Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Janel Brandtjen
stated on April 28, 2020 in Facebook post:

“Children don’t seem to be getting this virus”

By Madeline Heim • May 22, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on May 19, 2020 in an Instagram post:

“A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”

By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020

Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
stated on May 8, 2020 in news release:

Says GOP state Sen. Patrick Testin is responsible for lost $25M in federal funding, because he refused “to do his job.”

By Haley BeMiller • May 20, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Cannabis may stop coronavirus from infecting people, study finds.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.”

By Bill McCarthy • May 7, 2020

Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.:

“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020

Scott Fitzgerald
stated on April 26, 2020 in a TV interview:

Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of."

By Eric Litke • May 4, 2020

Tucker Carlson
stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment:

“The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”

By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown.

By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2020

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 21, 2020 in a joint statement:

Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”

By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020

DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet that was retweeted by President Donald Trump:

Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."

By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on March 18, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.

By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 in social media:

Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020

Turning Point USA
stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.”

By Daniel Funke • March 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview:

Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000."

By Tom Kertscher • March 24, 2020

Viral image
stated on March 13, 2020 in a viral image:

“President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Italy has decided not to treat their elderly for this virus.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020

Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 in a TV segment:

“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020

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