COVID-19 Fact Check

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Claim: President Donald Trump on twitter claims that: "The Radical Left Lamestream Media, together with their partner, the Do Nothing Democrats, are trying to spread a new narrative that President Trump was slow in reacting to Covid 19. Wrong, I was very fast, even doing the Ban on China long before anybody thought necessary!" Fact Check: FALSE: The United States, under the order of President Donald Trump, actually instituted it's travel ban more than a month after various other countries had already done so

Claim: President Donald Trump on twitter lends credence to the idea that masks are a political statement more than a health related issue

Fact Check: FALSE: Face masks have been shown to protect against the spread of COVID-19, due to the blockage of particles in the air.

Claim: President Donald Trump on twitter claims: "Hydroxichloroquine can help with COVID-19"

Fact Check: FALSE: France has actually banned this chemical for treatment of COVID-19, and it has not shown any positive results in treatment of COVID-19

Claim: President Donald Trump on twitter claims: "COVID-19 is a hoax perpetrated by the left wing media"

Fact Check: FALSE: COVID-19 is very much real, and as a result of the President's delayed actions, 80,000 preventable deaths have occurred.

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