Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Public Health Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in un anuncio de campaña: El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio. Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad: Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden stated on May 19, 2024 in a speech: Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner: Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.” Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”: "We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country." Mike Pence stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: "In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards." Chris Murphy stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet: “The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.” Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.” Herschel Walker stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet: Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.” Tony Evers stated on July 24, 2022 in TV interview: "We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive." Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” Tammy Baldwin stated on March 16, 2022 in Twitter: "The price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations.” Rob Astorino stated on January 20, 2022 in a tweet: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “record” includes “firing” 34,000 health care workers. Greg Casar stated on February 8, 2022 in an ad: “Greg Casar passed paid sick leave." Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2021 in social media posts: “More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.” Ron Klain stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.” YouTube videos stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 “surges among most vaxxed communities, says Harvard study.” Joe Biden stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.: People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you." TikTok posts stated on September 5, 2021 in a TikTok post: “Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.” Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports. Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.” Erin Marie Olszewski stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: “It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.” Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?" Steve Deace stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance. Instagram posts stated on June 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: Four pharmaceutical companies have questionable track records that suggest their COVID-19 vaccines aren’t safe. Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: A video shows “Dems caught not wearing masks” at the White House. Jeffrey Zients stated on May 9, 2021 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine. Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus. Richard Durbin stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV interview: “We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in un anuncio de campaña: El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio. Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad: Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden stated on May 19, 2024 in a speech: Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner: Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.” Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”: "We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country." Mike Pence stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: "In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards." Chris Murphy stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet: “The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.” Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.” Herschel Walker stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet: Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.” Tony Evers stated on July 24, 2022 in TV interview: "We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive." Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” Tammy Baldwin stated on March 16, 2022 in Twitter: "The price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations.” Rob Astorino stated on January 20, 2022 in a tweet: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “record” includes “firing” 34,000 health care workers. Greg Casar stated on February 8, 2022 in an ad: “Greg Casar passed paid sick leave." Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2021 in social media posts: “More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.” Ron Klain stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.” YouTube videos stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 “surges among most vaxxed communities, says Harvard study.” Joe Biden stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.: People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you." TikTok posts stated on September 5, 2021 in a TikTok post: “Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.” Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports. Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.” Erin Marie Olszewski stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: “It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.” Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?" Steve Deace stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance. Instagram posts stated on June 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: Four pharmaceutical companies have questionable track records that suggest their COVID-19 vaccines aren’t safe. Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: A video shows “Dems caught not wearing masks” at the White House. Jeffrey Zients stated on May 9, 2021 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine. Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus. Richard Durbin stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV interview: “We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in un anuncio de campaña: El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio.
Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad: Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.
Joe Biden stated on May 19, 2024 in a speech: Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act.
Joe Biden stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner: Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”: "We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
Mike Pence stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: "In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
Chris Murphy stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet: “The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.”
Herschel Walker stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet: Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Tony Evers stated on July 24, 2022 in TV interview: "We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on March 16, 2022 in Twitter: "The price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations.”
Rob Astorino stated on January 20, 2022 in a tweet: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “record” includes “firing” 34,000 health care workers.
Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2021 in social media posts: “More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
Ron Klain stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
YouTube videos stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 “surges among most vaxxed communities, says Harvard study.”
Joe Biden stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.: People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you."
TikTok posts stated on September 5, 2021 in a TikTok post: “Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.”
The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
Erin Marie Olszewski stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: “It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”
Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
Steve Deace stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
Instagram posts stated on June 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: Four pharmaceutical companies have questionable track records that suggest their COVID-19 vaccines aren’t safe.
Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: A video shows “Dems caught not wearing masks” at the White House.
Jeffrey Zients stated on May 9, 2021 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Children ages 5 to 9 “are not affected by” the coronavirus.
Richard Durbin stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV interview: “We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
