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Misleading: The US was "expected to lose 2,200,000 people and maybe more than that" from the coronavirus.
Health-Covid Politics-General

Misleading: The US was "expected to lose 2,200,000 people and maybe more than that" from the coronavirus.

True: The White House has been meddling in the CDC's management of the COVID-19 crisis.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: The White House has been meddling in the CDC's management of the COVID-19 crisis.

Misleading: Biden: If we just wore these masks, the President's own advisers told him we could save 100,000 lives.
Health-Covid Politics-General

Misleading: Biden: If we just wore these masks, the President's own advisers told him we could save 100,000 lives.

Partly_True: An individual comes into contact with 300 surfaces every 30 minutes, exposing himself to 840,000 germs.
Health-General

Partly_True: An individual comes into contact with 300 surfaces every 30 minutes, exposing himself to 840,000 germs.

True: The U.S.'s death rate is 2.5 times that of Canada.
Health-Covid

True: The U.S.'s death rate is 2.5 times that of Canada.

Partly_True: There is a risk of transmission of the virus if students gather in one place.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: There is a risk of transmission of the virus if students gather in one place.

False: Karnataka government to re-impose a lockdown on 25th September.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: Karnataka government to re-impose a lockdown on 25th September.

True: The billionaires got $300-400 billion richer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: The billionaires got $300-400 billion richer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

True: CDC retracted its claim on coronavirus spread.
Health-Covid

True: CDC retracted its claim on coronavirus spread.

Partly_True: Brucellosis bacteria cause infertility in human male.
Health-General

Partly_True: Brucellosis bacteria cause infertility in human male.

False: Life insurance cover will not be applicable to COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: Life insurance cover will not be applicable to COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.

True: Russia's Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V will be available for public use by the end of 2020.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: Russia's Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V will be available for public use by the end of 2020.

True: White House nixed the plan to distribute 650 million face masks through USPS.
Health-Covid Politics-General

True: White House nixed the plan to distribute 650 million face masks through USPS.

False: Reports of a second wave of the COVID-19 infections are fake.
Health-Covid

False: Reports of a second wave of the COVID-19 infections are fake.

False: New COVID-19 restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: New COVID-19 restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai.

True: The restrictions under section 144 of CrPC are reimposed in Mumbai.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: The restrictions under section 144 of CrPC are reimposed in Mumbai.

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