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“DON’T YOU FIND IT QUITE INTERESTING, THAT 5,000 MEAT PACKERS TESTED POSITIVE! HOWEVER, NOT 5,000 NURSES & DOCTORS!”

FactCheck.org says: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there’s an increased risk for workers in both professions, but there have been significantly more reported cases among health care employees.

“Mike Pence carried empty boxes of PPE into a medical facility as a publicity stunt.”

“Plandemic" video says the novel coronavirus was "manipulated," the flu vaccine contains coronaviruses, and that wearing a mask "activates your own virus.”

“President Donald Trump “took fast action” in regard to testing for the novel coronavirus.”

FactCheck.org says: There were a number of snags and miscues that prevented robust, widespread early testing, including manufacturing problems.

“CBS News staged a fake coronavirus testing line at a Michigan hospital to make it look busy.”

“New Zealand decided to go a lot further [on COVID-19 restrictions], but I'd note that the outcomes we are getting are actually on a per capita basis actually better than what is happening in New Zealand.”

“The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's revised model projecting 134,000 COVID-19 deaths by August “assumes no mitigation.”

FactCheck.org says: The IHME model reflects some relaxation of policies as states begin to reopen, but is still trying to capture the mitigation efforts that remain.

“Campaign TV ad suggests CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta agreed 2 million people would have died from the novel coronavirus were it not for President Donald Trump's China travel restrictions.”

FactCheck.org says: A Trump campaign ad misleadingly edits a CNN interview to suggest 2 million people would have died from the novel coronavirus were it not for President Donald Trump’s China travel restrictions.

“Defended his late February statement that the U.S. had "contained" the virus, saying that the novel coronavirus "spread exponentially in ways that virtually no one could have predicted.”

FactCheck.org says: There were several people who predicted the virus could or would spread to become a pandemic -- including members of Trump's administration.

“News outlets are misusing a boy’s image to report the same child died of COVID-19 in three different countries.”

FactCheck.org says: Social media posts reference the deaths of three young people from COVID-19 in Europe. But the posts do not show that news outlets misused the same image of one boy to report the deaths of three children.

“Former Rep. Trey Gowdy wrote a viral post claiming the COVID-19 pandemic was planned and it "all seems rather convenient for the nations and opponents of our current President and economy 5 months before an election.”

FactCheck.org says: The former Republican congressman did not write a conspiracy-theory post circulating on Facebook that implies, without any proof, that the outbreak was planned to help Democrats in the 2020 election.

“The CARES Act was "introduced over a year ago for a virus that allegedly did not get here until a few months ago," which proves the COVID-19 pandemic was planned.”

FactCheck.org says: Posts say the CARES Act was introduced Jan 24, 2019, fueling the falsehood that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned. It was introduced March 25 as a substitute amendment, replacing the language of an older, unrelated bill.

“The Trump administration is selling coronavirus commemorative coins.”

“Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Target and Costco — while staying open during the COVID-19 pandemic — “have not had any reported cases” of employees contracting COVID-19.”

FactCheck.org says: There have been news reports across the U.S. of workers at all of those companies becoming infected or dying of the disease.

“Trump’s New Idea To Profit: ‘$100 COVID-19 Commemorative Coins’”

FactCheck.org says: The coin referenced is being sold by the White House Gift Shop, which is a private company based in Pennsylvania.

“Claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was saying in late February of the coronavirus: “This is no problem. This is going to blow — this is going to blow over.”

FactCheck.org says: Fauci said that "right now at this moment" the risk was "low" and there was "no need" for people "to change anything that you're doing on a day-by-day basis." But he added this could develop into a "major outbreak."

“We’ve tested more than every country combined," referring to COVID-19 diagnostic testing.”

FactCheck.org says: Russia, Germany and Italy combined have done more testing than the U.S., according to Worldometer, which tracks global testing for COVID-19. Overall, 173 non-U.S. countries have been performed nearly 25 million tests.

“88 Percent of Intubated Coronavirus Patients in New York Have Died”

“A new Pentagon study shows that people who had a flu shot are 36% more likely to get COVID-19.”

“Antibody tests will "support our efforts to get Americans back to work by showing us who might have developed the wonderful, beautiful immunity" to the novel coronavirus.”

FactCheck.org says: The tests do have the potential to relay valuable information about who might already have immunity and how widely COVID-19 has spread. But so far, the tests are not widely available and many are unreliable.