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Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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stated on October 2, 2020 a screenshot
Says Donald Trump’s reelection campaign emailed supporters to “donate to help him recover from” COVID-19.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Daniel Funke • October 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2020 a Facebook post
An episode of “The Simpsons” showed Donald Trump in a coffin.
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • October 2, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 a speech
Says President Donald Trump started a trade war that “led to a surge in farm bankruptcies.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • October 2, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 a speech
“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2020 an executive order
“For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and treatment.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • October 1, 2020
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on September 23, 2020 an online article
“Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • September 29, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 26, 2020 a Facebook post
A letter from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says that at “the beginning of October 2020 the statewide mask requirements will be abolished.”
False
September 28, 2020
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on August 23, 2020 a radio interview
"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."
False
By Deborah Wilber • September 27, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 23, 2020 a tweet
“(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.”
True
By Eric Litke • September 25, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 22, 2020 a TV interview
“Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“Guess who is the marketing CEO of Zoom? Pelosi’s daughter/Newsome’s cousin.”
False
September 23, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 a speech at a Hillsdale College event
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 17, 2020 a CNN town hall
"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2020
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 8, 2020 an ad
Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."
Mostly False
September 18, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on July 2, 2020 a YouTube video
“Bill Gates says you don't have a choice to be vaccinated or not.”
False
September 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 17, 2020 an Instagram post
“CDC Director Robert Redfield says healthy people should NOT wear masks.”
False
September 18, 2020
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on September 4, 2020 a post on Medium
“Over three months after receiving CARES Act relief funds from the state, the county has still not made those dollars available to help struggling Mid-Missourians.”
True
By Paul Schloesser • September 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“Nobody is found dead of corona in their homes.. They all die at the hospital.”
False
September 18, 2020
Mun Choi
Mun Choi
stated on August 28, 2020 a press conference
“The number of ICU beds is larger in Boone County by a factor of three” compared to Orange County for the University of North Carolina.
False
By Simone Esters • September 16, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 15, 2020 a media briefing
“Wisconsin is one of the nine states with the highest rate of infection per capita.”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • September 16, 2020
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