“Says President Donald Trump made comments downplaying the coronavirus as the number of cases in the U.S. rose exponentially.”
PolitiFact rated this: Most comments came early
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“Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“We do have 19 out of our 50 states, to be reminded, that had early cases but have persistently low level of cases and, at this point, have less than 200 cases. So that’s almost 40% of the country with extraordinarily low numbers.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“Eating morel mushrooms will make you susceptible to coronavirus”
USA TODAY rated this: The information in this viral post has been rated false.
“In eight days, we’re doing more [coronavirus] testing than they’ve done in eight weeks," referring to South Korea.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“Says the CDC now says that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“The Defense Production Act is in full force, but haven’t had to use it because no one has said NO!”
Washington Post rated this: Not the whole story
“This says that New York Governor Cuomo rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic — for a pandemic; established death panels and lotteries instead.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“We had other administrations, not just the last one, they built up a platform, they built up a test but the test was no good. It didn’t handle large numbers of people.”
Washington Post rated this: False
“You have suicides over things like this when you have terrible economies. You have death. Probably — and I mean definitely — would be in far greater numbers than the numbers that we’re talking about with regard to the virus.”
The New York Times rated this: This lacks evidence.
“A military Humvee labeled “COVID-19 quarantine team” was on Interstate 696 in Michigan.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Andrew Cuomo refused to buy 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for pandemic preparedness”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Mixed
“Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Bill Gates told us about the coronavirus in 2015.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“BREAKING!!! MILITARY VEHICLES MOVING INTO MAJOR CITIES!!! MARTIAL LAW IMMINENT!!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False