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Checked by PolitiFact26 Feb 2021United StatesHealth
Bill Cassidy, U.S. Senator, R-La.

“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The calendar year figure Cassidy cited includes nearly three months with relatively normal, pre-pandemic economic activity, distorting the budget picture. Officials have already projected bigger fiscal year shortfalls.

Checked by FactCheck.org28 Jan 2021United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Social media users suggest there is a direct link between baseball legend Hank Aaron getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and then dying more than two weeks later.”

FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence

FactCheck.org says: Hank Aaron died from natural causes, according to the medical examiner’s office in Fulton County, Georgia. There’s no evidence that his death was a result of being vaccinated against COVID-19 in early January.

Checked by PolitiFact27 Jan 2021United StatesHealth
Ron Klain, chief of staff to President Joe Biden

“The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The Trump administration planned to get the vaccines developed and then send them to locations chosen by states. States wrote their own plans, and they were responsible for setting up places to get vaccines into arms.