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Latest Fact-Checks By Daniel Funke

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Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 23, 2020 a video
"Slices of lemon in a cup of hot water can save your life. The hot lemon can kill the proliferation of" the novel coronavirus.
False
By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2020
Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 23, 2020 a Snapchat screenshot
Says "special military helicopters will spray pesticide against the Corona virus in the skies all over the country."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2020
Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 19, 2020 a text
The federal government is “preparing to mobilize the national guard,” “dispatch them across the US with military” and “announce a nationwide 1 week quarantine for all citizens.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 an infographic
2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a post
Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a text post
"George Soros owns the WuXi PHARMA LAB located in Wuhan, China where COVID-19 was developed and conveniently Broke Out."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 19, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 an image
"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • March 18, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2020 a screenshot
President Donald Trump “will evoke (sic) what is called the Stafford act” and “order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 17, 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
Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 16, 2020 a text
Donald Trump is “announcing tomorrow that the US is going into quarantine for the next 14 days.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 3, 2020 a tweeted video
Video shows President Donald Trump saying COVID-19 is Democrats’ “new hoax.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 15, 2020
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt
stated on March 13, 2020 the Fox & Friends show
“It’s actually the safest time to fly.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2020 an image
Says Joe Biden “attacked voters this primary,” saying “damn liar,” “full of s---” and “dog-faced pony soldier.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2020 an image
If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 an image
"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Drew Pinsky
stated on February 3, 2020 a Daily Blast Live segment
“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 an image
The media “pulled down an entire shelf of goods so that they can present the news of people buying stuff in a hysteria over the coronavirus."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 an image
"Sanitizer will do nothing for the coronavirus."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 3, 2020
YourContent
YourContent
stated on March 1, 2020 an article
“Florida hospital reports a coronavirus ‘infestation’ with multiple confirmed patients.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 2, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 26, 2020 an Internet post
“Hair weave and lace fronts manufactured in China may contain the coronavirus.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • February 29, 2020
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