“On Jan. 8 of this year, the CDC raised alarm that the virus represented a threat to the health of American citizens.”
What PolitiFact found
On this date, the CDC announced the investigation of a new disease in Wuhan. Two days later they announced that "the risk from the Novel Coronavirus 2019 to the American public is deemed to be low."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Priorities USA (Democrat Super PAC) made this claim around 21 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 April 2020. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Priorities USA has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB4hT4Pkca4
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