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Says Bill O'Reilly wrote a post claiming that the coronavirus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government.

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Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN.

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“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”

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“The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”

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“The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.”

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Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”

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The Gates Foundation "has the patent for this coronavirus."

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Trey Gowdy said, “I’m not saying COVID-19 isn’t real…. But pay attention folks, there’s much more going on here than what meets the eye.”

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Nigerians are “burning Chinese stores.”

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Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”

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“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”

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Kennedy Center, PBS donated to Democrats after getting COVID-19 stimulus money.

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Joe Diffie’s death was labeled “as a COVID-19 death and it wasn’t!”

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"Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."

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Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”

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Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.

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Says Democrats are on vacation until May 4 and “refuse to come back” to sign a bill to help small businesses.

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Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.

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A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the governmentreopened the beach as news reports have claimed.

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“My wife is suffering from coronavirus and she is pregnant. The doctor said she won’t survive it.”

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Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”

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Says Wisconsin’s in-person election has caused a “surge” in new coronavirus cases

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“The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ while their upper-class peers are freed to bunker down for weeks until the first death wave passes.”

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Says a photo shows the "SAME EXACT PEOPLE" at "two different beaches" in Los Angeles County and Jacksonville, Fla.

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News photo from stay-at-home protest was doctored to add Confederate flag.

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“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”

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There are “360,000 (deaths) a year from swimming pools. But we don’t shut the country down for that.”

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“During the flu pandemic of 1918, some cities lifted social distancing measures too fast, too soon, and created a second wave of pandemic.”

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“Per order from @GovWhitmer, people in Michigan are now banned from purchasing a new baby car seat in stores.”

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NC liquor stores were deemed essential “because we have a lot of people who are chemically dependent on alcohol and if we suddenly cut off their access they would go into withdrawal and flood the emergency rooms.”

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“Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”

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Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deleted a video of her telling people to go to Chinatown.

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“Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.”

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Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."

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If you ask Amazon’s Alexa about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, it says “the government planned” it.

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Says all Vegas hotels but Trump’s have donated food, rooms in COVID response.

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“In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”

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Says Dr. Anthony Fauci “stands to lose 100 million dollars on Bill Gates ‘vaccine’ for the coronavirus. Because he invested in this vaccine.”

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"This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that."

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The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”

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Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.

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Says 44 senators “voted NOT to send stimulus checks.”

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A photo shows two Italian nurses in a hospital a few days before they got COVID-19 and died.

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“Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing."

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"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”

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Images show COVID-19 victims being buried in mass graves in New York City.

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“Corona is so bad, this guy died twice!”

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”If you line up all the countries that have done (Covid-19) testing on a per-capita basis, we’re at the bottom of the list.”

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Says a video shows a “gay party in Italy few weeks before COVID-19.”

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Says the Asian, Hong Kong, swine and bird flus each “killed more people than coronavirus.”

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Says as president he has “total” authority to re-open states amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Says there’s an 800 number you can call to track the status of your stimulus check.

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“Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer bans buying US flags during lockdown.”

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo “was simply saying if we can share 20 percent of your excess, your non-used ventilators, to help people in other parts of the state on a voluntary basis, that would be great. Of course, there was a reaction to that, which was not positive."

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“Everyone is only dying of coronavirus now.”

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"The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China."

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“Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.”

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Say televangelist Pat Robertson said some young people “are doing all kinds of unnatural things with their sex organs. When people do that, they transfer all kinds of chemicals from ladies’ private parts and that’s where I think the (corona)virus came from.”

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"It is the decision of the President," not governors, to "open up the states."

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Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.

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Says video of body bags being dumped in a ditch shows the “situation in Italy” due to the coronavirus.

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“Mass vaccination for COVID-19 in Senegal was started yesterday (4/8) and the first 7 CHILDREN who received it DIED on the spot.”

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"45 nations had already moved” to enforce travel restrictions with China “before the president moved.”

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Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."

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Suggests Trump urged sick people to get out and vote during COVID-19 pandemic

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“It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package."

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“Same little boy died of COVID-19 in three different countries. Still don’t believe the media is #fakenews?”

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“‘Private’ messages sent to individual people during a Zoom meeting show up in the end-of-meeting transcript along with all other public messages.”

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Says a photo shows South Carolina after stay-at-home orders were announced.

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Says Robin Vos wore protective gear that “election workers he forced to work … do not have.”

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"This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25."

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Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it

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Says Donald Trump "himself has a financial stake in the French company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.”

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“The CDC issued its first warning on Jan 8. Trump held campaign rallies on Jan 9, Jan 14, Jan 28, Jan 30, Feb 10, Feb 19, Feb 20, Feb 21, & Feb 28. He golfed on Jan 18, Jan 19, Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 7, Mar 8. The first time he admitted the coronavirus might be a problem was Mar 13.”

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Says a pandemic occurs exactly every 100 years.

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Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”

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Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February.

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“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”

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People are handing out masks “doused with chemicals which knocks you out cold” so they can rob you.

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“In Italy, they have thrown their money on the streets. A clear message to the whole world that money is not enough when health is in danger.”

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Says a California surfer was “alone, in the ocean,” when he was arrested for violating the state’s stay-at-home order.

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“North Carolina & Virginia State line is closed. Nothing in or out."

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Says this poem about people staying home was written by Kathleen O’Mara in 1869.

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Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”

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“Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise.

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“59 people die as pastor gives them dettol to drink in church to prevent coronavirus.”

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The Obama administration left Trump with a “stockpile with a cupboard that was bare.”

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“If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.”

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Says video shows “the Chinese are destroying the 5G poles as they are aware that it is the thing triggering the corona symptoms.”

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Says Goodwill used the pandemic “to fire all of their employees instead of laying them off.”

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Says Queen Elizabeth said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “is the kind of leader who knows the way .... Filipinos are very lucky to have him.”

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“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”

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Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.

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“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”

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“Now, they’re doing tests on airlines — very strong tests — for getting on, getting off. They’re doing tests on trains — getting on, getting off.”

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“Rivers in Oklahoma are full of catfish carrying the virus.”

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Says the NBA is asking Donald Trump to “resign or we’ll never play again.”

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“Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”

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Says Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus in a 1551 passage about a plague spreading from the east.

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The government is closing businesses to stop the spread of coronavirus even though "the numbers are nothing compared to H1N1 or Ebola. Everyone needs to realize our government is up to something ...”

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