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Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 a presentation
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 2, 2020 an interview with FM 93.9 “The Eagle”
“We're starting to reach almost herd immunity in this nation, so we'll be on the downside of this virus very soon."
False
By Benjamin Brink • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 a debate
Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus.
False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 the final presidential debate
“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 a presidential debate
"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 a rally
Pennsylvania “never opened.”
False
By Jessica Calefati • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 a town hall on NBC News
“We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19.
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • October 21, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 11, 2020 a news release
Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Anthony Fauci was indicted “for crimes including treason, conspiring with the enemy and fraud.”
Pants on Fire!
October 19, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 30, 2020 a press call
"We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 16, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 12, 2020 a Facebook post
CNN reported, “Due to COVID-19, President Donald Trump passes away at 74.”
Pants on Fire!
October 16, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 13, 2020 a TV segment
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
True
By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2020 a tweet.
“The World Health Organization just admitted that I was right. Lockdowns are killing countries all over the world. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.”
False
By Victoria Knight • October 15, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on October 11, 2020 TV interview
In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases."
False
By Laura Schulte • October 15, 2020
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on October 14, 2020 a tweet
Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 14, 2020
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 Video interview
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 12, 2020 a Facebook post
“CDC just cancelled Halloween for kids.”
False
October 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 a Facebook post
A CDC report found that “people who wear masks, are actually ‘collecting’ the virus in their masks.”
Pants on Fire!
October 13, 2020
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