Fact Check in March 2020

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

• Fact Check: Students Do NOT Have To Repeat Their Current Grades Due To Coronavirus

Monday, March 30, 2020

• Fact Check: Trump DID Sign 5G Bill, But Exposure Effects Are Misleading
• Fact Check: Kennedy Center Did NOT Give DNC $5M After Getting $25M In Relief From Coronavirus Stimulus
• Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence The Illuminati Controlled The U.S. Government, And Coronavirus Is NOT Caused By 5G
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Does NOT Have Access To Your DNA And Does NOT Have Ownership In WHO
• Fact Check: Woody Allen Did NOT Say 'New York Should Disown Trump'
• Fact Check: Florida Did NOT Ban Alcohol Sales Beginning Today Due To Coronavirus

Saturday, March 28, 2020

• Fact Check: CDC Is NOT Scheduled To Recommend Masks For Everyday Life
• Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth II Did NOT Test Positive For Coronavirus

Friday, March 27, 2020

• Fact Check: Coronavirus Victims ARE Being Reported By The News Media
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 5G Installation At Texas School
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Write Open Letter Saying COVID-19 Reminds 'We Are All Equal'
• Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Prove Coronavirus Was Engineered To Be A Bioweapon
• Fact Check: Countries With High Rates Of Childhood Vaccinations Are NOT Hardest Hit With Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Coronavirus 'Patient Zero' Is NOT A Man Who Had Sex With A Bat

Thursday, March 26, 2020

• Fact Check: Deaths Blamed On Coronavirus Are NOT Really Due To The Flu
• Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Of Worldwide COVID-19 Conspiracy Involving U.S. Government, Its Military, 5G Tech And The Illuminati
• Fact Check: Tanks Are NOT Rolling Into American Towns In Advance Of Martial Law
• Fact Check: Congress Did NOT Include A Raise of $25 Million For Themselves In Stimulus
• Fact Check: Your Child Will NOT Be Taken From You If They Have COVID-19

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

• Fact Check: The Flu Shot Does NOT Increase Risk Of Contracting COVID-19 By 36%
• Fact Check: NO Proof That Genetic Mutations Responsible For Coronavirus's Virulence
• Fact Check: NY Gov. Cuomo Did NOT Reject Buying Recommended 16,000 Ventilators In 2015 for Pandemic

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

• Fact Check: Mexico DOES Have Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19
• Fact Check: Device In Video Did NOT Accurately Measure 'Insane' 5G Radiation Levels
• Fact Check: Italy's President NOT Caught On Camera Crying Over, and Regretting, Nation's COVID-19 Response

Monday, March 23, 2020

• Fact Check: Bernie Sanders Does NOT Quit Democratic Primary And Does NOT Endorse Trump
• Fact Check: COVID Does NOT Stand For 'Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease'
• Fact Check: Hardee's Is NOT Advising Truckers Walk Up To Drive-Thrus During Coronavirus Pandemic
• Fact Check: Boiled Orange Peels With Cayenne Pepper Are NOT Effective Treatment For Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Russia's Putin Did NOT Release 500 Lions To Keep People Indoors Amid Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Black People Are NOT Immune To The Dangers Of Coronavirus
• Fact Check: 60 Democrats Did NOT Vote Against Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
• Fact Check: Belgium Did NOT Ban Certain Sex Activities Of Three Or More In Indoor Areas To Beat COVID-19
• Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show People Falling Dead Of COVID-19 On Italy's Streets
• Fact Check: Coronavirus Test DOES Require Swab To Be Inserted Clear Through Nasal Passage

Sunday, March 22, 2020

• Fact Check: Sky News Video About Coronavirus Victims In Italian Hospital Did NOT Get Taken Down
• Fact Check: Using A Sauna Or Hairdryer Will NOT Kill Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Helicopters Are NOT Spraying Disinfectants To Try To Eradicate Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Initial Lack Of Evidence For Human-To-Human COVID-19 Transmission NOT Unusual
• Fact Check: Tom Hanks Did NOT Pass Away, Did NOT Confess Admiration For Trump

Saturday, March 21, 2020

• Fact Check: Tanks NOT Arriving In San Diego, NO Martial Law
• Fact Check: Massachusetts State Police DO Warn Of Possible Scam Related To Coronavirus
• Fact Check: NOT A Photo Of Hundreds Of Coronavirus Dead In Italy
• Fact Check: Coronavirus Cases In U.S. NOT Linked To 5G Rollout
• Fact Check: Marriott Has NOT Denied Unemployment And Health Benefits To Employees On 'Zero Hour Schedule'
• Fact Check: U.S. Government Is NOT Using Participation In Census To Determine Recipients Of Potential Stimulus Checks
• Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Test Positive For Coronavirus, As African Hoax Website Claims

Friday, March 20, 2020

• Fact Check: Homeland Security Is NOT Preparing To Mobilize The National Guard To Combat Coronavirus
• Fact Check: NOT All McDonald's Restaurants Offering Free Meals To All School-Age Children - Just A few In North Carolina For Some Kids
• Fact Check: NO Plan By Bill Gates And The Vatican To Depopulate World With Coronavirus Vaccine; Video Misinterprets Gates' Speech
• Fact Check: NO Definitive Proof Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine Effective Against COVID-19
• Fact Check: Spanish Flu Did NOT Originate In Spain
• Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Warn Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week

