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“Today, we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined.”

Washington Post says: The president made a comparison that was widely cited in the news media — but it's wrong, as he said it

“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.”

PolitiFact says: Economists across the political spectrum back the idea of hundreds of billions in stimulus, but they don't agree on how big it should be, and many worry about spending too much.

“This is the first time in my career ... that there is a consensus among economists left, right, and center" that "we can’t spend too much" on COVID-19 relief.”

FactCheck.org says: Some center-left economists say the plan may be too large.

“An Hour After Joe Biden Is Sworn In, WHO Admits Their Testing Grossly Overstates Individuals Testing Positive for COVID.”

“Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed" in the U.S. because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

FactCheck.org says: One estimate is 420,000, but an official count is unavailable.

“People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low.”

PolitiFact says: Polls show lower-than-ideal numbers of Americans who are willing to take a coronavirus vaccine. But there's still time for those numbers to rise as regulators approve vaccines and the initial rollout proceeds.

“Joe Biden’s Covid-19 taskforce member recommends withholding food stamps and rent assistance from those who refuse coronavirus vaccines.”

“A member of Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force recommends “withholding food stamps and rent assistance from those who refuse coronavirus vaccines.”

“His chief of staff last week said, ‘We’re going to do nothing about the virus. It’s here.’”

FactCheck.org says: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows actually said, “We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas.”

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.”

PolitiFact says: Joe Biden’s health care plan includes an option for people to buy into government managed health care, but that would not be the only option.

“Photo shows Joe Biden “doesn’t wear a mask on a plane.”

“But you know what Mitch McConnell said recently about helping the states and cities [during the pandemic]. He said, quote, ‘Let them go bankrupt.’”

FactCheck.org says: McConnell said bankruptcy should be a legal option for states facing money woes unrelated to the coronavirus, such as debt due to pension programs.

“Joe Biden said if he were president, no one would have died from COVID-19.”

“Joe Biden said he wanted to 'lock down our nation until we have a vaccine ready”

“We had set up in our administration a pandemic office within the White House. There were 44 people on the ground [in China]. ... All those 44 people came home, never got replaced.”

FactCheck.org says: Reuters, citing CDC documents, wrote that CDC’s Beijing office “has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.”

“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.”

“An impersonator in a Joe Biden mask gave an interview as Joe Biden.”

“Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support abortion “up to the moment of birth.”

PolitiFact says: Biden and Harris have not said they support abortion up to the moment of birth. They support Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion and allowed states to regulate it after viability.

“They asked [President Donald Trump] where he got the COVID, he said, 'I probably got it from Blue Star parents.”

FactCheck.org says: Trump said he assumed he might get COVID-19 because he has to meet with people and cannot always distance himself. He mentioned an event in honor of the families of deceased military veterans as one example.

“Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions.”

PolitiFact says: Biden’s medical and surgical history summary does not mention any skull implant. The summary says his hearing is normal. Envoy Medical said its hearing device “cannot secretly and wirelessly transmit conversations.”