“We started off with an empty shelf. We didn’t have very much in terms of medical product [in the Strategic National Stockpile] … and we built something really good.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
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“A letter shows Missouri officials telling parents that because of pandemic-related school closings, "whatever grade each of your students started at in August of 2019 will need to be repeated.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Everyone in Israel drinks a cup of hot water with lemon and a little baking soda at night, as this is proven to kill" coronavirus, and has prevented COVID-19 deaths in Israel.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“I talked about doing the Defense Production Act before anyone came along.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
“A photo of coffins in the 2017 movie "Unlocked" is being used by news media "telling us that this is ITALY right now because of COVID 19 virus!!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“[E]arly on in this crisis, we said — I said, among others, that, you know, you should get into China, get our experts there, we have the best in the world, get them in so we know what’s actually happening. There was no effort to do that.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Students will repeat current grade next year" in several states due to the coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“[T]his administration inherited a broken system, a system [for coronavirus testing] that was obsolete, a system that didn’t work. It was okay for a tiny, small group of people, but once you got beyond that, it didn’t work.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“It took [President Barack] Obama ‘millions infected and over 1,000 deaths’ to declare the H1N1 flu a health emergency,” but President Donald Trump “declared a health emergency” before the first coronavirus death.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“Said of the coronavirus outbreak: "I just want to reiterate, because a lot of people have been asking, 'Well, what would have happened if we did nothing? Did nothing — we just rode it out.' ... And I think we got our most accurate study today, or certainly most comprehensive. Think of the number: 2.2 — potentially 2.2 million people if we did nothing.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Estimate Known Since March 16
“SEIU was CAUGHT HIDING 39 MILLION N95 MASKS.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Where are the masks going? Are they going out the back door? How do you go from 10,000 to 300,000?”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
“Information from Vienna’s laboratory studying COVID-19 say vast majority of people who died had ibuprofen/Advil in their system so do not take it!!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Coronavirus has been "found in crab leg.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“[I]f your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone... You will be at home without them in their time of need.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Said General Motors and Ford are making ventilators "right now.”
FactCheck.org rated this: They Aren't Yet
“We do have 19 out of our 50 states, to be reminded, that had early cases but have persistently low level of cases and, at this point, have less than 200 cases. So that’s almost 40% of the country with extraordinarily low numbers.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“In eight days, we’re doing more [coronavirus] testing than they’ve done in eight weeks," referring to South Korea.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“This says that New York Governor Cuomo rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic — for a pandemic; established death panels and lotteries instead.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“BREAKING!!! MILITARY VEHICLES MOVING INTO MAJOR CITIES!!! MARTIAL LAW IMMINENT!!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False