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Donations to Black Lives Matter Group Don t Go to DNC Social media posts falsely claim donations made on the Black Lives Matter website go "directly" to the Democratic party, because the group uses ActBlue Charities -- an online fundraising platform. Donations go to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. The funds first pass through a nonprofit that sponsors the group. Unpacking WHO’s Asymptomatic COVID-19 Transmission Comments At a June 8 press conference, a World Health Organization scientist confusingly suggested that asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus is “very rare” -- a statement that many scientists found problematic, and which some politicians and those on social media seized upon as evidence that certain public health measures were not necessary. Does Vitamin D Protect Against COVID-19? Q: Does vitamin D help protect against COVID-19?A: Some scientists have hypothesized vitamin D might be helpful, but there is no direct evidence that vitamin D can prevent COVID-19 or lessen disease severity. Nevertheless, it should be part of a healthy lifestyle. Examining Biden s Farm Bankruptcy Claim Joe Biden claimed that farm bankruptcies increased last year "due largely to Trump's unmitigated disaster of a tariff war." International trade was a factor, but there were additional reasons that predate the trade war. Falsehoods Follow George Floyd s Death Some social media posts have responded to Floyd's death by pushing misinformation and conspiracy theories. At a June 8 press conference, a World Health Organization scientist confusingly suggested that asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus is “very rare” a statement that many scientists found problematic, and which some politicians and those on social media seized upon as evidence that certain public health measures were not necessary. A Trump for President ad deceptively suggests that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden supports a campaign to defund the police. But Biden has said explicitly that he doesn t. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that our crime statistics are at a level that they haven’t been at, calling the numbers record setting. The U.S. murder rate was lower in 2014, and the violent crime rate overall has been lower in several past years, with the lowest levels decades ago, according to FBI data. A TV ad from a Republican super PAC uses video of Joe Biden inaccurately explaining his climate plan against him. Biden s campaign has said he would not completely ban fossil fuels, specifically fracking, as the ad appears to show him saying. President Donald Trump falsely claimed, Tijuana is the most heavily infected place anywhere in the world, as far as the plague is concerned, referring to the novel coronavirus.  With no evidence, President Donald Trump promoted a conspiracy theory that Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old man who was hospitalized after being pushed by police during a June 4 protest in Buffalo, New York, was an ANTIFA provocateur who was trying to black out police equipment. In remarks about SARS-CoV-2, President Trump wrongly said China stopped it cold from spreading from Wuhan to other parts of China but they didn’t stop it cold from coming to the United States and the rest of the world. It did spread in China beyond Wuhan, but China also took extreme measures to slow the spread of the disease that the U.S. did not. The national semantics exercise over pepper balls and tear gas has continued. Attorney General William Barr objected to the description of pepper spray as a chemical irritant. Q: Does vitamin D help protect against COVID-19?A: Some scientists have hypothesized vitamin D might be helpful, but there is no direct evidence that vitamin D can prevent COVID-19 or lessen disease severity. Nevertheless, it should be part of a healthy lifestyle. In a Rose Garden address to comment on a surprisingly strong May jobs report, President Donald Trump continued to repeat false, misleading and exaggerated claims about the economy, the administration s response to COVID-19, the border wall, veterans programs and trade with China.

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