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stated on May 8, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
Dr. Fauci says every American should be microchipped.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 19, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
Hospitals get paid $750 for patients who die from the flu, $17,500 for COVID-19.
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 18, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2020
Janel Brandtjen
Janel Brandtjen
stated on May 12, 2020 a tweet:
Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 a Facebook post:
$100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 15, 2020
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 11, 2020 an MSNBC interview:
Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 13, 2020
Louis Riggs
Louis Riggs
stated on April 21, 2020 an opinion piece in the Missouri Times:
“Nearly half of (Missouri) counties have not reported positive (COVID-19) cases.”
False
By Sara Dingmann • May 13, 2020
South West News Service
South West News Service
stated on April 24, 2020 a news story:
Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure.
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on April 24, 2020 an interview:
"We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19."
False
By Paul Specht • May 6, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV segment:
"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 27, 2020 an article:
Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.”
False
By Daniel Funke • May 6, 2020
Cindy O’Laughlin
Cindy O’Laughlin
stated on March 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
“I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically confined to their homes or only able to do essential things as in Kansas City or St. Louis.”
False
By Jack Kosowski • May 4, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
A photo shows a “Center for Global Population Reduction” at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
The existence of a canine coronavirus vaccine casts doubt on statements that there isn’t one for humans.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 1, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
The CDC recommends that only people with COVID-19 symptoms should wear masks.
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 1, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 22, 2020 a post on Facebook:
“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2020 an image:
“Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now.”
False
By Daniel Funke • April 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2020
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