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“Joe Diffie’s death was labeled “as a COVID-19 death and it wasn’t!”
Social media posts Claim dated 13 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 13 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 April 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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