“Quotes Sen. David Perdue saying, "the risk of this virus ... still remains low.”
What FactCheck.org found
To put these comments in the context of the moment, the day before the interview, there were about 1,500 COVID-19 cases in the U.S., with about 37 deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jon Ossoff (U.S. Senate campaign) made this claim around 13 November 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Said on March 11”.
Jon Ossoff has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/_PBYhXMOfr4
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