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Facebook posts
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.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 a tweet:
As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 a tweet:
COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on June 22, 2020 a digital ad:
Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’"
True
By Eric Litke • June 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2020 a Facebook post:
Gov. Gavin Newsom “has no legal authority” to make wearing face coverings mandatory in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Six months before the COVID ‘plandemic,’ Bill Gates had negotiated a $100 billion contact tracing deal with (the) Democratic congressman sponsor of bill.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2020
Monica Wallace
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 a newspaper interview:
Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
True
By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 a social media post:
“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • June 16, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 15, 2020 remarks at the White House:
"In a very real sense, (Oklahoma has) flattened the curve. ... The number of cases in Oklahoma — it's declined precipitously."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2020
Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib
stated on June 4, 2020 a tweet:
“Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • June 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
“N95 masks block few, if any” COVID-19 particles due to their size.
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • June 15, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on May 20, 2020 a news conference:
“Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 8, 2020 a Facebook post:
Wearing masks for the coronavirus “decreases oxygen intake, increases toxin inhalation, shuts down immune system, increases virus risk, scientifically inaccurate, effectiveness not studied.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2020
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on May 18, 2020 TV ad:
Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 12, 2020
George Borrello
George Borrello
stated on May 11, 2020 a press release:
“Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.”
True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • June 12, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on May 21, 2020 news release:
“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • June 8, 2020
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 a tweet:
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
True
By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 a statement:
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 21, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
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