“Hantavirus is a new virus from rats discovered in China”
Vera Files rated this: False Headline
Health
4,075 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators”
USA TODAY rated this: True
“Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Jump in new Wisconsin cases was actually due in large part to an outbreak at Brown County meatpacking plants.
“Some of the main reasons for the development of colon cancer in people are excess consumption of red meat, history of colon cancer in the family and many more.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
“The last flu pandemic was in 1920”
FactRakers rated this: False
“The Philippines has fewer COVID-19 cases compared to less populated Italy because of Rodrigo Duterte's "immediate response" to the pandemic”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“The United States arrested Charles Lieber, the "man behind COVID-19," for manufacturing and selling the coronavirus to China”
Vera Files rated this: False
“A World Health Organization advisory lays out a four-step protocol and procedure of lockdown periods”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: China did have a greater need for its domestically manufactured masks in February as the virus ravaged the country, but Rubio greatly overstates the situation. Imports dropped, but they did continue.
“Hand sanitizer destroys the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.”
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine rated this: Likely true
“Kenya has recieved over Sh35 billion Covid-19 money”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Kenya has recieved over Sh35 billion Covid-19 money”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: She's right for deaths, but African Americans has a disproportionate share of ICU and non-ICU hospitalizations in Monroe County, and Hispanics had a disproportionate share of non-ICU hospitalizations.
“The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that implanted microchips are being contemplated in a serious way to fight the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the claim on mandatory vaccinations is exaggerated.
“The Gates Foundation "has the patent for this coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Gates Foundation has not been assigned any patents related to the novel coronavirus.
“The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Gates Foundation has long supported polio vaccination efforts in India. But there is no evidence that 496,000 children were paralyzed due to a polio vaccine.
“Trey Gowdy said, “I’m not saying COVID-19 isn’t real…. But pay attention folks, there’s much more going on here than what meets the eye.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Trump "shipped China 17 tons of American masks and medical supplies -- our masks and supplies. Supplies we need now.”
FactCheck.org rated this: U.S. Groups Donated Supplies
FactCheck.org says: The ad leaves the misleading impression that medical equipment donated by U.S.-based organizations and businesses to China early in the global coronavirus outbreak came from the Trump administration.
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: OSHA did not release any COVID-19 enforcement instructions for its inspectors until April 13, however it told inspectors to focus on its existing general safety standards, not recommendations geared toward the outbreak.
“Viral post shows same picture with different headlines on COVID-19 stories, asking, "That's weird the exact same people who visited the beach in Florida are now at the beaches in California?”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: Posts compare screenshots from two news sites to falsely claim that using the same image of people at the beach during the COVID-19 pandemic shows media deception. Both reports correctly identify the picture’s location.