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“U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000.”
Social media posts Facebook. Claim dated 17 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

In short

This claim spread on social media around 17 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 March 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

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