Rand Paul

“We now have the scientific evidence that shows the risk of myocarditis for young males is greater for the vaccine than it is for the disease.”

FactCheck.org says: Experts say the risk of myocarditis associated with the vaccine is rare and, more importantly, that everyone, including young males, could face much more serious outcomes from contracting COVID-19.

“Natural infection ... is giving profound immunity and then giving an immunity better than the vaccine".”

FactCheck.org says: Ya hay algunas investigaciones preliminares sobre la variante ómicron y no muestran que la inmunidad natural tenga una ventaja contra esta variante.

“Natural infection ... is giving profound immunity and then giving an immunity better than the vaccine.”

FactCheck.org says: Early research on omicron doesn’t show natural immunity having an advantage against this variant. Fully vaccinated individuals who receive a booster shot have the strongest immune response, research shows.

“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.”

PolitiFact says: Paul made the claim in a reelection ad. Two studies published before the ad began running cited hundreds of omicron hospitalizations. Paul’s campaign took the ad down.

“When you talk about the peer-reviewed studies of masks, there was one done in Denmark, showed that it didn’t work. When you look at all of Sweden — 1.8 million children have not been wearing masks for the last two years, they’ve had zero covid deaths.”

“Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection.”

“On the origins of the coronavirus, "all the evidence is pointing that it came from the lab.”

FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence linking the novel coronavirus to a lab — only speculation. Many scientists with expertise in coronaviruses consider a lab escape unlikely.

“For years, Dr. Ralph Baric, a virologist in the U.S., has been collaborating with Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Virology Institute, sharing his discoveries about how to create super viruses. This gain-of-function research has been funded by the NIH.”

Washington Post says: Some smoke but not enough evidence

“In Wisconsin, tens of thousands of absentee votes had only the name on them and no address. Historically those were thrown out, this time they weren't.”

FactCheck.org says: The issue is not about missing voter address information, but rather with missing address information from witnesses. The Wisconsin policy was introduced by Republicans and put in place before the 2016 general election.

“In fact, government statistics say almost 4 million people will lose their jobs if you mandate a $15 an hour job minimum wage.”

FactCheck.org says: The Congressional Budget Office's median estimate is 1.3 million in 2025.

“Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”

PolitiFact says: Paul’s suggestion that “data dumps” could reflect fraud in the presidential election is not supported by evidence.

“Naturally acquired COVID-19 99.9982% percent effective.”

FactCheck.org says: It’s not known how immunity from vaccines compares to natural immunity -- and the entire point of a vaccine is to offer immunity without the risk of getting sick.

“There’s also the preexisting immunity [to COVID-19] of those who have cross-reactivity, which is about a third of the public in many estimates.”

FactCheck.org says: Studies show that some people have immune cells known as T cells that can recognize SARS-CoV-2. But it’s not known what that means yet -- and there’s no reason to think it would prevent someone from becoming infected.

“Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”

PolitiFact says: Biden as a senator voted for resolutions that supported interventions in Iraq and Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). As vice president, he followed the intervention policies of the Obama administration.

“$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China.”

PolitiFact says: Experts say the Federal Reserve is likely to be the largest source of funds for the $3 trillion. China is expected to buy little, if any, of the debt, because it does not have the money to lend.

“Joe Biden did the same thing as Donald Trump by " trying to manipulate Ukraine to get some kind of investigation.”

“They’re accusing President Trump of the same thing Joe Biden did, threatening the aid.”

“President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did.”

“Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%.”