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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 11, 2020 in a White House speech:
The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra • March 12, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2020 in a blog post:
“NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2020 in an image:
If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on March 11, 2020 in a news release:
“The coronavirus has officially reached Milwaukee County.”
False
By Eric Litke • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 in an image:
"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
False
By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on February 19, 2020 in a YouTube post:
“The coronavirus was invented and patented in the USA and then planted in China.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The coronavirus is “simply the common cold.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweet:
Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*"
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Coronavirus Hoax: Fake Virus Pandemic Fabricated to Cover-Up Global Outbreak of 5G Syndrome.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says an image of a Vermont mansion is one of Bernie Sanders homes.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump tweeted, “Corona vaccine from Israel! Stock market up! Economy even stronger now! Besides US, Israel best at inventions: Judaism, olives. Wonderful vaccine, will stop Corona DEAD around world. Can’t make vaccines when being bombed, not have been possible without peace I created in Israel!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview:
The Obama administration "didn't do anything about” swine flu.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2020 in a meeting at the White House:
“The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing” on the coronavirus.
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders “only had 3,444 votes” in Nevada.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won’t be allowed back in the country “due to high risk of the coronavirus.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
William Barber
William Barber
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “every time" the DSCC endorsed someone in North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, "and the person they didn’t support was black, the candidate they picked ended up losing."
False
By Paul Specht • March 5, 2020
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