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stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Rivers in Oklahoma are full of catfish carrying the virus.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 6, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus in a 1551 passage about a plague spreading from the east.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 3, 2020 in a blog post:
“Joe Exotic tests positive for coronavirus in prison. It’s been confirmed.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2020
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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.”
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By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s “daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center so that’s why it was so important to send them all that money.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“In Chicago, Covid-19 actually LOWERED the death rate.”
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By Haley BeMiller • April 3, 2020
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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.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 3, 2020
Jesse Watters
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.”
False
By Shefali Luthra • April 3, 2020
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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.”
False
By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2020 in a blog post:
“Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID-19.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 remains in the air for eight hours and that everyone is now required to wear masks “everywhere.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 2, 2020
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on March 27, 2020 in a television interview:
“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 2, 2020
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
stated on March 3, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 1, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says imposters in hazmat suits are going door to door in Stockton, Calif., saying they are checking residents for fever or COVID-19, but they “will enter your home and physically attempt robbery.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.
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By Tom Kertscher • March 27, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the CDC now says that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2020
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference:
“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Donald Trump would receive $17 million for three hotels closed for four days under Republican bill! How in the hell is this right?!”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 26, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in Fox News town hall:
"We've done more tests in eight days than South Korea has done in eight weeks."
False
By Shefali Luthra • March 25, 2020
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