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stated on April 1, 2020 a Facebook post
“Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise.
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April 8, 2020
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stated on April 6, 2020 a Facebook post
“59 people die as pastor gives them dettol to drink in church to prevent coronavirus.”
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April 8, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says video shows “the Chinese are destroying the 5G poles as they are aware that it is the thing triggering the corona symptoms.”
False
April 7, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Goodwill used the pandemic “to fire all of their employees instead of laying them off.”
False
April 7, 2020
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stated on April 6, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Queen Elizabeth said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “is the kind of leader who knows the way .... Filipinos are very lucky to have him.”
Pants on Fire!
April 7, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
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stated on March 23, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden stuck a gun in an elderly woman’s mouth at a Wisconsin rally
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • April 6, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“Rivers in Oklahoma are full of catfish carrying the virus.”
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April 6, 2020
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stated on March 29, 2020 a Facebook post
“Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
Half-True
April 6, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 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
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stated on March 16, 2020 a Facebook post
The government is closing businesses to stop the spread of coronavirus even though "the numbers are nothing compared to H1N1 or Ebola. Everyone needs to realize our government is up to something ...”
Pants on Fire!
By Jessica Calefati • April 6, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a post
Says a “5G LAW PASSED while everyone was distracted” with the coronavirus pandemic and lists 20 symptoms associated with 5G exposure.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a Facebook post
Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.
Mostly False
April 3, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 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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April 3, 2020
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stated on March 30, 2020 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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April 3, 2020
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stated on March 22, 2020 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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stated on March 23, 2020 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
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stated on March 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says the U.S. is developing an “antivirus” that includes a chip to track your movement.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 3, 2020
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Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”
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By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020
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