Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Biden expressed concern about the coronavirus weeks before Trump did, and he recommended the Obama approach on Ebola, including international cooperation and the use of sound science, in January.
Mike Gallagher, U.S. Representative
PolitiFact rated this: True
Donald Trump, President
Washington Post rated this: Not the Whole Story
Washington Post says: Fauci initially wanted to preserve masks for healthcare workers but changed position once science indicated that the virus was spread by people who were asymptomatic.
Social media posts
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is from 2018 and is of a hospital ward in Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH), Patna. In 2018, due to the heavy rains, the hospital wards in NMCH were filled with rainwater and sewage.
Anthony Sabatini, Florida state representative
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Multiple scientists have encouraged people to wear masks in public in addition to other measures including hand washing and social distancing.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Congress is considering another economic package, but a new round of support has not been passed.
Social media posts
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
Social media posts
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The United States doesn’t have one of the world’s lowest mortality rates from the coronavirus. No fewer than 15 advanced, industrialized nations currently have a lower mortality rate, as do a host of other countries.
Social media posts
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The hospital ward shown in the photo is the Osmania hospital in Hyderabad where sewage & rainwater flowed into an old ward in the hospital recently. The photo is not related to Bihar
Social media posts
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Message with the same names was shared earlier in 2016 as the list of persons ready to donate blood. It is now being circulated as the list of persons ready to donate plasma in Mumbai for COVID-19 treatment
John Cornyn, U.S. Senator from Texas
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
Vera Files rated this: False
Ron DeSantis, Florida's governor
PolitiFact rated this: Not settled science
PolitiFact says: There is limited research on COVID-19 and schoolchildren so far. It is difficult to assess how much children may have spread the virus since schools shut down early in the pandemic.
Donald Trump, President
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Individual reporting of H1N1 cases was halted after a few months, but some testing did continue. Unlike with COVID-19, testing for H1N1, which is far less deadly, did not play much of a role in controlling viral spread.
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: False
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence DeVos made that comment.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The post chose March 9 as its date for coronavirus deaths, which was right before deaths soared. Subsequent daily totals show that coronavirus deaths have become larger than any other disease on the list.
Muthirai
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE