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Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

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Shawn Skelton fakes convulsions after receiving COVID-19 Moderna vaccine.

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