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PolitiFact says: A McKinsey study found that California test scores fell enough to lose an average of 9 weeks, compared with 12 for Florida. That put California slightly below the 12-week national average and Florida slightly above it.
FACTLY says: The former Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon died in 2014 after being in a coma for eight years following a massive heart stroke in 2006. The video shared in the viral post is an old video of former Faisalabad DSP A…
PolitiFact says: A plan to use drones to detect COVID-19 in residents of Westport, Connecticut, was scrapped in 2020 over privacy concerns shortly after it was announced.
Washington Post says: Newspaper accounts and interviews tell a different story
PolitiFact says: The cleaning product borax should not be consumed as an alternative to boron supplements or naturally occurring boron in foods, experts said. Ingesting borax is harmful, and consuming large amounts could lead to death.
Vera Files says: During and after his presidency, Duterte has made several public statements, declaring that he would kill rogue cops involved in illegal drugs.
PolitiFact says: The clips of DeSantis are real, but the video omits context. Some of DeSantis’ statements came early in the pandemic, when virtually all governors oversaw lockdowns. And Trump praised DeSantis for his pandemic response.
FactCheck.org says: Gaining immunity through infection is far riskier than vaccination. And a co-author of the study told us there was “insufficient data to definitively state” immunity from infection is superior.
FactCheck.org says: Such claims are unsupported and based on flawed analyses.