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FactCheck.org says: Trump misrepresents a Mayo Clinic study, which found a relative mortality decrease of 35% for those given high- versus low-concentration plasma. The study did not prove that convalescent plasma is effective for COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: The prime-time programming for the Democratic National Convention every night included a recital of the Pledge of Allegiance, including the phrase “under God.” Two individual Democratic caucuses omitted those words.
FactCheck.org says: Biden’s plan does not call for direct tax hikes for anyone making less than $400,000. Independent tax analysts say raising corporate taxes will indirectly affect employees, but reduced income would be relatively small.
FactCheck.org says: Federal data show it took a median of 3.83 years in fiscal 2019 for projects yo complete environmental impact statements. That’s the same or a bit longer than it took during the last five years of the Obama admin.
FactCheck.org says: Posts claim that major corporations donated large sums of money to Black Lives Matter. The companies have pledged support for racial equality initiatives, but haven’t specified Black Lives Matter as a beneficiary.
FactCheck.org says: That’s only possible when cherry-picking numbers or ignoring Europe’s larger population.
FactCheck.org says: While that’s true based on the raw totals of COVID-19 cases and deaths, the U.S. is not the worst when adjusted for population or on other metrics.
FactCheck.org says: A 75-minute documentary-style video called "Plandemic: Indoctornation" presents a sweeping conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, patents and vaccines.
FactCheck.org says: The photos are from early March 2020, before face masks were recommended for public settings by federal health officials.
FactCheck.org says: Liberal groups estimated a $434 billion increase in the net worth of America's more than 600 billionaires during "the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic." Actually, the pandemic started much earlier.
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. counts a laid-off worker as “unemployed” even if the layoff is expected to be temporary — while many other countries do not.
FactCheck.org says: As of August, the Social Security Administration sent paper checks to 848,003 people who get Social Security or Supplemental Security Income payments. That’s about 1.2% of the 72,193,592 people who received payments.
FactCheck.org says: Internet posts claim Kamala Harris called Joe Biden a “racist” and a “rapist.” She didn’t. She has been critical of Biden’s position on policy and has said she believed women who said Biden made them feel uncomfortable.
FactCheck.org says: USPS policy is to postmark all ballots. According to a July report from the USPS’ Office of Inspector General, a postal service memo issued in 2018 “states that all ballots should be postmarked by machine or by hand."
FactCheck.org says: Bill Gates' mother Mary had the maiden name Maxwell, but was not related to the family of Ghislaine Maxwell.
FactCheck.org says: A claim is circulating that wearing a mask to slow the spread of COVID-19 could cause Legionnaires’ disease. But that disease is caused by bacteria that festers mostly in warm, standing water, not in human saliva.
FactCheck.org says: Twice as many Western Europe countries outperform the U.S. on this particular death metric than those that underperform.