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“Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.”

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“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"

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Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”

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A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”

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“The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."

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"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''

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Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive.

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“Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.”

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Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks

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“The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.”

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Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."

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COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.

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“Four kids who took the coronavirus vaccine died immediately.”

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Says Gov. Tony Evers “removed the American flag from the Capitol building”

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If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."

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Says Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted, “It’s ‘odd’ that the ANTIFA insurgency happened just as COVID-19 loses steam It’s ‘odd’ that COVID-19 happened the moment impeachment failed. It’s ‘odd’ that impeachment happened the moment Russian hoax failed. The Russian hoax happened because Hillary lost? Notice the pattern?”

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In North Carolina, “you can be charged with a class H felony for wearing a mask and concealed carrying.”

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A “face mask exempt card” allows you to cite the ADA and not wear a mask.

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Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.”

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Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.”

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“OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”

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"North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.

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As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”

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COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”

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Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’"

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Gov. Gavin Newsom “has no legal authority” to make wearing face coverings mandatory in California.

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Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “It’s vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected. A few business closures or job losses is a small price to pay to be free from his presidency. #KeepUsClosed.”

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“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”

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“Six months before the COVID ‘plandemic,’ Bill Gates had negotiated a $100 billion contact tracing deal with (the) Democratic congressman sponsor of bill.”

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Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.

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“If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.”

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There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Says news stories referencing 322 and COVID-19 are proof cases are being “synchronized”

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In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”

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“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”

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"In a very real sense, (Oklahoma has) flattened the curve. ... The number of cases in Oklahoma — it's declined precipitously."

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“FREE HORSES!!!! 52 thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Sugarcreek this Sat. for slaughter. Gentleman died due to COVID-19 and his son wants nothing to do with them.”

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“George Floyd’s ‘murder’ filmed before COVID-19.”

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“Corona Virus claims a black belt. Chuck Norris, Dead at 80.”

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“N95 masks block few, if any” COVID-19 particles due to their size.

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“Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”

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Wearing masks for the coronavirus “decreases oxygen intake, increases toxin inhalation, shuts down immune system, increases virus risk, scientifically inaccurate, effectiveness not studied.”

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“Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.”

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The World Health Organization “now admits that asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 is very rare.”

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“How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?”

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In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”

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“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”

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“She’s just casually carrying a body with 1 hand..? Sure.. More evidence of coronavirus being a complete hoax with props & street theater.”

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“According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.”

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Says Nancy Pelosi tried “once again” to include abortion funding in the latest coronavirus bill.

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“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”

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Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”

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“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.

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"The Trump Administration is trying to take food assistance away from Wisconsin families when people are out of work and struggling."

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“For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”

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Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”

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Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”

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Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.

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Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."

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“We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”

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“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”

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Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”

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Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”

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“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”

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The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.

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A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”

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Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.

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A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”

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Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”

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“[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”

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Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”

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Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”

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“Children don’t seem to be getting this virus”

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“While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”

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“The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.”

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Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.”

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“Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates”

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A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.”

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Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”

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The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”

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“If you have had a flu shot in the last 3-5 years, you will probably test positive” for COVID-19.

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“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail

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Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19.

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“Almost 75 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 in the state of Texas are a result of people contracting COVID-19 who are age 65 and older.”

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The novel coronavirus was “man-made.”

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“Half the workforce in the country may have just been idled” by coronavirus.

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“Due to the large number of people who will refuse the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine because it will include tracking microchips, the Gates Foundation is now spending billions to ensure that all medical and dental injections and procedures include the chips.”

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“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”

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“A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”

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“If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.”

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If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back.

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“Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA”

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"All Missouri businesses can open Monday, May 4, under our new Order as long as new guidelines are followed."

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Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.”

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“Autopsies prove that COVID-19 is” a blood clot, not pneumonia, “and ought to be fought with antibiotics” and the whole world has been wrong in treating the “so-called” pandemic.

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“Gov. Wolf is not allowing companies that distribute U.S. flags to ship out orders to be placed at veteran’s graves for Memorial Day.”

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Says wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one.

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"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."

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Dr. Fauci says every American should be microchipped.

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Says kitchen worker in viral video is potentially spreading coronavirus by blowing into food containers.

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