Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Public Health Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks." Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.” Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.” Joe Biden stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech: “The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back." Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.” Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.” Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses” Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 8, 2020 in 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.” Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives." Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.” Tom Tiffany stated on April 20, 2020 in a public forum: Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.” Jay Inslee stated on April 19, 2020 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.” Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in 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.” Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet: “During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.” Lou Dobbs stated on March 2, 2020 in a TV interview: The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing." Eric Schmitt stated on November 25, 2019 in a roundtable: "You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses." Woody Thrasher stated on August 21, 2019 in a tweet: "West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth." Mark Pocan stated on August 19, 2019 in a tweet: "In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care." Bernie Sanders stated on June 12, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University: "In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years." Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.: Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms." Amy Klobuchar stated on June 7, 2019 in a tweet: "Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country." Tim Kaine stated on May 29, 2019 in a radio interview.: "The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking." Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today." Cory Booker stated on April 29, 2019 in a cable TV news interview.: "We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism." Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall in New Hampshire: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks." Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.” Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.” Joe Biden stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech: “The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back." Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.” Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.” Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses” Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 8, 2020 in 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.” Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives." Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.” Tom Tiffany stated on April 20, 2020 in a public forum: Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.” Jay Inslee stated on April 19, 2020 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.” Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in 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.” Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet: “During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.” Lou Dobbs stated on March 2, 2020 in a TV interview: The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing." Eric Schmitt stated on November 25, 2019 in a roundtable: "You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses." Woody Thrasher stated on August 21, 2019 in a tweet: "West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth." Mark Pocan stated on August 19, 2019 in a tweet: "In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care." Bernie Sanders stated on June 12, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University: "In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years." Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.: Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms." Amy Klobuchar stated on June 7, 2019 in a tweet: "Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country." Tim Kaine stated on May 29, 2019 in a radio interview.: "The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking." Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today." Cory Booker stated on April 29, 2019 in a cable TV news interview.: "We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism." Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall in New Hampshire: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”
Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
Joe Biden stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech: “The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."
Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 8, 2020 in 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.”
Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives."
Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.”
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Tom Tiffany stated on April 20, 2020 in a public forum: Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
Jay Inslee stated on April 19, 2020 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.”
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in 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.”
Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet: “During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”
Lou Dobbs stated on March 2, 2020 in a TV interview: The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."
Eric Schmitt stated on November 25, 2019 in a roundtable: "You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses."
Woody Thrasher stated on August 21, 2019 in a tweet: "West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
Mark Pocan stated on August 19, 2019 in a tweet: "In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
Bernie Sanders stated on June 12, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University: "In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."
Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.: Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."
Amy Klobuchar stated on June 7, 2019 in a tweet: "Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country."
Tim Kaine stated on May 29, 2019 in a radio interview.: "The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."
Cory Booker stated on April 29, 2019 in a cable TV news interview.: "We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism."
Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall in New Hampshire: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."