“This says that New York Governor Cuomo rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic — for a pandemic; established death panels and lotteries instead.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
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“Andrew Cuomo refused to buy 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for pandemic preparedness”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Mixed
“Speaker Pelosi & Democrats are attempting to give themselves a $25 million raise" through the coronavirus stimulus package.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic "was a flu where if you got it you had a 50/50 chance, or very close, of dying.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
“There’s been some tremendous signs that this could work. Now, again, you know, some doctors think it should go for years in testing. But, you know, this has been something that’s been around for many years. It’s been phenomenal — a strong, powerful drug for malaria. But we think it might work on this [COVID-19], based on evidence — based on very strong evidence.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Evidence Is Slim
“COVID-19 is confirmed as airborne and remain 8 hrs in air! So everyone is required to wear mask everywhere!”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
“I wish they [China] told us three months sooner that this [the coronavirus] was a problem. We didn’t know about it. They knew about it and they should have told us.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
“Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic or an epidemic of this proportion.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Have Issued Warnings
“The World Health Organization test for the new coronavirus "was a bad test.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Trump said he didn’t disband the government’s pandemic response team. He lied. Here he is earlier this year defending doing just that.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
“A screenshot purports to show a tweet from President Donald Trump that says, before the U.S. issues financial assistance to individuals to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, "we will go through your social media history from the last 4 years and search for any post with #NotMyPresident in it.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Chloroquine has "gone through the approval process; it's been approved. And [the FDA] took it down from many, many months to immediate. So we're going to be able to make that drug available by prescription.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t release 8.5 billion for Coronavirus without abortion funding, so Trump went around her to declare a National Emergency and got 50 billion.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“U.S. government is sending out weekly checks to citizens to blunt economic impact of coronavirus, and claim forms are available now.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“COVID-19 is no worse than other outbreaks that have occurred in “every election year.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“I think the 3.4% is really a false number," referring to the World Health Organization saying 3.4% of reported COVID-19 patients worldwide have died.”
FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain the Number
“Gargling with warm water & salt or vinegar eliminates" the coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“The new coronavirus is the “least deadly virus” and has a death rate lower than the 2009 H1N1 outbreak.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“President Obama set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries, as a way to protect against something just like Coronavirus breaking out across the world. Experts begged Trump to keep them open. He closed 37 of them.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Take a few sips of water every 15 minutes at least ... drinking water or other liquids will wash" the coronavirus "down through your throat and into the stomach. Once there, your stomach acid will kill all the virus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False