“Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
What PolitiFact found
There was a major decline in the case-fatality rate — the number of coronavirus deaths divided by known cases — compared to an earlier phase in the epidemic. However, “groundbreaking therapies” are only part of why.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 7 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-…
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Related checks
- FactCheck.org: Not the Whole Story“We pioneered lifesaving therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”