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“There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave”
Mike Pence Vice President. an op-ed. Claim dated 16 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFirst wave not over for many

What PolitiFact found

The United States is arguably still in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, so it may be too early to talk about a coming second wave.

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In short

Mike Pence (Vice President) made this claim around 16 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 June 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “First wave not over for many”.

Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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