“In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
What PolitiFact found
From April to June, responses by emergency medical services for suspected overdoses rose 33% compared to the same period a year earlier. For May and June alone, the number rose 47%, which is close to what Miller said.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Carol Miller (U.S. Rep., R-W.Va.) made this claim around 30 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 August 2020, 20 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Carol Miller has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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