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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The bill strictly targets the novel coronavirus. It would provide $100 billion to organizations that do COVID-19 contact tracing and testing, or that offer services to people who are isolating at home.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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USA TODAY rated this: False
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: CDC: Get Flu Shot
FactCheck.org says: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says each year the flu vaccine saves thousands of lives and prevents tens of thousands of hospitalizations.
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PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The U.S. has nearly twice as many confirmed COVID-19 deaths per capita as Canada. Leadership is one explanation for the gap. But there are others, including differences in the two nations’ health care systems.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Nationwide, retail milk prices in April were up nearly 10% from the prior year, while the price paid to farmers dropped sharply in May to about 21% below the prior year.
Janel Brandtjen, State representative, R-Menomonee Falls
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Evers’ order — unlike those from many other governors — explicitly declared dentists, like other health care workers, were essential
Stacey Abrams, Former Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: After Georgia relaxed business restrictions, the number of cases fell.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Wuhan Institute of Virology received $600,000 as part of a larger five-year U.S. government grant to a U.S.-based nonprofit studying emerging infectious diseases.
Rand Paul, U.S. senator, R-Ky.
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Experts say the Federal Reserve is likely to be the largest source of funds for the $3 trillion. China is expected to buy little, if any, of the debt, because it does not have the money to lend.
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USA TODAY rated this: False
Mitch McConnell, Senate majority leader
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Document from 2016 outlined questions to ask, who should be asked to get the answers and what key decisions should be made.
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
Donald Trump
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
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PolitiFact rated this: Three claims refuted.
PolitiFact says: The video claims that a nurse working on the COVID-19 front lines in New York City said that some hospitals there are “murdering” COVID-19 patients. We did not find evidence to back three specific claims in the video.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Gates Foundation has pledged millions of dollars to companies developing potential novel coronavirus vaccines. There is no evidence that the Gates Foundation stands to profit from these efforts.
Tommy Vietor, former Obama NSC spokesman
PolitiFact rated this: DNI data backs claim
PolitiFact says: The numbers Vietor cites are basically accurate, according to data released annually by the Director of National Intelligence.
Steven Baker, Blogger
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: In the first place, a misinterpretation of old data. In the second, that old data is contradicted by later studies.
Republican National Committee, political group
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The video includes short clips of Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz sounding critical of voting by mail, but that was in the narrow context of a proposal to re-do a presidential primary in Florida in 08.