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“We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner.”

PolitiFact says: “Rounding the corner” would imply significant, sustained reductions in the spread of the virus. In reality, sases have been rising steadily since mid-September, and hospitalizations and test positivity rates are up too.

“But you know what Mitch McConnell said recently about helping the states and cities [during the pandemic]. He said, quote, ‘Let them go bankrupt.’”

FactCheck.org says: McConnell said bankruptcy should be a legal option for states facing money woes unrelated to the coronavirus, such as debt due to pension programs.

“CNN reported, “Due to COVID-19, President Donald Trump passes away at 74.”

“Think of it, as we’re rounding the turn and we are, they go crazy when I say we’re rounding the turn on the pandemic.”

FactCheck.org says: That’s at odds with the available data showing an increase in COVID-19 cases and with expert assessments of the situation.

“Hunter Biden was chairman of the World Food Program, which just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Eric Trump, Donald J Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump are banned from ever operating a charity again because they stole donations to children with cancer.”

PolitiFact says: World Food Program USA, whose board Hunter Biden previously served on as chairman, did not win the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. And the Trump children are not barred from operating charities.

“Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.”

PolitiFact says: A 2008 study, co-authored by Dr. Fauci, found that bacterial pneumonia caused a majority of deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic. The study made no mention of masks.

“The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is “a normal flu virus.”

FactCheck.org says: COVID-19 is deadlier than the seasonal flu, according to the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other experts.

“Under eight years of the previous administration, premiums for Medicare health plans went up. ... Under my administration, we’ve lowered Medicare Advantage premiums by a number nobody even believes — 34% nationwide.”

FactCheck.org says: Most Medicare enrollees don't pay Medicare Advantage premiums, which went up by 46 cents under the Obama administration for the national monthly average. Part B premiums went up under both administrations.

“Hardheaded Filipinos were to blame for the spread of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.”

Vera Files says: The Department of Health explained that the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country is due to the increase in testing and contact tracing capacity, the ongoing community transmission, and delay in reporting of confirmed …

“Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

PolitiFact says: Public debt has gone up during Trump’s presidency. There is no point at which it declined. Debt as a percentage of the overall economy has also increased throughout Trump’s administration.

“Joe Biden said if he were president, no one would have died from COVID-19.”

“But just the other day they came out with a statement that 85% of the people that wear masks catch" the coronavirus.”

FactCheck.org says: The CDC released a tweet directly contradicting the president’s claim, saying, “the interpretation that more mask-wearers are getting infected compared to non-mask wearers is incorrect.”

“Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic.”

PolitiFact says: Trump’s administration began making changes to DACA in 2017, during his first year in office.

“Joe Biden said he wanted to 'lock down our nation until we have a vaccine ready”

“So in the old days they said, 'Well, if you have [COVID-19], you’re immune for life,' right? Once I got it, they give you four months. ... It’s anybody else but me, you’re immune for life.”

FactCheck.org says: Experts, however, haven’t changed their estimates for immunity duration, which remains unknown -- but unlikely to be lifelong.

“We had set up in our administration a pandemic office within the White House. There were 44 people on the ground [in China]. ... All those 44 people came home, never got replaced.”

FactCheck.org says: Reuters, citing CDC documents, wrote that CDC’s Beijing office “has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.”

“According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”

“No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person”

“Some COVID-19 vaccines will rewrite your DNA.”

MediaWise says: The ingredients and processes mentioned in this claim do not alter DNA. Reliable public health authorities clearly explain the roles they serve in vaccination. Vaccination does not change DNA.

“Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett.”

PolitiFact says: The photo wasn’t taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s from September 2018.