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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 19, 2020 an Instagram post
“A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
stated on May 8, 2020 news release
Says GOP state Sen. Patrick Testin is responsible for lost $25M in federal funding, because he refused “to do his job.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • May 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post
“Cannabis may stop coronavirus from infecting people, study finds.”
Mostly False
May 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 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.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 7, 2020
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.
“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on April 26, 2020 a TV interview
Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • May 4, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on April 27, 2020 a TV segment
“The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown.
Mostly False
April 28, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 21, 2020 a joint statement
Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020
DeAnna Lorraine
DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 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."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 18, 2020 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.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2020 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.
Mostly False
April 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 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”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 25, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • March 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2020 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.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2020 a Facebook post
"U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000."
Mostly False
March 24, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 13, 2020 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.”
Mostly False
March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2020 a Facebook post
“Italy has decided not to treat their elderly for this virus.”
Mostly False
March 18, 2020
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 a TV segment
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a screenshot
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 17, 2020
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