“Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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.
“Runny nose and coughing sputum suggest that one does not have COVID-19. They are not symptoms of COVID-19”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Says the Vatican reports that Pope Francis tested negative for the coronavirus before a second test came back positive.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Two Chinese nationals lynched over coronavirus fears”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Two Chinese nationals lynched over coronavirus fears”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“63 cases of COVID-19 in Kenya are confirmed”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“63 cases of COVID-19 in Kenya are confirmed”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“A bovine coronavirus vaccine, for cattle, is proof that the novel coronavirus isn't "new" and is evidence of "how much the media controls people.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years, yet the news tells you it’s new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“I find it incomprehensible that the president would do something as inane as calling [the novel coronavirus] a hoax, which he did [Friday] night in South Carolina.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Lacks Context
“In ‘Resident Evil’ the Umbrella Corporation releases a virus that infects the people of Raccoon City. A biological research lab with the exact same logo as the Umbrella Corporation can be found in the city where the coronavirus outbreak originated.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“No one has died from the coronavirus in the United States.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Sanitizer will do nothing for the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says President Donald Trump spawned the “Wuhan super virus outbreak under code name ‘zyphr.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire