Shefali Luthra

Shefali Luthra

Reproductive Health Reporter

Shefali Luthra is The 19th’s reproductive health reporter. She's covered health care for more than a decade, starting at the Texas Tribune, where she wrote about abortion restrictions and the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, before moving to KFF Health News. 

sbluthra@19thnews.org

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Latest Fact-Checks By Shefali Luthra

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Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on June 22, 2020 in a campaign ad:
“Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2020 in remarks during a roundtable discussion:
“If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.”
Pants on Fire!
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2020 in 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
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra, Warren Fiske • May 12, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2020 in comments made during a White House briefing:
“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
Pants on Fire!
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus:
“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 29, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 in his online video endorsement of Joe Biden for president:
Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 16, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 8, 2020 in an op-ed published in The Guardian:
“It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 13, 2020
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel:
“We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in Fox News town hall:
"We've done more tests in eight days than South Korea has done in eight weeks."
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • March 25, 2020
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