Brett Giroir

Health and Human Services assistant secretary. 3 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2020. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact5 Aug 2020United States

Brett Giroir, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services

“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Five randomized controlled studies looked at whether the drug prevented the disease, or helped them recover faster. None found any clear effect.

Checked by PolitiFact4 Aug 2020United States Health

Brett Giroir, Health and Human Services assistant secretary

“Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Giroir was correct in saying there are some veterinary labs helping out with COVID testing.

Checked by FactCheck.org12 May 2020United States Health

Brett Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services

“No matter how you look at it, America is leading the world in testing" for COVID-19.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: While the United States has done more total tests for COVID-19 than any other country, it doesn't lead when testing is measured by other metrics.