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Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 a Facebook post
$100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
False
May 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”
Half-True
May 15, 2020
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on May 7, 2020 an interview with Mother Jones
“Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 15, 2020
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 11, 2020 a Team Trump Facebook Live
“Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”
Pants on Fire!
By Victoria Knight • May 14, 2020
Darin LaHood
Darin LaHood
stated on May 1, 2020 a TV interview
"93% of the (COVID-19) cases in the state of Illinois have come from Chicago."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 6, 2020 an image
Gates Foundation stands to make nearly £31.5 billion on a coronavirus vaccine in U.K.
False
By Daniel Funke • May 14, 2020
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on May 6, 2020 an interview
$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."
False
May 14, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 23, 2020 a post on TikTok
“It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2020
Mike Turzai
Mike Turzai
stated on May 9, 2020 a video
“Guess what, [children are] not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue.”
False
By Jessica Calefati • May 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2020 comments in the Rose Garden
“Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people, which, frankly, to me, that's perhaps the most important number there is.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2020
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 11, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 13, 2020
Coalition for the Homeless
Coalition for the Homeless
stated on April 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”
Mostly True
By Rachel Kimmel, Julia Schneider • May 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 5, 2020 a Facebook post
Says gloves shouldn’t be worn in public because “if you are wearing the same set of gloves all over town you are only spreading germs everywhere you go.”
True
By Eric Litke • May 13, 2020
Louis Riggs
Louis Riggs
stated on April 21, 2020 an opinion piece in the Missouri Times
“Nearly half of (Missouri) counties have not reported positive (COVID-19) cases.”
False
By Sara Dingmann • May 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2020 Facebook post
Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • May 13, 2020
Jeff Shipley
Jeff Shipley
stated on April 28, 2020 a Tweet
Young people "have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.”
Pants on Fire!
By Rylee Wilson • May 12, 2020
Cal Cunningham
Cal Cunningham
stated on April 24, 2020 a tweet
"Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“The CDC has recommended mail in voting. That’s what this whole pandemic is about: the election!”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 12, 2020
Jerome R. Corsi
Jerome R. Corsi
stated on April 28, 2020 an article
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci's name appears on "4 U.S. patents for a key glycoprotein” used to “create the current COVID-19 epidemic.”
False
By Daniel Funke • May 12, 2020
One America News
One America News
stated on May 8, 2020 a Facebook video
“The mainstream media pretended there was a deadly surge in COVID cases thanks to Wisconsinites voting.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • May 12, 2020
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