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stated on July 14, 2020 a Facebook post
Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.”
Pants on Fire!
July 16, 2020
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stated on April 16, 2020 a media website
"New study: The flu vaccine is 'significantly associated' with an increased risk of coronavirus"
False
By Emily Venezky • July 16, 2020
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stated on July 14, 2020 a Facebook post
"Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."
False
July 16, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 at a press conference
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
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stated on July 14, 2020 a Facebook post
Says FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000.
Pants on Fire!
July 15, 2020
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stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 15, 2020
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stated on July 8, 2020 on social media
Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2020
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stated on July 9, 2020 a post on Facebook
“No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”
False
July 14, 2020
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stated on July 4, 2020 a Facebook post
Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 13, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020
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stated on July 7, 2020 a Facebook post
Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”
Mostly False
July 13, 2020
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stated on July 7, 2020 an image
Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • July 13, 2020
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stated on July 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
False
July 13, 2020
Melissa Melendez
Melissa Melendez
stated on July 9, 2020 a tweet
“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 10, 2020
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stated on July 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
Mostly True
July 10, 2020
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on July 4, 2020 an interview
Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”
False
By Paul Specht • July 9, 2020
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stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post
A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”
Mostly False
July 9, 2020
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stated on June 30, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • July 8, 2020
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stated on June 24, 2020 Facebook post
“Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.”
Mostly False
By Sophie Austin • July 8, 2020
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