Checks published by other fact-checking organisations. We did not do these checks. Each one names who did, shows their rating in their own words, and links to their full article.
FactCheck.org says: The candidates support properly approved vaccines, but have expressed concerns — shared by some in the scientific community — that Trump may not follow the standard protocols.
PolitiFact says: Trump said that he downplayed the virus.
PolitiFact says: The National Center for Health Statistics told us that COVID-19 was responsible for nearly all of the deaths involving the virus.
PolitiFact says: Case fatality rate is one measure of the virus' threat, and is not considered the best. Another measure, deaths per 100,000 shows the U.S. with the 10th highest rate.
FactCheck.org says: Employer-plan premiums have gone up, and so have prescription drug costs, by a metric Trump has referenced before.
FactCheck.org says: Trump misrepresents a Mayo Clinic study, which found a relative mortality decrease of 35% for those given high- versus low-concentration plasma. The study did not prove that convalescent plasma is effective for COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: That’s only possible when cherry-picking numbers or ignoring Europe’s larger population.
PolitiFact says: The United States is doing worse than many other countries in terms of the death rate and the fraction of tests that come back positive.
FactCheck.org says: Twice as many Western Europe countries outperform the U.S. on this particular death metric than those that underperform.
FactCheck.org says: The Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to those with preexisting conditions or charging them higher premiums.
FactCheck.org says: The administration still has a lot of planning to do, and the military will have just a “complementary role to the traditional vaccine distribution networks,” as the HHS official told us.
PolitiFact says: While children represent far fewer cases than adults in the U.S., they can catch COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: In fact, Fauci has said — at briefings attended by Trump — that there is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine works for COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence ever Trump posted that tweet.
FactCheck.org says: Experts say there is no evidence that Black Lives Matter protests or Mexicans have caused the spike in coronavirus cases in pockets of the U.S., contradicting President Donald Trump’s assertions.
Washington Post says: Fauci initially wanted to preserve masks for healthcare workers but changed position once science indicated that the virus was spread by people who were asymptomatic.
PolitiFact says: The United States doesn’t have one of the world’s lowest mortality rates from the coronavirus. No fewer than 15 advanced, industrialized nations currently have a lower mortality rate, as do a host of other countries.
FactCheck.org says: Individual reporting of H1N1 cases was halted after a few months, but some testing did continue. Unlike with COVID-19, testing for H1N1, which is far less deadly, did not play much of a role in controlling viral spread.