Latest Fact-checks in Coronavirus Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “You must apply to get your second stimulus check! I’ve already filed for mine and will be receiving $2,000 a month for the rest of the year.” Viral image stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.” Viral image stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.” Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2020 in a media website: "New study: The flu vaccine is 'significantly associated' with an increased risk of coronavirus" Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida." Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.” Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000. Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!” Facebook posts stated on July 8, 2020 in on social media: Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases. Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.” Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers. Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat." Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in an image: Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.” Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.” Melissa Melendez stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet: “There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.” Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” Dan Forest stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview: Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.” Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.” Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme: People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.” Viral image stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.” Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!” Bloggers stated on June 27, 2020 in an article: “COVID19 PCR tests are scientifically meaningless.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Viral image stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"
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Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “You must apply to get your second stimulus check! I’ve already filed for mine and will be receiving $2,000 a month for the rest of the year.” Viral image stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.” Viral image stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.” Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2020 in a media website: "New study: The flu vaccine is 'significantly associated' with an increased risk of coronavirus" Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida." Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.” Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000. Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!” Facebook posts stated on July 8, 2020 in on social media: Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases. Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.” Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers. Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat." Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in an image: Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.” Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.” Melissa Melendez stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet: “There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.” Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” Dan Forest stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview: Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.” Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.” Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme: People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.” Viral image stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.” Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!” Bloggers stated on June 27, 2020 in an article: “COVID19 PCR tests are scientifically meaningless.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Viral image stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “You must apply to get your second stimulus check! I’ve already filed for mine and will be receiving $2,000 a month for the rest of the year.”
Viral image stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.”
Viral image stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.”
Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2020 in a media website: "New study: The flu vaccine is 'significantly associated' with an increased risk of coronavirus"
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."
Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000.
Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”
Facebook posts stated on July 8, 2020 in on social media: Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases.
Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”
Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.
Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in an image: Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
Melissa Melendez stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet: “There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
Dan Forest stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview: Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”
Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”
Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme: People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”
Viral image stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.”
Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”
Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
Viral image stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"
