“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: This is at least 20 time higher than what government data shows.
Sonia Sotomayor
Supreme Court Justice. 2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2022 to 2022. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The number of coronavirus-positive pediatric hospitalizations has risen with the spread of the omicron variant. However, Sotomayor’s number was way off.