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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 15, 2020 a radio show segment
The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2020 comments made during a White House Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit
The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is “a very powerful vaccine in itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • December 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2020 a Facebook post
An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2020 a Facebook post
"If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 11, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on December 8, 2020 a TV handoff
"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 2, 2020 a blog post
“Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.”
False
December 10, 2020
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 Twitter
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
False
By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 19, 2020 a press conference
Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • November 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2020 a Facebook post
There is “aborted male fetus” in the Oxford-AstraZeneca “Covid 19 vaccine.”
False
November 18, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 7, 2020 a blog post
“Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration.”
False
November 9, 2020
Sri Preston Kulkarni
Sri Preston Kulkarni
stated on October 23, 2020 an ad
Says Troy Nehls “called wearing masks 'un-American' and called those who do 'communists.'"
False
October 27, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 2, 2020 an interview with FM 93.9 “The Eagle”
“We're starting to reach almost herd immunity in this nation, so we'll be on the downside of this virus very soon."
False
By Benjamin Brink • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 a presidential debate
"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“WHO now says your child’s presence in school counts as ‘informed consent’ for vaccination - parental presence not required.”
False
October 19, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 13, 2020 a TV segment
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2020 a tweet.
“The World Health Organization just admitted that I was right. Lockdowns are killing countries all over the world. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • October 15, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on October 11, 2020 TV interview
In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases."
False
By Laura Schulte • October 15, 2020
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on August 18, 2020 a press conference
“All Missouri’s high-risk areas have mask mandates in place.”
False
By William Skipworth • October 6, 2020
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