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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden said 14,000 people died from H1N1. “Fact checking it is 574,000.”
Pants on Fire!
October 7, 2020
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on August 18, 2020 a press conference
“All Missouri’s high-risk areas have mask mandates in place.”
False
By William Skipworth • October 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 16, 2020 a Facebook post
“The government has released their initial plans to force a vaccine on everyone.”
False
October 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2020 an executive order
“For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and treatment.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • October 1, 2020
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on September 23, 2020 an online article
“Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • September 29, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 23, 2020 a tweet
“(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.”
True
By Eric Litke • September 25, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 17, 2020 a CNN town hall
"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2020
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 8, 2020 an ad
Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."
Mostly False
September 18, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on July 2, 2020 a YouTube video
“Bill Gates says you don't have a choice to be vaccinated or not.”
False
September 18, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 15, 2020 a media briefing
“Wisconsin is one of the nine states with the highest rate of infection per capita.”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • September 16, 2020
Scott Perry
Scott Perry
stated on August 31, 2020 an ad
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.
False
September 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2020 a Facebook post
“The CDC has removed the ‘Covid-19 Pandemic’ and replaced it with ‘Covid-19 Outbreak’ on their website. It was never a pandemic.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • September 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2020 a press conference
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 13, 2020 radio interview
For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 8, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2020 a speech in Wilmington, Del.
Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2020
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on August 10, 2020 an interview
In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue."
Mostly True
August 27, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on August 17, 2020 a tweet
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
Mostly False
By Michelle Andrews • August 24, 2020
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on August 17, 2020 an interview
Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”
False
August 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 17, 2020 a speech
The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2020 a post on Facebook
“As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2020
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