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2022-11-02 14:28:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 76D75596753AC43955A8B72188F1AE7C4CF088C9E942575E0B1D7D9F8BC2FF79
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Vaccines save lives. The tweet promotes a conspiracy theory, that the US has had an epidemic of "undefined deaths" due to Covid19 vaccines. That claim has been debunked. Stew Peters, producer, has also falsely claimed Covid19 was snake venom. https://apic.org/monthly_alerts/vaccination-saves-lives/ https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-excess-mortality/fact-check-no-evidence-that-people-aged-25-44-experienced-an-84-increase-in-excess-mortality-due-to-covid-vaccine-rollout-idUSL2N2VS1BI https://www.newswise.com/factcheck/the-inference-that-a-40-percent-increase-in-the-death-rate-of-americans-18-to-64-is-caused-by-vaccines-is-baseless/?article_id=765301 https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/radio-host-stew-peters-watch-the-water-film-ridiculously-claims-covid-19-is-snake-venom/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m4F6Qrx_2M https://www.thedailybeast.com/magas-new-shock-jock-is-a-bounty-hunter-with-a-troubled-past
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