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Viral image stated on January 6, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Coronavirus is a Latin word for “heart attack virus.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2023

Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Swedish health authorities considering introducing restrictions because of monkeypox outbreak.”

By Madison Czopek • May 25, 2022

Viral image stated on November 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The omicron variant’s name is evidence the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 30, 2021

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%.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2021

Bloggers stated on September 27, 2021 in Articles:

Norway decided “that (the coronavirus) should be treated like other respiratory diseases, such as the flu or cold, because… it is no more dangerous than those mentioned.”

By Noah Y. Kim • September 30, 2021

Ted Cruz stated on August 4, 2021 in an interview:

“In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."

By Brandon Mulder • September 3, 2021

Instagram posts stated on July 1, 2021 in an Instagram post:

The delta variant of the coronavirus “is approximately 19 times less deadly.”

By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2021

Joe Biden stated on May 27, 2021 in a speech in Cleveland:

“Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2021

Tom Tiffany stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech:

Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."

By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021

Bloggers stated on March 13, 2021 in an article:

A CDC study found that “mask mandates made no statistical difference” on coronavirus case rates.

By Noah Y. Kim • March 19, 2021

Instagram posts stated on March 9, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Vitamin D, vitamin C, colloidal silver and black seed oil can kill the coronavirus.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 11, 2021

J. Bart Classen stated on January 18, 2021 in a research article:

The COVID-19 vaccine could lead to prion diseases, Alzheimer’s, ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.

By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2021

Bloggers stated on February 1, 2021 in a blog post:

"BUSTED: CDC Inflated COVID Numbers, Accused of Violating Federal Law"

By Madison Czopek • February 5, 2021

Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19.

By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2020

Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2020 in text posts and screenshots:

“One of the first nurses to receive the vaccine in AL is now dead.”

By Daniel Funke • December 17, 2020

Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post:

The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”

By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2020

Viral image stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“COVID ends next Wednesday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2020

Scott Perry stated on October 17, 2020 in an interview:

The coronavirus "was constructed in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2020

Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate:

“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2020

Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in a presidential debate:

"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020

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Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts

By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2022

Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: What’s going on with EcoHealth Alliance, the NIH and coronavirus research?

By Noah Y. Kim • October 28, 2021

Fact-checking a claim raised at WVU about a coronavirus study in Israel

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2021

The coronavirus variants: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2021

How should top-tier sports be handling the coronavirus?

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2021

Answering questions, concerns about the coronavirus vaccines

By Daniel Funke • April 14, 2021

Fans leaving Pelicans-Kings game on March 11, 2020

6 things we’ve learned from one year of coronavirus misinformation

By Daniel Funke • March 12, 2021

Why randomized controlled trials on mask wearing and the coronavirus are scant

By Noah Y. Kim • March 12, 2021

Where the coronavirus pandemic stands, holiday edition

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2020

8 facts and 4 unknowns about the coronavirus vaccines

By Samantha Putterman • December 17, 2020

Lie of the Year: Coronavirus downplay and denial

By Daniel Funke, Katie Sanders • December 16, 2020

The uninvited guest: How to keep the coronavirus out of Thanksgiving

By Bill McCarthy • November 17, 2020

Monoclonal coronavirus cocktails for all, for free? Not as simple as Trump’s sell

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Are you sure Donald Trump didn’t call the coronavirus a hoax?

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2020

trump throwing maga hat at Sept 30 2020 rally in Minnesota

The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test

By Noah Y. Kim • October 2, 2020

What we know about the airborne spread of the coronavirus

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2020

Fact-checking Joe Biden on a coronavirus vaccine

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2020

Ad Watch: Joe Biden’s Spanish-language ad says Donald Trump lacks coronavirus plan

By Miriam Valverde • September 16, 2020

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally’s impact on the coronavirus, explained

By Bill McCarthy • September 14, 2020