Thursday, March 19, 2020

• Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Win Pulitzer Prize for Reporting During Crisis
• Fact Check: Link Does NOT Take People To Application For FEMA Assistance And NO $1,000 Check
• Fact Check: Obama Family NOT Flown to Private 'Safe Island'
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say 'People Are Dying Who Have Never Died Before'
• Fact Check: Cristiano Ronaldo Did NOT Buy Private Island To Escape Coronavirus Crisis
• Fact Check: Viral Meme About United Way Fund For COVID-19 Help Does NOT Contain Right Number
• Fact Check: Walmart NOT Closing Stores At Present Time

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

• Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Show The WHO Director-General Overstated COVID-19 Fatality Rate
• Fact Check: 5G Technology NOT Believed To Have Caused Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Tom Hanks, Others NOT Arrested For Pedophilia Or Other Crimes in QAnon Conspiracy
• Fact Check: 'Security Alert' For U.S. Citizens NOT Issued Over 2020 Census
• Fact Check: Dunkin' Has NOT Closed For Business Because Of COVID-19
• Fact Check: NO, Trump Is NOT Promising To Send Americans Checks Only After Checking People's Social Media History

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

• Fact Check: WHO Is Looking Into Concerns About Anti-Inflammatories With Coronavirus
• Fact Check: COVID-19 NOT A Scripted Narrative To Justify Closed Borders Or Force Residents To Remain Home
• Fact Check: Jim Carrey Did NOT Accuse 200 "Leftist Arsonists" Of Starting Australian Bushfires
• Fact Check: List Comparing Mortality Rates With COVID-19 Is NOT Accurate
• Fact Check: All U.S. Citizens Are NOT Entitled To $700 Per Week To Stay At Home To Avoid Spread Of Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Italy Has NOT Mandated No Treatment Of All Elderly With Coronavirus
• Fact Check: A Banana A Day Does NOT Keep The Coronavirus Away
• Fact Check: 15 Minutes In Sauna Will NOT Kill The Coronavirus

Monday, March 16, 2020

• Fact Check: A Dog Vaccine Can NOT Be Used To Inoculate People Against Coronavirus
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Will Smith Death Hoax
• Fact Check: The CDC Is NOT Warning People The Morel Mushroom Increases Coronavirus Risk By 200%
• Fact Check: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Give $50,000 Of Taxpayer Money To Al Qaida
• Fact Check: Video Of Trains Does NOT Suggest U.S. Is Preparing For Martial Law
• Fact Check: Baby Formula NOT Necessarily Being Shipped For Free During Coronavirus Outbreak
• Fact Check: Coronavirus Outbreak Did NOT Prompt Gun And Ammunition Policy Changes At Walmart
• Fact Check: Train Was NOT Marked With "COVID-19" On Its Side
• Fact Check: Yes, Walmart IS Cutting Hours Across Country Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
• Fact Check: Scott Toilet Paper Is NOT Made In China
• Fact Check: Cristiano Ronaldo NOT Turning His Hotels Into 'Hospitals' To Fight Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Every Household In The U.S. Is NOT Getting $500 Emergency Food Stamps Or $1,000 Stimulus Check
• Fact Check: Novel Coronavirus Is NOT The Least Deadly Virus

Sunday, March 15, 2020

• Fact Check: Popular Meme Offers Mix Of Truth And Info NOT Backed By Science

Saturday, March 14, 2020

• Fact Check: Coronavirus: Act Today or People Will Die
• Fact Check: Soldiers Are NOT On Streets Of Philly, NOT Hauling Off COVID-19 Patients To FEMA Camps
• Fact Check: Coronavirus Has NOT Been Found In Crab Legs
• Fact Check: NO Evidence CEO Resignations Are Linked To Global Conspiracy
• Fact Check: Curfew NOT Issued For Bossier City Due To Coronavirus

Friday, March 13, 2020

• Fact Check: Website Urging People To Stay Home Offers Sound Advice
• Fact Check: Rep. Omar Did NOT Say 'When We Win in November, We Will Eliminate Social Security Entitlements for Seniors'
• Fact Check: New York City Is NOT Set To Undergo Citywide Quarantine
• Fact Check: Man NOT Infected With Coronavirus Who Claimed To Have Spread It At A Walmart In Louisiana
• Fact Check: Supermarkets Are NOT Recalling Coronavirus-Infected Toilet Paper
• Fact Check: The Coronavirus Scare Did NOT Start Immediately After Impeachment

Thursday, March 12, 2020

• Fact Check: Former CIA Officer Selectively Quoted By Iranian Site; Did NOT Say Coronavirus Was Produced In a Lab
• Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Claim Illegal Immigrants Were Held In Nazi Detention Camps
• Fact Check: Meme Does NOT Contain Accurate Figures for H1N1 Deaths In The United States
• Fact Check: Australian Hospital Staff Did NOT Roll In A Wilson Volleyball To Keep Tom Hanks Company In Quarantine
• Fact Check: U.S. Election Is NOT Canceled Due To Coronavirus

