Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 a Facebook post
“The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ while their upper-class peers are freed to bunker down for weeks until the first death wave passes.”
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By Jessica Calefati • April 21, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 14, 2020 a news conference
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2020 a post on Facebook
“Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.”
True
April 16, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 his online video endorsement of Joe Biden for president
Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 16, 2020
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on April 5, 2020 a CNN interview
Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”
True
By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 2, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on March 28, 2020 a video on Twitter
“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”
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By Daniel Funke, Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 13, 2020 a tweet
Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 23, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 a news conference
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Kelly Alexander
Kelly Alexander
stated on March 11, 2020 a tweet
Says "most" NC legislators are in the "high risk age group" for coronavirus
True
By Paul Specht • March 18, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 13, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Spectrum will provide free internet to students during coronavirus school closures.
True
March 17, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
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By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 10, 2020 a blog post
“Whole of Italy goes into quarantine.”
True
March 12, 2020
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