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Topic: COVID-19

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COVID Accountability, Strand by Strand: Fact-Checking the Pre-Pandemic Preparedness Record

PREDICT’s end was scheduled. The NSC directorate was dissolved. The April 23 remarks are on video. The causal chain is unproven. PPE to China preceded domestic need. Trump’s private and public COVID…

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Did Fauci’s Texts Prove He Knew Vaccines Caused Miscarriages?

Texts show Fauci flagged a theoretical miscarriage mechanism in 2021. The viral claim he knew and hid it is False; a transparency question remains Contested.

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Did the U.S. Have the World’s Highest COVID-19 Death Rate?

RFK Jr.’s claim that the U.S. had the highest COVID death rate globally is false. Peru’s confirmed rate was nearly double the American figure. Among peer nations, the U.S. story is worse.

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Fauci, COVID Deaths, and the Pitch Heard Round Truth Social

Trump’s COVID-deaths post is selectively framed; the basketball-pitch premise misattributes Trump’s own words to Fauci; Fauci’s Fifth Amendment Senate invocation is confirmed true.

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The Fifth Amendment Is Not a Confession

Invoking the Fifth Amendment cannot be treated as guilt in criminal proceedings; Biden’s pardon of Fauci creates a live legal question courts have not yet resolved.

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Fauci’s Diary and Masks: What the Viral Claim Gets Backward

Viral posts claim Fauci’s released diary proves ‘everything he was pushing about Covid was a lie’ on masks. The specific diary entry cited — March 31, 2020 — says the opposite…

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