The first installment of a documentary called “Plandemic” stormed through social media this week. But the viral video weaves a grand conspiracy theory by using a host of false and misleading claims about the novel coronavirus pandemic and its origins, vaccines, treatments for COVID-19, and more.
Issues: coronavirus
CDC Hasn’t ‘Reduced’ COVID-19 Death Toll
Trump Falsely Claims COVID-19 Death Projection Assumes ‘No Mitigation’
Dismissing concerns that states are reopening too soon, President Donald Trump incorrectly said that a newly revised model projecting 134,000 COVID-19 deaths by August “assumes no mitigation.” In fact, the model assumes states will keep their existing social distancing measures in place, unless suspensions have already been announced.
Video: Trump’s Repeated Coronavirus Claims
Trump’s Flawed China Travel Conspiracy
Trump Ad’s Misleading Use of CNN Interview
Media Didn’t Misuse Boy’s Photo in Deaths of Three COVID-19 Victims
Kudlow’s Claim About COVID-19 Spread
Despite early warnings about how damaging COVID-19 could be for Americans, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow defended his late February statement that the U.S. had “contained” the virus, saying on May 3 that the novel coronavirus “spread exponentially in ways that virtually no one could have predicted.”
Trump’s Mysterious Claim of an Apology ‘Letter’ from Biden
Legislative History of CARES Act Doesn’t Prove COVID-19 Conspiracy
Social media posts falsely claim that the CARES Act was introduced Jan. 24, 2019 to perpetuate the falsehood that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned or known about in advance. The CARES Act was introduced March 25 as a substitute amendment, replacing the title and language of an older, unrelated bill.