“99%" of coronavirus cases "are totally harmless.”
FactCheck.org says: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that through May 30, 14% of confirmed coronavirus cases led to hospitalizations -- including 2% in intensive care units.
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FactCheck.org says: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that through May 30, 14% of confirmed coronavirus cases led to hospitalizations -- including 2% in intensive care units.
FactCheck.org says: Story originated on website that calls its work satire.
PolitiFact says: From deaths, to hospitalizations, to maladies that afflict people who recover from mild cases, the numbers show that the virus harms far more than 1%.
FACTLY says: he video shows Gandhi hospital staff resting in the corridors after finishing their shift. So the persons in the video are not COVID-19 patients in Gandhi hospital.
FACTLY says: No, the hospital ward in the photo was not created for PM Modi’s visit. The same ward can be seen in the pictures taken when Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane met injured soldiers at Leh Military Hospital on 23 June…
FACTLY says: Bharat Biotech has clarified that the photo is related to ‘a routine procedural blood draw for testing all production staff’. Also, on the ‘Clinical Trials Registry – India (CTRI)’ website, it can be seen that ‘Date of …
PolitiFact says: DeSantis held multiple press conferences in May where reporters asked him many pandemic-related questions about unemployment, reopening plans, testing and outbreaks.
PolitiFact says: A website article quoted MSNBC host Chris Hayes, who later admitted he misread the data.
FACTLY says: The video is an old one. It is found to be on the internet at least since August 2019. So, it is not related to the current COVID-19 situation at the Gandhi Hospital in Telangana.
Vera Files says: The Philippines became a commonwealth of the U.S. only on Nov. 15, 1935 -- more than a decade after the Spanish flu pandemic.
PolitiFact says: Epidemiologists seem to agree that the scientific studies necessary to quantify the exact percentage of contagion risk have not been done — making numbers advanced by this image are questionable.
PolitiFact says: We could find no evidence that labs are deliberately manipulating COVID-19 test results to create false-positives. Data currently shows more than 90% of coronavirus tests come back negative.
FactCheck.org says: The Facebook post was written by someone with the same name -- not tennis star Serena Williams.
PolitiFact says: Testing rates were dropping — not rising — as COVID-19 cases rose in late June.
Vishvas News says: The label of Dettol mentioning that it kills coronavirus is not the recent strain of coronavirus. They have not tested its products for the recent noval coronavirus. Misleading post is getting viral.
PolitiFact says: Air-quality monitors take 10 seconds on average to adjust to the air quality in an environment. They are not ideal for measuring the oxygen concentration in a mask where air is being inhaled and exhaled is constantly.
PolitiFact says: The artwork was made in 2020 and has never been displayed in the Denver International Airport.
PolitiFact says: No national law prohibits licensed concealed-carry holders from carrying a weapon and wearing a mask.