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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2020 a post on Facebook:
Event 201 “gave out stuffed souvenir coronavirus toys” to “commemorate” Novel coronavirus outbreak
Mostly False
By Emily Venezky • February 3, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on January 28, 2020 a tweet:
Says drinking a bleach solution will prevent you from getting the coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • January 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says a "Clorox bottle claimed it could kill (the 2019 coronavirus)... before it was developed."
False
By Daniel Funke • January 30, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 25, 2020 an article:
Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs."
False
By Daniel Funke • January 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 24, 2020 a website post:
"CORONAVIRUS: Reports of 10,000 DEAD in Wuhan, China."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 28, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 26, 2020 an article:
Says China "stole Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it into a Bioweapon."
False
By Daniel Funke • January 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2020 a Facebook post:
"If you’ve been exposed to the stomach flu," you can avoid getting it if you "drink 3 glasses of 100% grape juice a day for 3 days. It changes the acidity in your stomach. ...This really works!!"
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2020
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on November 20, 2019 news release:
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2020
Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
stated on November 25, 2019 a roundtable:
"You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses."
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • December 31, 2019
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet:
"80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." 
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 20, 2019
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet:
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
Mostly True
By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on October 19, 2019 a tweet:
"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."
Half-True
By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Did you know? Dentists are the only physicians that believe you can get away with leaving dead tissue in the body. One root canal tooth can shut down 63% of your immune system."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 13, 2019
Cindi Castilla
Cindi Castilla
stated on October 30, 2019 a press conference:
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 11, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet:
"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on September 19, 2019 a Facebook post:
"On average, one person dies by suicide every 22 hours in West Virginia."
True
By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • November 8, 2019
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on August 30, 2019 remarks at a substance abuse conference.:
"Marijuana has a unique impact on the developing brain. It can prime your brain for addiction to other substances."
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra • November 5, 2019
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
stated on October 9, 2019 a radio interview:
"If folks are vaping a legal medical cannabis product that comes from any of the New York state operators, they will not have to worry about the negative impacts on their lungs." 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says drinking cream of tartar mixed with orange juice daily will help people quit smoking because it "flushes the nicotine" out of the body.  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2019
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