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PolitiFact says: Wearing a face mask prevents the spread of the coronavirus — it does not make people more susceptible to it.
PolitiFact says: The boy is correctly identified in all the stories that use his image.
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.
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.
PolitiFact says: There is no known treatment, cure or vaccine for the novel coronavirus or SARS.
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
FactCheck.org says: The IHME model reflects some relaxation of policies as states begin to reopen, but is still trying to capture the mitigation efforts that remain.
PolitiFact says: Trump’s ad mashes together his statements about the pandemic with comments or critical actions by Democrats and a journalist that are taken out of context. The ad cherry-picks praise of Trump by New York Gov. Andrew Cuom
FactCheck.org says: A Trump campaign ad misleadingly edits a CNN interview to suggest 2 million people would have died from the novel coronavirus were it not for President Donald Trump’s China travel restrictions.