Fact Check Posts – Page 33

Facebook posts
stated on July 4, 2020 a Facebook post

Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.

By Samantha Putterman • July 13, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 a Facebook post

“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”

July 13, 2020

Melissa Melendez
stated on July 9, 2020 a tweet

“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”

By Chris Nichols • July 10, 2020

Dan Forest
stated on July 4, 2020 an interview

Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”

By Paul Specht • July 9, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 a meme

People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”

By Daniel Funke • July 8, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 30, 2020 a Facebook post

New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”

July 7, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 4, 2020 a Fourth of July speech

Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”

By Jon Greenberg • July 6, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 a Facebook post

“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"

By Chris Nichols • July 6, 2020

Greg Murphy
stated on June 23, 2020 a Facebook post

A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”

By Paul Specht • July 6, 2020

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 26, 2020 a press conference

"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''

By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 27, 2020 a screenshot

Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive.

By Daniel Funke, Emily Venezky • July 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post

“Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.”

July 2, 2020

Chris Kapenga
stated on June 29, 2020 a TV interview

“The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.”

By Eric Litke • July 2, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post

“Four kids who took the coronavirus vaccine died immediately.”

By Madison Czopek • July 1, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 23, 2020 a viral image

If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."

June 29, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 11, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted, “It’s ‘odd’ that the ANTIFA insurgency happened just as COVID-19 loses steam It’s ‘odd’ that COVID-19 happened the moment impeachment failed. It’s ‘odd’ that impeachment happened the moment Russian hoax failed. The Russian hoax happened because Hillary lost? Notice the pattern?”

June 29, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 23, 2020 a Facebook post

In North Carolina, “you can be charged with a class H felony for wearing a mask and concealed carrying.”

By Paul Specht • June 26, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on June 23, 2020 an image

A “face mask exempt card” allows you to cite the ADA and not wear a mask.

By Daniel Funke • June 26, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2020 a Facebook post

“OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”

June 25, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 a tweet

COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020

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