Fact Check Posts – Page 24

Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”

By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2020

Chris Larson
stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election.

By Eric Litke • April 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2020 in a text post:

The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children."

By Daniel Funke • April 23, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 in posts on the Internet:

“The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.

By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

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

By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020

Phil McGraw
stated on April 16, 2020 in a Fox News appearance:

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

By Bill McCarthy • April 17, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on April 16, 2020 in a tweet:

Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deleted a video of her telling people to go to Chinatown.

By Miriam Valverde • April 16, 2020

Kellyanne Conway
stated on April 15, 2020 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that."

By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says the Asian, Hong Kong, swine and bird flus each “killed more people than coronavirus.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 14, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says video of body bags being dumped in a ditch shows the “situation in Italy” due to the coronavirus.

By Bill McCarthy • April 13, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a pandemic occurs exactly every 100 years.

By Tom Kertscher • April 9, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Pictures and reports of “empty hospitals” prove COVID-19 spread is “fake crisis for real government planned agendas.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 3, 2020

Jesse Watters
stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel:

“We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”

By Shefali Luthra • April 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 in an image:

Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”

By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.

By Tom Kertscher • March 27, 2020

Chain message
stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook message:

An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus.

By Daniel Funke • March 25, 2020

Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2020 in an article:

“Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 24, 2020

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