“Governor Andy Beshear has authorized Kentucky teachers to make in-home visits. With parental approval, teachers will inspect the bedroom of each student currently enrolled in K-8.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“New autopsy reports suggest Jeffrey Epstein most likely died from COVID-19 complications.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The statement is correct, as long as the District of Columbia is counted as a state. Among the 50 states and D.C., New York ranked seventh highest in per-gallon prices for regular unleaded on April 27.
“Says it’s illegal to hold an absentee-only election or mail ballots to every registered voter”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Says Mike Pence was caught on a hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE to a nursing home and pretended they were heavy.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "has never had a real job.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Under the mayor’s COVID-19 order, Kansas City “churchgoers must register with the government.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A blog post claimed that Kansas City’s stay-at-home order in response to COVID-19 required churchgoers to “register with the government.” There was never a requirement for churchgoers to register with the government.
“Wearing the mask literally activates your own virus. You’re getting sick from your own reactivated coronavirus expressions.”
PolitiFact rated this: No evidence
PolitiFact says: Wearing a face mask prevents the spread of the coronavirus — it does not make people more susceptible to it.
“Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A Facebook post blames Gov. Tom Wolf for high gasoline prices in Pennsylvania. High gas taxes are one reason Pennsylvania’s gas prices are higher, but large increases result from a law adopted before he took office.
“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: This number is backed up by a New York City comptroller’s office study that found that 53% of all "frontline" workers in the city are immigrants. However, this is not the only possible definition.
“Media outlets reported that the same boy died 3 times from the coronavirus, in 3 countries.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The boy is correctly identified in all the stories that use his image.
“Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The current COVID-19 survival rate in the U.S. isn’t 98.54%, as one Facebook post claims. In an ongoing pandemic the numbers continue to change.
“So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Among the loans made with the first $350 billion of the Paycheck Protection Program, three-quarters of those loans were made in the smallest loan size category, one that would support a business of seven to 10 workers.
“We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: He compared diseases that started at different times, cherry-picked the worst-case US estimate, and ignored state numbers that don't support his claim.
“Although intuitively I think it probably seemed like social distancing would be necessary, there was no real scientific basis for believing that, since it had never been studied.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no known treatment, cure or vaccine for the novel coronavirus or SARS.
“Models projecting COVID-19 deaths “are talking about without mitigation.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A draft federal government report drawing on preliminary work from Johns Hopkins projected 3,000 deaths per day by June 1. A University of Washington model predicts 134,000 deaths by early August. That model takes into a
“North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The National Conference of State Legislatures, a nonpartisan group that tracks state laws, confirms his claim is correct.