Leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden repeatedly has criticized President Donald Trump for failing to make timely use of the Defense Production Act to compel companies to manufacture medical supplies that are expected to be needed to treat those infected with the novel coronavirus. There’s a bit of spin coming from both sides on this issue.
Issues: coronavirus
Hoax Letter Stirs Confusion About Missouri Schools
Lemon Juice Tea Does Not Cure COVID-19 in Israel, or Anywhere Else
April Fool’s Posts Falsely Claim Students Must Repeat the School Year
Biden’s False Claim on Trump’s Response to Coronavirus
Video: Trump’s Misleading Attacks on Cuomo
Baseless Attack on News Media Over Photo of Coffins
A viral post on Facebook claims without substantiation that the “media” is running a photo of coffins from a 2017 movie with news stories about the novel coronavirus pandemic in Italy. The picture is actually from 2013; it did appear in the 2017 movie, too, but there’s no evidence it’s being used by credible news organizations now.
Trump’s Spin on ‘Broken’ Testing
Union’s Search for Face Masks Gets Twisted Online
Flawed Comparison on Coronavirus, H1N1 Emergency Timelines
Facebook posts falsely claim that it “took [President Barack] Obama ‘millions infected and over 1,000 deaths’ to declare the H1N1 flu a health emergency,” but President Donald Trump “declared a health emergency” before the first coronavirus death. In reality, both administrations declared public health emergencies before the first reported deaths.