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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
There is “aborted male fetus” in the Oxford-AstraZeneca “Covid 19 vaccine.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • November 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2020 an Instagram post:
A member of Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force recommends “withholding food stamps and rent assistance from those who refuse coronavirus vaccines.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • November 16, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 7, 2020 a blog post:
“Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 9, 2020
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 19, 2020 an interview with the Washington Examiner:
“Now with the COVID-19 … more people are dependent on drugs or alcohol.”
Mostly True
By Delaney Geiger, Julia Maltby • October 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
"World renowned experts" declare that we should “live normally, practice simple hygiene,” stay home when sick and use protective measures only with “the most vulnerable populations.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 27, 2020
Sri Preston Kulkarni
Sri Preston Kulkarni
stated on October 23, 2020 an ad:
Says Troy Nehls “called wearing masks 'un-American' and called those who do 'communists.'"
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 a presentation:
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Lucy McBath
Lucy McBath
stated on September 28, 2020 an ad:
Says Karen Handel "slashed the Centers for Disease Control's ability to fight diseases, cutting millions in research funding."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 2, 2020 an interview with FM 93.9 “The Eagle”:
“We're starting to reach almost herd immunity in this nation, so we'll be on the downside of this virus very soon."
False
By Benjamin Brink • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 a presidential debate:
"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 19, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 a town hall on NBC News:
“We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19.
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • October 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
“WHO now says your child’s presence in school counts as ‘informed consent’ for vaccination - parental presence not required.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • October 19, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 13, 2020 a TV segment:
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2020 a tweet.:
“The World Health Organization just admitted that I was right. Lockdowns are killing countries all over the world. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • October 15, 2020
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on September 9, 2020 a tweet:
"Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.”
Mostly True
By Camren Gandee, Julia Manley • October 15, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on October 11, 2020 TV interview:
In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases."
False
By Laura Schulte • October 15, 2020
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 Video interview:
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 the VP debate:
“The reality is when you look at the Biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and I and our task force have been doing every step of the way.”
Pants on Fire!
By Victoria Knight • October 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 a Facebook post:
A CDC report found that “people who wear masks, are actually ‘collecting’ the virus in their masks.”
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • October 13, 2020
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