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Checked by FactCheck.org27 May 2020United StatesHealth
Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for president

“Columbia University "pointed out that if [Trump] had listened to me and others and acted just one week earlier to deal with this virus, there’d be 36,000 fewer people dead.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Biden falsely suggested that he called for implementing nationwide social distancing restrictions prior to March 8, which Columbia University researchers said could have prevented nearly 36,000 U.S. death.