“Says Wisconsin’s in-person election has caused a “surge” in new coronavirus cases”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 17 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The article wrongly treated an unusually low number of cases on April 13 as a baseline. The increase in the following days was in fact connected to an increased number of tests.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 April 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- secondnexus.comhttps://secondnexus.com/wisconsin-gop-new-cases-election?fbclid=IwAR0OMqD8AioITlKpuSszaf4…
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