“Tom Hanks has a volleyball to keep him company while he’s quarantined.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Whole of Italy goes into quarantine.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Biden supports an end to the death penalty. Bernie wants to end the death penalty.”
PolitiFact rated this: Biden and Sanders agree
“Biden supports government health care for illegal immigrants. Bernie supports government health care for illegal immigrants.”
PolitiFact rated this: Claim misses policy nuances
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“More people have died from knowing Hillary” than coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Trump has come into contact with a potential coronavirus sufferer!”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Says Daniel Radcliffe has the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says Harvard scientists say the coronavirus is “spreading so fast that it will infect 70% of humanity this year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“The coronavirus has officially reached Milwaukee County.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The coronavirus was invented and patented in the USA and then planted in China.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“PolitiFact has called the Sanders campaign’s attacks false.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context