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Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial
Spam news websites spread false claim about coronavirus vaccine
By Daniel Funke April 1, 2020

Says President Donald Trump will announce that a scientist "finally found vaccine to cure corona virus."

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Did Ron Johnson say Americans should go back to work because “death is an unavoidable part of life?”
By Eric Litke April 1, 2020

Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life."

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Are NC hospital beds ‘typically’ 85% full?
By Paul Specht April 1, 2020

Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”

Does Richmond pay to top school officials more than Fairfax County?
By Warren Fiske April 1, 2020

“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”

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Fabricated quote falsely attributed to Italian prime minister
By Miriam Valverde April 1, 2020

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…

Will homemade masks stop coronavirus from spreading? Fact-checking Sen. Pat Toomey’s claim
By Daniel Funke, Jessica Calefati April 1, 2020

“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”

A Pa. congressman said the U.S. coronavirus trajectory is more like South Korea than Italy. True?
By Jessica Calefati April 1, 2020

“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…

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Facebook post shortchanges relief bill’s assistance for laid-off workers
By Louis Jacobson March 31, 2020

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…

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Don’t fall for these hoaxes about students having to repeat their grade
March 31, 2020

Says students have to repeat the same grade next year.

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Study now says Wis. coronavirus cases will peak April 26. But that’s not the date that went viral.
By Eric Litke March 31, 2020

Says a study projects Wisconsin’s coronavirus cases will peak on April 26, 2020

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Trump blames past administrations for a flawed COVID-19 test. The test couldn’t have existed earlier
By Jon Greenberg March 31, 2020

“We inherited a broken test” for COVID-19.

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No, states like Illinois and California aren’t banning alcohol sales
March 30, 2020

Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.

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