Latest Fact-checks in Public Health 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 Jeff Shipley stated on April 28, 2020 in a Tweet: Young people "have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.” South West News Service stated on April 24, 2020 in a news story: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.” Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%” Dan Forest stated on April 24, 2020 in an interview: "We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19." Laura Ingraham stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied." Bloggers stated on April 27, 2020 in an article: Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.” Tom McClintock stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.: “The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on April 26, 2020 in a TV interview: Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of." Cindy O’Laughlin stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically confined to their homes or only able to do essential things as in Kansas City or St. Louis.” Viral image stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a “Center for Global Population Reduction” at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters. Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2020 in Facebook post: Homeless people are immune to COVID-19 Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives." Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: The existence of a canine coronavirus vaccine casts doubt on statements that there isn’t one for humans. Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: The CDC recommends that only people with COVID-19 symptoms should wear masks. Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!” Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.” Jamie Nadler stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview: “Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.” Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2020 in an image: “Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now.” Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown. Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person” Chris Larson stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election. Franklin Graham stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain. Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a text post: The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children." Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in posts on the Internet: “The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement: “Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.” Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.” Tom Tiffany stated on April 20, 2020 in a public forum: Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
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Jeff Shipley stated on April 28, 2020 in a Tweet: Young people "have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.” South West News Service stated on April 24, 2020 in a news story: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.” Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%” Dan Forest stated on April 24, 2020 in an interview: "We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19." Laura Ingraham stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied." Bloggers stated on April 27, 2020 in an article: Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.” Tom McClintock stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.: “The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on April 26, 2020 in a TV interview: Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of." Cindy O’Laughlin stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically confined to their homes or only able to do essential things as in Kansas City or St. Louis.” Viral image stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a “Center for Global Population Reduction” at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters. Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2020 in Facebook post: Homeless people are immune to COVID-19 Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives." Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: The existence of a canine coronavirus vaccine casts doubt on statements that there isn’t one for humans. Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: The CDC recommends that only people with COVID-19 symptoms should wear masks. Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!” Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.” Jamie Nadler stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview: “Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.” Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2020 in an image: “Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now.” Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown. Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person” Chris Larson stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election. Franklin Graham stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain. Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a text post: The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children." Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in posts on the Internet: “The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement: “Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.” Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.” Tom Tiffany stated on April 20, 2020 in a public forum: Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
Jeff Shipley stated on April 28, 2020 in a Tweet: Young people "have a greater chance of being killed by the HPV vaccine than COVID-19.”
South West News Service stated on April 24, 2020 in a news story: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure.
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.”
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
Dan Forest stated on April 24, 2020 in an interview: "We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19."
Laura Ingraham stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment: "There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
Bloggers stated on April 27, 2020 in an article: Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.”
Tom McClintock stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.: “The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”
Scott Fitzgerald stated on April 26, 2020 in a TV interview: Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of."
Cindy O’Laughlin stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically confined to their homes or only able to do essential things as in Kansas City or St. Louis.”
Viral image stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a “Center for Global Population Reduction” at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters.
Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
Tony Evers stated on April 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives."
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: The existence of a canine coronavirus vaccine casts doubt on statements that there isn’t one for humans.
Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: The CDC recommends that only people with COVID-19 symptoms should wear masks.
Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.”
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet: “Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Jamie Nadler stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview: “Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2020 in an image: “Ultraviolet Radiation is administered into the body as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and viruses and this has been used for a while now.”
Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown.
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
Chris Larson stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election.
Franklin Graham stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.
Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 in a text post: The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children."
Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in posts on the Internet: “The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement: “Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Tom Tiffany stated on April 20, 2020 in a public forum: Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
