“Probably 60% or 70%” of West Virginia University students were already infected by the coronavirus before coming to campus this year.”
What PolitiFact found
Estimating the percentage of college students who have previously been infected by the coronavirus basically boils down to a guess, since there is little comprehensive testing of who has antibodies to the virus.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Gordon Gee (WVU president) made this claim around 24 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2021, 49 days later. Its rating was “No one knows for sure”.
Gordon Gee has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.