Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Coronavirus Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.” Ron Johnson stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation: "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.” Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate: “When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.” Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in a town hall on NBC News: “We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19. Andrew Cuomo stated on September 30, 2020 in a press call: "We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes." Van Wanggaard stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview: No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.” Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!” Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves." Dan Forest stated on September 2, 2020 in an interview: "All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.” Roy Cooper stated on August 13, 2020 in a press conference: “In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.” Mike Pence stated on August 26, 2020 in his speech at the Republican National Convention: “President Trump marshalled the full resources of our federal government from the outset. He directed us to forge a seamless partnership with governors across America in both political parties.” Michael Caputo stated on August 17, 2020 in a tweet: “Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?” Chris Murphy stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “At UNC 14% of students tested positive.” Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.” Martha McSally stated on July 31, 2020 in a tweet: “Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.” Charles Schumer stated on July 28, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people. Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat." Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.” Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.” Facebook posts stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on June 18, 2020 in a news release: Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies." Viral image stated on April 23, 2020 in a widely-circulated social media post: COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are. Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a social media post: “The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.” Andrew Cuomo stated on May 20, 2020 in a news conference: “Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.” J. Christian Adams stated on June 3, 2020 in a House judiciary hearing: In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”
Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.” Ron Johnson stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation: "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.” Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate: “When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.” Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in a town hall on NBC News: “We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19. Andrew Cuomo stated on September 30, 2020 in a press call: "We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes." Van Wanggaard stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview: No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.” Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!” Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves." Dan Forest stated on September 2, 2020 in an interview: "All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.” Roy Cooper stated on August 13, 2020 in a press conference: “In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.” Mike Pence stated on August 26, 2020 in his speech at the Republican National Convention: “President Trump marshalled the full resources of our federal government from the outset. He directed us to forge a seamless partnership with governors across America in both political parties.” Michael Caputo stated on August 17, 2020 in a tweet: “Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?” Chris Murphy stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “At UNC 14% of students tested positive.” Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.” Martha McSally stated on July 31, 2020 in a tweet: “Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.” Charles Schumer stated on July 28, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people. Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat." Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.” Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.” Facebook posts stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on June 18, 2020 in a news release: Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies." Viral image stated on April 23, 2020 in a widely-circulated social media post: COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are. Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a social media post: “The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.” Andrew Cuomo stated on May 20, 2020 in a news conference: “Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.” J. Christian Adams stated on June 3, 2020 in a House judiciary hearing: In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”
Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.”
Ron Johnson stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation: "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate: “When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in a town hall on NBC News: “We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19.
Andrew Cuomo stated on September 30, 2020 in a press call: "We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes."
Van Wanggaard stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview: No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.”
Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!”
Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."
Dan Forest stated on September 2, 2020 in an interview: "All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.”
Roy Cooper stated on August 13, 2020 in a press conference: “In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.”
Mike Pence stated on August 26, 2020 in his speech at the Republican National Convention: “President Trump marshalled the full resources of our federal government from the outset. He directed us to forge a seamless partnership with governors across America in both political parties.”
Michael Caputo stated on August 17, 2020 in a tweet: “Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.”
Martha McSally stated on July 31, 2020 in a tweet: “Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.”
Charles Schumer stated on July 28, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.
Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”
Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.”
Facebook posts stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on June 18, 2020 in a news release: Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."
Viral image stated on April 23, 2020 in a widely-circulated social media post: COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.
Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a social media post: “The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”
Andrew Cuomo stated on May 20, 2020 in a news conference: “Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”
J. Christian Adams stated on June 3, 2020 in a House judiciary hearing: In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”