“Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
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“Cannabis may stop coronavirus from infecting people, study finds.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The study has not been peer reviewed and it’s based only on lab testing. The lead researcher said more study, including testing on humans, must be done before any conclusions can be drawn.
“Pelosi’s new coronavirus bill allows illegals to receive billions in relief funds in past, current, and future payments.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The HEROES Act would allow tax-paying immigrants who are in the country illegally to receive emergency relief funds. The help would also extend to their family members who are U.S. citizens and green-card holders.
“Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Wisconsin has not had a spike in coronavirus cases that was “statistically significant related to the fact that they had voting.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“$100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The bill strictly targets the novel coronavirus. It would provide $100 billion to organizations that do COVID-19 contact tracing and testing, or that offer services to people who are isolating at home.
“A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Clinton Foundation investigator Kenneth McCormick found dead.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The U.S. has nearly twice as many confirmed COVID-19 deaths per capita as Canada. Leadership is one explanation for the gap. But there are others, including differences in the two nations’ health care systems.
“(Retail) milk has gone up 7.5% since this time last year. The price farmers are paid has dropped 23%.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Nationwide, retail milk prices in April were up nearly 10% from the prior year, while the price paid to farmers dropped sharply in May to about 21% below the prior year.
“Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Evers’ order — unlike those from many other governors — explicitly declared dentists, like other health care workers, were essential
“Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: After Georgia relaxed business restrictions, the number of cases fell.
“$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Experts say the Federal Reserve is likely to be the largest source of funds for the $3 trillion. China is expected to buy little, if any, of the debt, because it does not have the money to lend.
“Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Document from 2016 outlined questions to ask, who should be asked to get the answers and what key decisions should be made.
“Democrats introduce bill to ‘euthanize seniors’ to save Social Security.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Fact-checking a video that claims New York City hospitals are "murdering" COVID-19 patients.”
PolitiFact rated this: Three claims refuted.
PolitiFact says: The video claims that a nurse working on the COVID-19 front lines in New York City said that some hospitals there are “murdering” COVID-19 patients. We did not find evidence to back three specific claims in the video.
“Gates Foundation stands to make nearly £31.5 billion on a coronavirus vaccine in U.K.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Gates Foundation has pledged millions of dollars to companies developing potential novel coronavirus vaccines. There is no evidence that the Gates Foundation stands to profit from these efforts.
“If the DNI is suggesting unmasking is wrong, why did the Trump admin unmask identities 17,000 times in 2018?”
PolitiFact rated this: DNI data backs claim
PolitiFact says: The numbers Vietor cites are basically accurate, according to data released annually by the Director of National Intelligence.
“It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: In the first place, a misinterpretation of old data. In the second, that old data is contradicted by later studies.
“Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The video includes short clips of Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz sounding critical of voting by mail, but that was in the narrow context of a proposal to re-do a presidential primary in Florida in 08.