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Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on January 24, 2021 an interview on Meet the Press
"The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2021
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on January 21, 2021 a press conference
Says the number of spoiled coronavirus vaccines in North Carolina is “very small ... in the tens.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 27, 2021
Colin Schmitt
Colin Schmitt
stated on January 14, 2021 a news conference
“We have scientific data, from all different levels, but particularly from the high school sports levels, from numerous different states that shows that it is safe to play what New York is considering high-risk sports.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 26, 2021
Garlin Gilchrist
Garlin Gilchrist
stated on January 17, 2021 a speech at MLK Day Jr. Youth Conference
In Michigan, “we were able to really flatten” the racial disparity in COVID-19’s impact “and make significant progress.”
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • January 22, 2021
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on January 19, 2021 a hearing
“There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • January 21, 2021
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on January 13, 2021 a speech.
Virginia ranks “in the bottom third of states” in administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
True
By Warren Fiske • January 20, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet
“Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • January 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 17, 2021 a Facebook post
The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it.
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • January 19, 2021
Jon Rosenthal
Jon Rosenthal
stated on January 5, 2021 a tweet
Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.”
Mostly True
By Brandon Mulder • January 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2021 a Facebook post
“Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.”
Mostly False
January 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 14, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 29, 2020 a Facebook post
Says COVID-19 vaccines have “experimental technology never before used on humans” and that some “contain nanochips which can electronically track recipients."
False
January 4, 2021
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on December 26, 2020 a viral video
A registered nurse in Nashville, Tenn., developed Bell’s Palsy after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
False
By Daniel Funke • December 30, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on December 27, 2020 an interview
“In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • December 30, 2020
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on December 27, 2020 a tweet
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper "has not left the Governor's Mansion since the start of the #COVID19 crisis."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • December 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 28, 2020 a photo caption
Cornell University professor Robert Oswald said “COVID-19 was imaginary and fictitious.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • December 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2020 social media posts
Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 28, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 27, 2020 a tweet
Says “Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 21, 2020 in a Facebook post
Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 22, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on December 16, 2020 a Facebook post
“CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 22, 2020
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