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Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on May 5, 2020 a radio interview
“For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”
Mostly False
By Jessica Calefati • May 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
False
May 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on May 19, 2020 in a TV and digital ad
Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020
Joe Kernen
Joe Kernen
stated on May 27, 2020 an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box"
“We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
False
May 28, 2020
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet
Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
False
By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2020 a tweet
“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 22, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”
False
May 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 20, 2020 an image
Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
False
By Daniel Funke • May 27, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 24, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
False
May 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”
Mostly False
May 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 25, 2020 a tweet
“[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jessica Calefati • May 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 6, 2020 a Facebook post
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”
Mostly False
May 26, 2020
Janel Brandtjen
Janel Brandtjen
stated on April 28, 2020 Facebook post
“Children don’t seem to be getting this virus”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • May 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
“While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 22, 2020
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