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No, this isn’t a photo of a pregnant woman with COVID-19
April 21, 2020

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

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Are stay-at-home orders ‘laws,’ as Jay Inslee said?
By Louis Jacobson April 21, 2020

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

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No proof (yet) of a post-election “surge” in Wisconsin coronavirus cases
By Eric Litke April 21, 2020

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

Still going in to work in Pennsylvania? Chances are, you’re a low-wage worker, data show
By Jessica Calefati April 21, 2020

“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…

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A website glitch is fueling a conspiracy theory about coronavirus coverage
By Daniel Funke April 20, 2020

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 of stay-at-home protest was not doctored
April 20, 2020

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

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Pelosi tweet attacking Trump for letting people ‘keep’ their money is fake
April 20, 2020

Says Nancy Pelosi tweeted that she was disgusted with Donald Trump over taxes

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Nancy Pelosi divorce story is fake
April 20, 2020

Says Nancy Pelosi’s "4th husband" filed for divorce.

Cuomo accurately says that other countries that reopened saw an increase in coronavirus infections
By Jill Terreri Ramos April 20, 2020

“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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Dr. Phil’s faulty point about the coronavirus and swimming pools
By Bill McCarthy April 17, 2020

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

Michigan protests of stay at home April 2020
What the 1918 flu pandemic shows us about social distancing
By Amy Sherman April 17, 2020

“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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Michigan residents can still buy car seats in stores
April 17, 2020

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

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