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Says Nancy Pelosi was “caught trying to include abortion funding in bill to combat coronavirus.”

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Drinking “water a lot and gargling with warm water & salt or vinegar eliminates” the coronavirus.

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Video shows President Donald Trump saying COVID-19 is Democrats’ “new hoax.”

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Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!"

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“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”

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Says 80% of novel coronavirus cases are "mild."

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“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”

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Says you can monitor yourself for COVID-19 with a breath test.

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“U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.”

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“It’s actually the safest time to fly.”

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Says if you donate blood, “they HAVE to test you” for coronavirus.

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"Akira’ is a 1988 movie about an apocalyptic event taking place months before Tokyo 2020 Olympics, showing the (World Health Organization) advising Japan to postpone the Olympics because of a pandemic risk"

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Of the Trump administration’s European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: “Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you’ll be in the U.K.”

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“(Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?”

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Says Tom Hanks has a volleyball to keep him company while he’s quarantined.

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The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”

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“NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”

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“Whole of Italy goes into quarantine.”

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Says Harvard scientists say the coronavirus is “spreading so fast that it will infect 70% of humanity this year.”

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“Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.”

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If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."

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"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.

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Says Daniel Radcliffe has the coronavirus.

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“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.

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“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.

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Says Nancy Pelosi delayed coronavirus funding so “Dems could campaign on it.”

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“President Trump has come into contact with a potential coronavirus sufferer!”

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“The coronavirus was invented and patented in the USA and then planted in China.”

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“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”

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The coronavirus is “simply the common cold.”

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“Coronavirus Hoax: Fake Virus Pandemic Fabricated to Cover-Up Global Outbreak of 5G Syndrome.”

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“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."

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Says Donald Trump tweeted, “Corona vaccine from Israel! Stock market up! Economy even stronger now! Besides US, Israel best at inventions: Judaism, olives. Wonderful vaccine, will stop Corona DEAD around world. Can’t make vaccines when being bombed, not have been possible without peace I created in Israel!”

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The Obama administration "didn't do anything about” swine flu.

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“The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing” on the coronavirus.

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The media “pulled down an entire shelf of goods so that they can present the news of people buying stuff in a hysteria over the coronavirus."

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Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won’t be allowed back in the country “due to high risk of the coronavirus.”

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“The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”

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Says the Vatican reports that Pope Francis tested negative for the coronavirus before a second test came back positive.

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Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.”

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The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."

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“The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”

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“Man visited Albany, N.Y. days before dying from coronavirus.”

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Says President Barack Obama “waited six months to call swine flu an emergency after thousands died.”

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Says two patients at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, “are being looked at” for possible coronavirus infections.

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Says no one has died from the coronavirus in the United States.

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Says President Donald Trump spawned the “Wuhan super virus outbreak under code name ‘zyphr.’”

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“Shands Hospital of Gainesville Florida has confirmed its first case of coronavirus.”

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“The coronavirus has made it to Mississippi and the lady that caught it wasn’t around nobody with it which means it is airborne. That means if the wind blows it your direction you’ll have it also.”

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Says a photo shows a man wearing a “government issue Saint Laurent hazardous materials suit.”

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“In ‘Resident Evil’ the Umbrella Corporation releases a virus that infects the people of Raccoon City. A biological research lab with the exact same logo as the Umbrella Corporation can be found in the city where the coronavirus outbreak originated.”

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"Sanitizer will do nothing for the coronavirus."

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”America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years, yet the news tells you it’s new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask.”

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Says the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis and two aides tested positive for coronavirus.

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“Florida hospital reports a coronavirus ‘infestation’ with multiple confirmed patients.”

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"Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus."

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The mortality rate for the flu is “right around” that of the new coronavirus: “It’s right around 2%.”

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“Hair weave and lace fronts manufactured in China may contain the coronavirus.”

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Says the coronavirus can be slowed or stopped with the “immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C.”

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“Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.”

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“Corona virus: Florida man arrested for robbery using cough as a weapon.”

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Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the Centers for Disease Control.”

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Says the CDC recommends men shave their beards to protect against coronavirus.

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“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

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“If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.”

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Says “The Simpsons” predicted the coronavirus.

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High levels of sulfur dioxide in Wuhan “may be a sign of mass cremations of victims of the coronavirus."

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Coronavirus patients are being "cremated alive" in China.

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Says the 2008 book “End of Days” predicted the current coronavirus outbreak.

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Says 20 million Chinese converted to Islam after it’s proven that the coronavirus doesn’t affect Muslims.

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“Breaking: UK Prepares For Full Lockdown After Hundreds Of New Cases — Wuhan Super Virus Updates.”

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Scientists "are shocked to discover that weed kills corona virus”

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“When using a medical mask you’re supposed to use… white side out (this is the filter part) for when you’re not sick.”

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Says the 2019 coronavirus "causes sudden death syndrome."

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Says the coronavirus is “a MILITARY BIO-WEAPON Developed by China's Army.”

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“Cocaine kills corona virus, scientists is shocked to discover that this drug can fight the virus.”

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Says "the coronavirus was engineered by scientists in a lab."

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Says the coronavirus isn’t new because “Lysol has it listed as one of the viruses that it kills.”

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Event 201 “gave out stuffed souvenir coronavirus toys” to “commemorate” Novel coronavirus outbreak

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Says drinking a bleach solution will prevent you from getting the coronavirus.

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Says a "Clorox bottle claimed it could kill (the 2019 coronavirus)... before it was developed."

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Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs."

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"CORONAVIRUS: Reports of 10,000 DEAD in Wuhan, China."

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Says China "stole Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it into a Bioweapon."

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Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.

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