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Latest Fact-Checks In Coronavirus

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2020 a blog post:
“Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID-19.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 remains in the air for eight hours and that everyone is now required to wear masks “everywhere.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 2, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 25, 2020 a Facebook post:
“if your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone in a van with people they don’t know...to be with people they don’t know… you will be at home without them in their time of need.”
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • April 2, 2020
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on March 27, 2020 a television interview:
“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 2, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 24, 2020 a false news article:
Says President Donald Trump will announce that a scientist "finally found vaccine to cure corona virus."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • April 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 1, 2020
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on March 19, 2020 a tweet:
Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, “We have lost control, we have killed the epidemic physically and mentally. Can’t understand what more we can do, all solutions are exhausted on ground. Our only hope remains up in the Sky, God rescue your people.”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • April 1, 2020
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on March 23, 2020 comments he made on the radio:
“We’ve got to give the American public a rough estimate of how long we think this is going to take, based mostly on the South Korean model, which seems to be the trajectory that we are on, thankfully, and not the Italian model.”
Half-True
By Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on March 28, 2020 a video on Twitter:
“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”
True
By Daniel Funke, Jessica Calefati • April 1, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says students have to repeat the same grade next year.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 a viral post:
Says a study projects Wisconsin’s coronavirus cases will peak on April 26, 2020
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • March 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 30, 2020 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
“We inherited a broken test” for COVID-19.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2020 a text post:
Says the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act gives members of Congress a pay increase.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2020 a press conference:
“I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 25, 2020 a Facebook post:
“COVID literally stands for Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says imposters in hazmat suits are going door to door in Stockton, Calif., saying they are checking residents for fever or COVID-19, but they “will enter your home and physically attempt robbery.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 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
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