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stated on 2020-03-16 a screenshot:
President Donald Trump “will evoke (sic) what is called the Stafford act” and “order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-15 a screenshot:
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 17, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-13 a Facebook post:
Says Spectrum will provide free internet to students during coronavirus school closures.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 17, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-09 a Facebook post:
“Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 16, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-12 a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 came to the United States in 2019.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 16, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-12 a Facebook post:
“‘The Simpsons' predicted Tom Hanks getting coronavirus in 2007.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-13 a viral image:
Drinking “water a lot and gargling with warm water & salt or vinegar eliminates” the coronavirus.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-09 a chart:
Says 80% of novel coronavirus cases are "mild."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-10 a Facebook post:
Says you can monitor yourself for COVID-19 with a breath test.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-09 a Facebook post:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-07 a Facebook post:
“U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-12 a Facebook post:
Says if you donate blood, “they HAVE to test you” for coronavirus.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-27 a Facebook post:
"Akira’ is a 1988 movie about an apocalyptic event taking place months before Tokyo 2020 Olympics, showing the (World Health Organization) advising Japan to postpone the Olympics because of a pandemic risk"
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By Madison Czopek • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2018-07-14 posts on the Internet:
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-12 a Facebook post:
Says Tom Hanks has a volleyball to keep him company while he’s quarantined.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-10 an image:
Says Joe Biden “attacked voters this primary,” saying “damn liar,” “full of s---” and “dog-faced pony soldier.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 12, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-10 a Facebook post:
Says Harvard scientists say the coronavirus is “spreading so fast that it will infect 70% of humanity this year.”
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 11, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-06 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
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stated on 2020-03-09 an image:
"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
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stated on 2020-03-10 in a tweet:
Says Daniel Radcliffe has the coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 11, 2020
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