The United States has not done more COVID-19 testing than “every country combined,” as President Donald Trump claimed in remarks during a recent press briefing.
Stories by D'Angelo Gore
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
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Trump’s Inaccurate COVID-19 Death Rate Comparison
FactChecking Trump’s Attack on the WHO
Trump Falsely Claims He Inherited ‘Empty’ Stockpile
Trump’s Premature Claim about Ventilator Production
Trump’s Suspect Spanish Flu Claims
President Donald Trump recently said “close to 100 million people died” from the 1918 Spanish flu, and that “if you got it you had a 50/50 chance, or very close, of dying.” But 100 million is a high-end estimate of global deaths from that influenza pandemic, and we found no evidence the case fatality rate for those who had it was 50%.
Correcting Trump’s Press Conference Misinformation
FactChecking Trump’s Coronavirus Address
False Claim About CDC’s Global Anti-Pandemic Work
As the COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus has spread around the world, a number of politicians, news organizations and public figures have made the false claim that the Trump administration cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s anti-pandemic work in over 40 countries to just 10.