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

• Fact Check: Memes With Advice For Preventing Coronavirus Are NOT Accurate; Gargling With Salt Water & Vinegar Does NOT Kill The Virus
• Fact Check: Female Army Sergeant Who Repelled Ambush Was NOT Only Woman To Earn Silver Star Since WWII
• Fact Check: Overview Of Claims Made During Biden's Argument With Michigan Autoworker Over Guns
• Fact Check: Duck Dynasty's Si Robertson NOT Found Dead
• Fact Check: COVID-19 NOT Found In Toilet Paper
• Fact Check: Onions Do NOT Prevent The Flu And Other Viral Infections

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

• Fact Check: Biden Campaign Ad Edits Several Trump Quotes Together; Watch Them In Context Here
• Fact Check: Tilapia Did NOT Cause Girl To Break Out With Swollen Face And Blackened Lips And Eyelids
• Fact Check: NOT 10,000 Deaths In Virus Outbreak in Michigan, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, Missouri, Mississippi
• Fact Check: Parents Of Baby With Big Arm Do NOT Need Money For Urgent Surgery
• Fact Check: Every U.S. Election Year Does NOT Have A Disease

Monday, March 9, 2020

• Fact Check: Trump Did Not Tweet About "Dow Joans" Falling More Than 1,000 Points
• Fact Check: Judge Did NOT Rule Girls Have No Right To Privacy And That They Must Shower With Boys
• Fact Check: Biopsies Do NOT Necessarily Spread Cancer
• Fact Check: A NYC Man With Suspected Coronavirus Did NOT Drop Dead In The Middle Of The Street
• Fact Check: Department Of Homeland Security Officials Did NOT Say Illegal Border Crossings May Spread Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say At Town Hall Forum He'll Cut Social Security And Medicare
• Fact Check: Freshly Boiled Garlic Water Is NOT A Cure For Coronavirus

Sunday, March 8, 2020

• Fact Check: Anti-Trump Sign At Bojangles' Restaurant NOT Put Up By Store
• Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Endorse Donald Trump In Edited Video
• Fact Check: States Are NOT Imposing Mandatory Leave And Statewide School Closures Due To Coronavirus

Saturday, March 7, 2020

• Fact Check: As Of March 7, 2020, Tanzania And Zambia Had NOT Confirmed First Cases Of Coronavirus
• Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Warn About 4km Killer Asteroid On Approach; NO Chance Of Impact

Friday, March 6, 2020

• Fact Check: Cristiano Ronaldo's Mother, Dolores, Is NOT Dead
• Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Campaign With Grand Wizard of KKK
• Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Publish Sponsored Facebook Post Asking For Help With "Escaped" Coronavirus Patient
• Fact Check: 449,163 Non-Citizens Did NOT Decline Jury Duty And Were NOT Registered To Vote In California Elections

Thursday, March 5, 2020

• Fact Check: Mayor Of Buffalo Did NOT Tell People To Evacuate Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
• Fact Check: Delta, Walmart, Lowe's, Kroger Are NOT Giving Everyone Who Shares A Link $50 Or 2 Tickets For Its Anniversary
• Fact Check: The Coronavirus Test Does NOT Cost $3,200
• Fact Check: It Is NOT Known Whether Novel Coronavirus Has A Survival Rate Of 99.7%
• Fact Check: Donating Plasma Or Blood Is NOT Free Testing For The Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Joe Biden Promising That If He Wins, He's "Coming For" Your Guns

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

• Fact Check: DNC Group Did NOT Teach Illegals To Vote
• Fact Check: Muslims Did NOT Demand Locals Not Walk Dogs In Public, Saying It Was A Violation Of Sharia And "Disrespects" Them
• Fact Check: Common Cold Is NOT The Only Type Of Coronavirus

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

• Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Say Coronavirus Killed 200 In Iran
• Fact Check: Patents Do NOT Mean Deadly Diseases And Viruses Were Created Or Invented In A Lab
• Fact Check: Ku Klux Klan Marchers Did NOT Carry Trump-Pence Banner
• Fact Check: Biden In Texas Ahead Of Super Tuesday Did NOT Say: "Tomorrow Is Super Thursday"
• Fact Check: A Bovine Vaccine Can NOT Be Used To Inoculate People Against Coronavirus
• Fact Check: Bernie Sanders Did NOT March With Fidel Castro, Che Guevara

Monday, March 2, 2020

• Fact Check: A Journalist Did NOT Claim A Coronavirus Patient Was Murdered
• Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say Reading Mein Kampf Had A Profound Effect On Him
• Fact Check: VP Pence Did NOT Urge People With Coronavirus To Go To The Police
• Fact Check: Bernie Sanders Does NOT Own A Lavish 15-Acre Estate In Stowe

Sunday, March 1, 2020

• Fact Check: Cops Did NOT Threaten A West Hollywood Homeowner With Jail If He Removed A Tent Erected In His Yard By Homeless Men
• Fact Check: Vatican Did NOT Confirm Pope Francis And Two Aides Tested Positive for Coronavirus