), a non-profit organization dedicated to defending human rights in Iran, the photo in question was published with the claim that it depicted ‘a civilian hit by pellets.’

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Did California DNC delegates refuse to vote for Kamala Harris?!

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Did California DNC delegates pass and refuse to vote for Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party candidate for President?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : California DNC delegates refused to vote for Kamala Harris!

Some people are sharing a video, which they claim / suggest shows California DNC delegates passing and refusing to vote for Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party candidate for President!

MJTruthUltra / Jack Straw : Fake pic! That is a guy that got shot with Buckshot years ago, stop with the fear porn already

The Vigilant Fox : California delegates initially chose to PASS instead of casting their votes for Kamala Harris.

Donald J. Trump – Parody / Aayat Fatima : BREAKING: California and Minnesota PASS on casting their delegate votes for Kamala Harris! Holy! That is HILARIOUS! She ruined that state! They don’t want her either!

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Truth : California DNC delegates did not refuse to vote for Kamala Harris!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : California and Minnesota passed during DNC roll call

Let me start by pointing out that it wasn’t just California delegates who “passed” on voting for Kamala Harris during DNC roll call, Minnesota delegates also did the same.

Fact #2 : California and Minnesota passed as tradition dictated

Even though delegates from California and Minnesota passed on voting for Kamala Harris during the DNC roll call, they eventually did so at the end.

As WUSA9 explains, that’s because it’s tradition for the nominees’ home states to pass on voting initially, so they can cast the “deciding votes” at the end of the roll call.

Why California, Minnesota passed at the DNC

California and Minnesota, the home states of Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have passed during the convention roll call — letting the party roll on.

This year’s roll call has been unlike any in political history. But one tradition held, the one mandating that the home state of the nominee generally passes, then goes near the end to pass the deciding vote to formally clinch the nomination.

This year, Minnesota, where Walz is governor, could get the count close and let Harris’ California and its motherlode of delegates put her over the top as the Democratic nominee.

Vice President nominee Tim Walz is the governor of Minnesota, so its delegates voted to nominate Kamala Harris close to the end. Kamala Harris is from California, so its large number of delegates were given the privilege to put her over the top as the Democratic Party nominee in the 2024 Presidential election.

In fact, it was California governor Gavin Newsom who delivered the state’s delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris, surrounded by members of the California delegation.

Fact #3 : No legitimate report of CA delegates refusing to vote for Kamala Harris

If delegates from California actually refused to vote to nominate Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate for President, it would have been widely reported.

Yet, there has been no legitimate media reporting of such a shocking development. That’s because it never happened – the delegates from California voted for her at the end, as tradition dictated.

Fact #4 : DNC roll call was only ceremonial

I should also point out that the roll call vote during the 2024 Democratic National Convention was only ceremonial, because the Democratic Party already held a virtual vote on August 6, that formally nominated Kamala Harris as its official nominee in the 2024 Presidential election.

What you saw at the 2024 DNC was just a fun, “celebratory” roll call, with DJ Cassidy spinning a special song for each state as they took their turn to nominate Kamala Harris.

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Does AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contain mpox virus?!

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Does the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine secretly contain the mpox virus?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contains mpox virus!

Some people are sharing a photo of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine package leaflet, claiming or suggesting that AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine secretly contains the mpox virus!

Concerned Citizen : Covid Vaccines say what about Mpox?

Theo Fleury : Hmmmm what do we have here.

TRUTH NOW : FACTS ARE DANGEROUS THINGS! Don’t take another vax! THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE CONTAINS MONKEY POX!!!!!!!!!

Fletch17 : Well what do you know! What do we have here!!!!! #monkeypox

John Olooney : Monkey pox Already injected into vaccine recipients

The Sacred Blue Tent : THE ASTRA ZENECA JAB CONTAINED MONKEY POX. WAKE UP VAXXERS!

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The photo highlights the portion of the vaccine leaflet that says that it contains a “Recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein.”

Truth : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine does not contain mpox virus!

This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Mpox is caused by an Orthopoxvirus

Let me start by quickly pointing out that the mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) virus is not a chimpanzee adenovirus.

Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. It is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola)

The chimpanzee adenovirus is also a double-stranded DNA virus, but it is from the Mastadenovirus genus in the Adenoviridae family. It is similar to the adenoviruses that cause the common flu in human beings.

These two viruses are as different as cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are both mammals, but as you can tell – they are quite different animals!

Fact #2 : Adenovirus used in AstraZeneca vaccine cannot replicate

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to “teach” some of our cells to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins to trigger an immune response.

The chimpanzee adenovirus used in the vaccine – ChAdOx1 – had already been modified from the original ChAd virus serotype Y25 to prevent replication. Therefore, the virus cannot replicate, and is incapable of producing any disease in human beings.

Fact #5 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate

It is ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox outbreak is caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!

According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.

Fact #6 : 2022, 2024 monkeypox outbreaks started years later

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been given to over 2.4 billion people globally, since its approval in December 2020. If the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can actually cause mpox infections, it would have resulted in massive mpox outbreaks all over the world within days of being administered.

Yet the 2022 and 2024 monkeypox outbreaks only started 1.5 to 2.5 years after the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced. In other words – even the temporal timeline for this ridiculous claim is out of whack!

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Can AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine give you monkeypox?!

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Can the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine give you monkeypox? Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-08-20 : Updated, and refreshed after the same claims went viral with the 2024 mpox outbreak
Originally posted @ 2022-09-04

Claim : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can give you monkeypox!

In recent weeks, people have sharing photos of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine leaflet, claiming that it is evidence that the AstraZeneca vaccine is responsible for the current monkeypox outbreak.

They are highlighting the portion of the vaccine leaflet that says that it contains a “Recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein.”

They believe that it is this virus that causes monkeypox, and that the AstraZeneca vaccine is responsible for spreading monkeypox to vaccinated people.

Here are some of the comments that accompany these viral posts :

Who is surprised that after millions of people have been injected with genetically modified chimp virus, there is now an outbreak of monkeypox?

“The AstraZeneca vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine vector” Makes you wonder doesn’t it.🤔🤔🤔🤔

More monkey business #AstraZeneca #monkeypox

Truth : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine won’t give you monkeypox!

This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Adenovirus used in AstraZeneca vaccine cannot replicate

The AstraZeneca Vaxzevria vaccine, codenamed AZD1222, uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to “teach” some of our cells to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins to trigger an immune response.

Fact #2 : Monkeypox is not caused by chimpanzee adenovirus

Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is completely different from the chimpanzee adenovirus.

The monkeypox virus is a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. It is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola).

These two viruses are as different as cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are both mammals, but as you can tell – they are quite different animals!

Fact #3 : Monkeypox is a misnomer

Monkeypox was first identified and named in 1958, when it was identified in laboratory monkeys in Copenhagen, Denmark.

However, the name monkeypox is a misnomer, as it is not very common in monkeys. Neither did it originate in monkeys, nor does it spread only through monkeys.

It is known to spread through prairie dogs, dormice, squirrels, and non-human primates. It may possibly also spread through rabbits, rats and mice.

Fact #4 : Chimpanzees are not monkeys

Not that it matters, but you should know that chimpanzees and monkeys are of different species.

Chimpanzees and monkeys are both primates, but their last common ancestor dates back some 30 million years ago.

Monkeys are simians; while chimpanzees are great apes, and are genetically closest to human beings.

Fact #5 : 2022, 2024 monkeypox outbreaks started years later

Fact #6 : Monkeypox started infecting people in 1970

The first human monkeypox infections were reported in 1970. As you can tell – that’s almost 50 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and 51 years before the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced.

Fact #7 : Monkeypox cases were increasing before COVID-19

At first, monkeypox infections in humans were relatively few – about 400 cases from 1970 to 1986, and they were mostly limited to Central and Weest Africa.

However, it started becoming more common, with 2000 cases per year reported between 2011 and 2014. There were also several small outbreaks in the US (2003 and 2021), UK (2018 and 2021), and Singapore (2019).

These cases all happened long before the COVID-19 pandemic, and certainly long before AstraZeneca and Oxford developed their Vaxzevria vaccine against COVID-19!

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