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 John Bel Edwards stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?” Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees. Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pictures and reports of “empty hospitals” prove COVID-19 spread is “fake crisis for real government planned agendas.” Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.” Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in an image: Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.” Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.” Viral image stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “if your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone in a van with people they don’t know...to be with people they don’t know… you will be at home without them in their time of need.” Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2020 in social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats” Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2020 in a press conference: “I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need. Turning Point USA stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.” Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview: Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.” Facebook posts stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months” Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook message: An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus. Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!” Bloggers stated on March 20, 2020 in an article: “Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.” Instagram posts stated on March 23, 2020 in social media posts: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: "U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000." Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus." Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.” Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.” Greg Murphy stated on March 16, 2020 in a tweet: “Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in an infographic: 2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.” Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing: The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House news conference: “I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” Viral image stated on March 13, 2020 in a viral image: “President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”
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John Bel Edwards stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?” Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees. Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pictures and reports of “empty hospitals” prove COVID-19 spread is “fake crisis for real government planned agendas.” Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.” Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in an image: Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.” Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.” Viral image stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “if your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone in a van with people they don’t know...to be with people they don’t know… you will be at home without them in their time of need.” Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2020 in social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats” Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2020 in a press conference: “I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need. Turning Point USA stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.” Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview: Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.” Facebook posts stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months” Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook message: An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus. Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!” Bloggers stated on March 20, 2020 in an article: “Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.” Instagram posts stated on March 23, 2020 in social media posts: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: "U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000." Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus." Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.” Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.” Greg Murphy stated on March 16, 2020 in a tweet: “Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in an infographic: 2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.” Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing: The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House news conference: “I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” Viral image stated on March 13, 2020 in a viral image: “President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”
John Bel Edwards stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pictures and reports of “empty hospitals” prove COVID-19 spread is “fake crisis for real government planned agendas.”
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.”
Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in an image: Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
Viral image stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “if your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone in a van with people they don’t know...to be with people they don’t know… you will be at home without them in their time of need.”
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2020 in social media: Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2020 in a press conference: “I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need.
Turning Point USA stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.”
Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview: Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”
Facebook posts stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months”
Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook message: An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus.
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!”
Instagram posts stated on March 23, 2020 in social media posts: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.”
Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: "U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000."
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus."
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.”
Greg Murphy stated on March 16, 2020 in a tweet: “Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in an infographic: 2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.”
Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing: The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.”
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House news conference: “I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Viral image stated on March 13, 2020 in a viral image: “President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”
