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They also refuted another smear, aimed at EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was formed to oversee international virus research funded by government agencies.

It said that much of what had been put to it was inaccurate and based on second- or third-hand hearsay and that it fully refuted the insinuations made about the way it supported its clients.

Now, Victor Willis, the group’s lead vocalist, is defending Trump’s use of the song and refuting its long-held status as a gay anthem.

Kennedy spread the myths — refuted by science — that vaccines commonly injure children and cause autism.

"I strongly refute these false and defamatory allegations," Coote said in a statement.