“Masks will kill quite a few people, it’s well known that they reduce blood oxygen levels and those with respiratory and cardiac disorders will die.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 30 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
We found no credible reports of people dying because they used masks to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 December 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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