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Snopes investigates rumors about how the United States government and other organizations have responded to the coronavirus crisis.
by Brandon Echter, May 27, 2020
An exterior view of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions′s Roybal campus in Atlanta, GA. (Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)
As COVID-19 spread across the world in 2020, rumors about how the U.S. government and other organizations reacted to the crisis did as well. As Snopes investigates those claims, they'll be collected here.
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March 2, 2020
Trump's commentary on the new coronavirus came before the virus began killing patients in the U.S.
Feb. 26, 2020
As a new coronavirus spread in 2020, so did concerns about the United States' preparedness for a ...
Feb. 27, 2020
As the new coronavirus spread in February 2020, so did concerns about the United States' readine ...
March 24, 2020
Any changes affecting constitutional guarantees afforded federal criminal defendants in the U.S. ...
March 2, 2020
Not all "fact checks" are created equal.
March 11, 2020
The blame game for coronavirus response is on, but some claims aren't always accurate.
March 13, 2020
Sources linked to Republican and Democratic lawmakers had each accused the other side of politic ...
Feb. 27, 2020
The CDC had previously stated its intent to block anyone who tested positive for the disease cau ...
March 11, 2020
The U.S. president’s finances are complex, but does Donald Trump actually benefit from the CDC’s ...
March 16, 2020
Announcements of a "national lockdown" or "mandatory quarantine" would not be made via viral tex ...
March 10, 2020
Who really is in charge of the outbreak response? As with most things in American government, t ...
March 28, 2020
Pranksters no longer need spend time with Photoshop to create convincing fake tweets.
April 3, 2020
The IRS has not announced if Americans will be able to track the status of their stimulus paymen ...
April 7, 2020
While the stimulus payment is technically a tax credit, its categorization as such was made only ...
April 9, 2020
On April 2, 2020, Jared Kushner said of the federal stockpile: "It's supposed to be our stockpil ...
April 10, 2020
New York’s Hart Island has been used as a burial site for unclaimed deceased persons for more th ...
April 13, 2020
This outrage isn't going to stir itself.
April 13, 2020
"There may and likely will come a time in which we have an airborne disease that is deadly," sai ...
April 14, 2020
Accusations that Dr. Anthony Fauci said it was "safe" to go to the movies and gym in late Februa ...
April 20, 2020
An opinion issued by a doctor serving in Minnesota's Legislature gained traction with right-wing ...
April 21, 2020
Both the U. S. House and Senate extended their recesses until May 4 due to the dangers of corona ...
April 22, 2020
FEMA stated it knows the company "doesn't make" the masks because the company is a broker, not a ...
April 22, 2020
Dan Patrick called for social-distancing measures to be eased for his state amid the coronavirus ...
April 24, 2020
The answer, in part, depends on how couples filed their taxes.
April 26, 2020
Pelosi did take part in a Congressional delegation to China in November -- but in 2015, not 2019.
April 27, 2020
States may in fact use police powers to protect the health, safety, and welfare of persons withi ...
April 29, 2020
For many Americans who fear leaving their homes during the pandemic, the Postal Service is a lif ...
May 4, 2020
The COVID-19 "death rate" reported by the CDC goes up with the passage of time, and it has not b ...
May 5, 2020
Sensational headlines suggested the city was singling out churches for heavy-handed surveillance ...
May 8, 2020
The vice president had made a joke about carrying an empty box for the news cameras.
May 11, 2020
A right-wing provocateur made the claim in a May 2020 tweet as federal leaders negotiated what t ...
May 12, 2020
Viral posts claimed that proposed legislation by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush would supersede constituti ...
May 11, 2020
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s $100 billion grant program proposed in the H.R. 6666 TRACE bill has been ...
May 12, 2020
Involuntary measures to control disease have a long history in North America.
May 12, 2020
For the record, Americans without disabilities are not protected by the federal Americans with D ...
May 12, 2020
Someone apparently was hell-bent on scaring families with false rumors during the already stress ...
May 13, 2020
Tactics and key policy decisions were laid out in a 69-page National Security Council playbook o ...
May 13, 2020
Jerome Adams' comments from early 2020 were re-shared and went viral months after he changed his ...
May 15, 2020
A classic example of what's called "copypasta" spreading unfounded rumors on social media.
May 22, 2020
A widely shared graphic paraphrased CDC recommendations that can be voluntarily adopted by schoo ...
May 27, 2020
A meme linked two separate events together to foment political controversy.
May 27, 2020
Bureaucratic hurdles appeared to have prevented a hospital ship in New York City from being full ...
