“It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.”
Steven Baker
Blogger. In a TikTok video. Claim dated 23 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
In the first place, a misinterpretation of old data. In the second, that old data is contradicted by later studies.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Steven Baker (Blogger) made this claim around 23 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2020, 21 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tiktok.com/@drbaker2.0/video/6818957602681146630
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