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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 an infographic:
2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2020 comments made during a White House media briefing:
The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.”
Pants on Fire!
By Shefali Luthra • March 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 17, 2020 a White House news conference:
“I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 13, 2020 a viral image:
“President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Italy has decided not to treat their elderly for this virus.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on March 16, 2020 an opinion article:
Says Anthony Fauci’s statement that the coronavirus death rate is 10 times that of the seasonal flu is “a claim without any scientific basis."
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 a TV segment:
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2020 a screenshot:
President Donald Trump “will evoke (sic) what is called the Stafford act” and “order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a screenshot:
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 17, 2020
Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 16, 2020 a text:
Donald Trump is “announcing tomorrow that the US is going into quarantine for the next 14 days.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
Sherill Sellman
Sherill Sellman
stated on February 12, 2020 remarks on the Jim Bakker show:
Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”
Pants on Fire!
By Julia Garlich • March 17, 2020
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 16, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 12, 2020 a post on the internet:
“The CDC can detain anyone with a fever — indefinitely. … Vaccination (is) a way people could get out of detention.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post:
“‘The Simpsons' predicted Tom Hanks getting coronavirus in 2007.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 13, 2020 a viral image:
Drinking “water a lot and gargling with warm water & salt or vinegar eliminates” the coronavirus.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet:
Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!"
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 15, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet:
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2020
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