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JB Pritzker stated on March 30, 2018 in a tweet:
A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• April 10, 2018
Centers for Disease Control stated on July 16, 2015 in radio interview:
Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.
By Nancy Badertscher• August 4, 2015
NaturalNews.com stated on February 05, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media:
The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.
By April Hunt• March 3, 2015
X posts stated on January 28, 2020 in a tweet:
Says drinking a bleach solution will prevent you from getting the coronavirus.
By Samantha Putterman• January 30, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
By Emily Venezky• March 11, 2020
Paul Krugman stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet:
Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.  
By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2017
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"If you’ve been exposed to the stomach flu," you can avoid getting it if you "drink 3 glasses of 100% grape juice a day for 3 days. It changes the acidity in your stomach. ...This really works!!"
By Tom Kertscher• January 14, 2020
Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation."
By Steve Contorno• March 23, 2014
Rand Paul stated on October 16, 2014 in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station:
Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."
By Steve Contorno• October 27, 2014
Barack Obama stated on October 18, 2014 in the president's weekly national address:
"You cannot get (Ebola) from just riding on a plane or bus."
By Steve Contorno• October 29, 2014
TikTok posts stated on November 30, 2023 in a TikTok video:
“Mysterious pneumonia” from China is now in Ohio.
By Jeff Cercone• December 8, 2023
Bruce Rauner stated on June 12, 2018 in a speech:
Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• June 18, 2018
Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
”America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years, yet the news tells you it’s new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2020
Bloggers stated on August 03, 2014 in an article posted on Infowars.com:
President Barack Obama’s latest executive order "mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of ‘respiratory illness.’ "
By Jon Greenberg• August 6, 2014
Dan Flynn stated on September 13, 2016 in a letter to state health officials:
"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 29, 2016
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Bill Gates planned a smallpox-type outbreak.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• May 31, 2022
Threads posts stated on October 26, 2024 in a Threads post:
An E. coli outbreak followed former President Donald Trump’s campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2024
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 03, 2015 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":
The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy."
By Jon Greenberg• February 5, 2015
Bloggers stated on January 26, 2020 in an article:
Says China "stole Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it into a Bioweapon."
By Daniel Funke• January 28, 2020
Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.
By Tom Kertscher• January 23, 2020

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The Internet's overreach on the Ebola outbreak

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• August 13, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the Oct. 19 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 19, 2014

Fact-checking the Oct. 19 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 19, 2014

A parent’s guide to measles: What to look for and how to prevent infection

By Grace Abels• January 30, 2026

Are illegal immigrants bringing ‘tremendous’ disease across the border, as Trump says? Unlikely

By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2015

There’s no evidence that the virus behind the monkeypox outbreak was leaked from a Wuhan lab

By Madison Czopek• July 28, 2022

Traveling this summer? Tips on how to avoid getting sick

By Grace Abels• June 9, 2026

PunditFact fact-checks the March 23 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014

What we know about how monkeypox is spreading — and what we still don’t know

By Madison Czopek• August 5, 2022

What we know about the source of the coronavirus pandemic

By Daniel Funke• April 17, 2020

Fact-checking hoaxes and conspiracies about the coronavirus

By Daniel Funke, Tom Kertscher• January 24, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Who can get the measles and is the vaccine safe?

By Caleb McCullough• February 28, 2025

Fact-checking the March 23 Sunday shows

By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014

Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say

By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025

“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 14, 2018

2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2014

Fact-checking the fact-challenged candidates for Illinois governor

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• November 4, 2018

Debunking 10 scary claims for Halloween

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 31, 2014

Boo! Debunking 10 scary claims for Halloween

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