“We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“A letter shows Missouri officials telling parents that because of pandemic-related school closings, "whatever grade each of your students started at in August of 2019 will need to be repeated.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Everyone in Israel drinks a cup of hot water with lemon and a little baking soda at night, as this is proven to kill" coronavirus, and has prevented COVID-19 deaths in Israel.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“I talked about doing the Defense Production Act before anyone came along.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
“Italy arrested a doctor “for intentionally killing over 3,000 coronavirus patients.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says COVID-19 remains in the air for eight hours and that everyone is now required to wear masks “everywhere.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Students have to repeat the same grade next year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“We gave him [New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo] a lot of ventilators. And you know what? He has a lot of ventilators. The problem is with some people, no matter what you give, it’s never enough.”
Washington Post rated this: Misleading
“A photo of coffins in the 2017 movie "Unlocked" is being used by news media "telling us that this is ITALY right now because of COVID 19 virus!!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“[E]arly on in this crisis, we said — I said, among others, that, you know, you should get into China, get our experts there, we have the best in the world, get them in so we know what’s actually happening. There was no effort to do that.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“New York have a stockpile of thousands of unneeded ventilators”
USA TODAY rated this: Partly False: They do have a stockpile
“Says President Donald Trump will announce that a scientist "finally found vaccine to cure corona virus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Students will repeat current grade next year" in several states due to the coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“[T]his administration inherited a broken system, a system [for coronavirus testing] that was obsolete, a system that didn’t work. It was okay for a tiny, small group of people, but once you got beyond that, it didn’t work.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“It took [President Barack] Obama ‘millions infected and over 1,000 deaths’ to declare the H1N1 flu a health emergency,” but President Donald Trump “declared a health emergency” before the first coronavirus death.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“Said of the coronavirus outbreak: "I just want to reiterate, because a lot of people have been asking, 'Well, what would have happened if we did nothing? Did nothing — we just rode it out.' ... And I think we got our most accurate study today, or certainly most comprehensive. Think of the number: 2.2 — potentially 2.2 million people if we did nothing.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Estimate Known Since March 16