Fact Check Posts – Page 37

Chris Kapenga
stated on June 29, 2020 in 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 in a Facebook post:

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

By Madison Czopek • July 1, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

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

By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet:

As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet:

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

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020

Priorities USA Action
stated on June 22, 2020 in 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.’"

By Eric Litke • June 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Gov. Gavin Newsom “has no legal authority” to make wearing face coverings mandatory in California.

By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 14, 2020 in 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.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2020

Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 in 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.

By John Pullano • June 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 in a social media post:

“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”

By Chris Nichols • June 16, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on June 15, 2020 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2020

Rashida Tlaib
stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet:

“Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”

By Clara Hendrickson • June 16, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“N95 masks block few, if any” COVID-19 particles due to their size.

By Eric Litke • June 15, 2020

Andrew Cuomo
stated on May 20, 2020 in 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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 13, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 8, 2020 in 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.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2020

League of Conservation Voters
stated on May 18, 2020 in 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.”

By Laura Schulte • June 12, 2020

George Borrello
stated on May 11, 2020 in a press release:

“Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.”

By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • June 12, 2020

Glenn Grothman
stated on May 21, 2020 in news release:

“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”

By Haley BeMiller • June 8, 2020

Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet:

“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”

By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020

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