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“No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person”
Van Wanggaard State senator. Interview. Claim dated 8 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

In short

Van Wanggaard (State senator) made this claim around 8 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

Van Wanggaard has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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