Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Coronavirus Joe Biden stated on March 2, 2021 in a news conference: “When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.” Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law." Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release: “More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.” Bill Cassidy stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations. Ron DeSantis stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.” Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.: “There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief. Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says death reports in federal database show the fatal risk of COVID-19 vaccines. Laura Ingraham stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment: “You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.” Kristi Noem stated on February 2, 2021 in an interview on the “The Ingraham Angle”: South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state." Facebook posts stated on February 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Pfizer and Moderna could share their design with dozens of other pharma companies who stand ready to produce their vaccines and end the pandemic.” Steve Scalise stated on February 2, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Now (Biden) is saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine.” Rick Scott stated on February 1, 2021 in a press release: States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois. Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. Ron Klain stated on January 24, 2021 in an interview on Meet the Press: "The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House." Colin Schmitt stated on January 14, 2021 in a news conference: “We have scientific data, from all different levels, but particularly from the high school sports levels, from numerous different states that shows that it is safe to play what New York is considering high-risk sports.” Facebook posts stated on January 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it. Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.” Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob. Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID. Facebook posts stated on December 21, 2020 in in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.” Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.” David Perdue stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview: Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown." Bloggers stated on December 8, 2020 in a blog post: “FDA announces 2 deaths of Pfizer vaccine trial participants from ‘serious adverse events.’” Facebook posts stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: “40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?” Bloggers stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com: "The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death." Viral image stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram: “The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection." Viral image stated on November 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania just banned alcohol sales.” Joe Biden stated on November 18, 2020 in a virtual roundtable: “666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."
Joe Biden stated on March 2, 2021 in a news conference: “When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.” Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law." Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.” Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release: “More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.” Bill Cassidy stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations. Ron DeSantis stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.” Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.: “There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief. Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says death reports in federal database show the fatal risk of COVID-19 vaccines. Laura Ingraham stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment: “You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.” Kristi Noem stated on February 2, 2021 in an interview on the “The Ingraham Angle”: South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state." Facebook posts stated on February 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Pfizer and Moderna could share their design with dozens of other pharma companies who stand ready to produce their vaccines and end the pandemic.” Steve Scalise stated on February 2, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Now (Biden) is saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine.” Rick Scott stated on February 1, 2021 in a press release: States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois. Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. Ron Klain stated on January 24, 2021 in an interview on Meet the Press: "The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House." Colin Schmitt stated on January 14, 2021 in a news conference: “We have scientific data, from all different levels, but particularly from the high school sports levels, from numerous different states that shows that it is safe to play what New York is considering high-risk sports.” Facebook posts stated on January 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it. Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.” Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob. Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID. Facebook posts stated on December 21, 2020 in in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.” Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.” David Perdue stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview: Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown." Bloggers stated on December 8, 2020 in a blog post: “FDA announces 2 deaths of Pfizer vaccine trial participants from ‘serious adverse events.’” Facebook posts stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: “40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?” Bloggers stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com: "The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death." Viral image stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram: “The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection." Viral image stated on November 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania just banned alcohol sales.” Joe Biden stated on November 18, 2020 in a virtual roundtable: “666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."
Joe Biden stated on March 2, 2021 in a news conference: “When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.”
Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law."
Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Scott Fitzgerald stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release: “More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”
Bill Cassidy stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
Ron DeSantis stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.: “There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says death reports in federal database show the fatal risk of COVID-19 vaccines.
Laura Ingraham stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment: “You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”
Kristi Noem stated on February 2, 2021 in an interview on the “The Ingraham Angle”: South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state."
Facebook posts stated on February 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Pfizer and Moderna could share their design with dozens of other pharma companies who stand ready to produce their vaccines and end the pandemic.”
Steve Scalise stated on February 2, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Now (Biden) is saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine.”
Rick Scott stated on February 1, 2021 in a press release: States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.
Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature.
Ron Klain stated on January 24, 2021 in an interview on Meet the Press: "The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House."
Colin Schmitt stated on January 14, 2021 in a news conference: “We have scientific data, from all different levels, but particularly from the high school sports levels, from numerous different states that shows that it is safe to play what New York is considering high-risk sports.”
Facebook posts stated on January 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours” of receiving it.
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus vaccinations seem to be causing 50 times the adverse events of flu vaccinations after just the first of two shots.”
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.
Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in social media posts: Says a recent study found no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of COVID.
Facebook posts stated on December 21, 2020 in in a Facebook post: Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.”
Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.”
David Perdue stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview: Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown."
Bloggers stated on December 8, 2020 in a blog post: “FDA announces 2 deaths of Pfizer vaccine trial participants from ‘serious adverse events.’”
Facebook posts stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: “40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”
Bloggers stated on December 6, 2020 in an article on GreenMedInfo.com: "The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death."
Viral image stated on December 3, 2020 in a post on Instagram: “The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection."
Viral image stated on November 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania just banned alcohol sales.”
Joe Biden stated on November 18, 2020 in a virtual roundtable: “666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."