“Italy has discovered that Covid-19 is a bacterium rather than a virus”
TheJournal.ie rated this: False
TheJournal.ie says: Covid-19 is a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is a type of coronavirus.
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“Recent images of hospital workers in Odisha breaking and packing a dead body in a sack. #Atmanirbhar Bharat”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The images are not of any recent incident. The incident took place in Odisha in 2016. The Government Railway Police (GRP) have said that they have done so as no ambulance was available to transport the body
“According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The CDC’s running tally of deaths for a given year can count multiple causes for each death.
“The number of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. surpassed U.S. deaths in the Vietnam War by late April.”
MediaWise rated this: Legit
MediaWise says: A Department of Veterans Affairs document confirmed the casualties from the wars listed in the post. Likewise, Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 dashboard confirmed that the number of deaths has surpassed the number o…
“Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Studies show COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, not bacteria. The Italian Ministry of Health still identifies the disease as caused by a virus. WHO never “outlawed” autopsies of patients with COVID-19.
“PM Narendra Modi said 1 crore COVID-19 patients have been treated for free in India.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that free treatment was provided to one crore COVID-19 patients in India”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Says Nancy Pelosi tried “once again” to include abortion funding in the latest coronavirus bill.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“The WHO ignored reports, including Lancet articles, of the virus spreading in Wuhan in early December 2019.”
PolitiFact rated this: Gets facts wrong
PolitiFact says: The Lancet had no articles until late January.
“Viral video showing dead bodies in COVID ward is from a Delhi hospital”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Claim: Has DMK asked compensation for people suffering from covid 19 lockdown”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Partly False
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: One poll supports his exact claim, and several others show that roughly 66% of Americans want Trump to wear a mask.
“Wearing a face mask will not cause hypoxia, hypoxemia or hypercapnia”
USA TODAY rated this: Partly false
“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: While the world's top health organizations haven't compared the exact scenarios of shopping and worship services, experts generally agree with him.
“Anthony Fauci said a Covid-19 vaccine must be delivered to people without 'proper studies”
TheJournal.ie rated this: False
TheJournal.ie says: A search of interviews, social media, factchecks from several other organisation, US news websites and news wire services shows nothing to back up the claim that Fauci has ever said this.
“India has the second fastest doubling rate among the countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
“The coronavirus pandemic is a cover for a plan to implant trackable microchips and that the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is behind it.”
BBC Hindi rated this: We found no evidence to support this claim
“Video shows the terrible situation in a hospital in Delhi”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Bill Gates briefed the CIA in 2005 about a vaccine to immunise religious fanatics”
TheJournal.ie rated this: False
TheJournal.ie says: Bill Gates did not make the alleged statement, and a high definition version of a video that claims to be of Bill Gates shows that it is not him.
“COVID-19 is bacterial, not viral, and can be easily treated with aspirin”
USA TODAY rated this: False