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Search results for "As of 8 May, a total of 8 cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported"

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Fact-checks (26141)

Bloomberg.com stated on March 31, 2015 in a news report:
Delta has had the most animal deaths among U.S. carriers in the past five years
By April Hunt• April 29, 2015
Gwen Graham stated on May 18, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."
By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2018
Joe Biden stated on September 09, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.:
“Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2020
Donald Trump stated on July 04, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech:
Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
By Jon Greenberg• July 6, 2020
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 08, 2012 in a speech:
"The Koch brothers alone gave twice as much money to Scott Walker as the total amount of money raised by Tom Barrett."
By Tom Kertscher• June 20, 2012
Ilhan Omar stated on June 05, 2019 in a tweet:
"Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence."  
By Tom Kertscher• June 12, 2019
True American stated on May 13, 2018 in a headline:
"BREAKING: 60 people just found dead in Ohio"
By Amy Sherman• May 17, 2018
Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference:
"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''
By Amy Sherman• July 3, 2020
Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
By Samantha Putterman• February 26, 2021
Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Images that show a 90-year-old UK woman receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appeared online in a CNN news story in October.
By Samantha Putterman• December 9, 2020
Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”
By Tom Kertscher• December 10, 2021
Jeb Bush stated on May 16, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Day dinner:
"One person has been fired" at the Veterans Administration for withholding services.
By Amy Sherman• May 22, 2015
Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2022 in post on Facebook:
Says a Washington Post headline and graphic about COVID-19 deaths are misleading.
By Jeff Cercone• February 11, 2022
Facebook posts stated on June 09, 2020 in an image:
The World Health Organization “now admits that asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 is very rare.”
By Daniel Funke• June 11, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”
By Tom Kertscher• July 14, 2020
Michele Bachmann stated on September 13, 2011 in several media interviews:
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 16, 2011
Instagram posts stated on June 25, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says John McAfee tweeted before his death that he stored computer files in the Florida condo building that later collapsed.
By Tom Kertscher• June 28, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 07, 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.”
By Tom Kertscher• July 10, 2020
X posts stated on July 08, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Deadlines have passed in … Wisconsin” to replace President Joe Biden on the ballot.
By Hope Karnopp• July 11, 2024
Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2015 in a tweet:
Says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.  
By Jon Greenberg• November 23, 2015

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