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President Trump says a coronavirus vaccine is going to be announced within weeks
Expert Dr Anthony Fauci says we will know if one of them works in Nov or Dec, but there would only be a few million doses available
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-us-2020-54630565
Expert Dr Anthony Fauci says we will know if one of them works in Nov or Dec, but there would only be a few million doses available
#Debates2020
#BBCRealityCheck https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-us-2020-54630565
Biden denied calling restrictions on travel from China due to coronavirus xenophobic
He said at the time it was no time for the president's "hysterical xenophobia"
His campaign says he wasn't talking about travel measures #Debates2020 #BBCRealityCheck
http://bbc.in/3koadUT
He said at the time it was no time for the president's "hysterical xenophobia"
His campaign says he wasn't talking about travel measures #Debates2020
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Joe Biden said the president "has caused the deficit with China to go up, not down"
That's not quite right:
It rose in 2017 but fell in 2018
In 2019 it was $308bn, slightly less than $310bn in 2016
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http://bbc.in/3ohuPAD
That's not quite right:
It rose in 2017 but fell in 2018
In 2019 it was $308bn, slightly less than $310bn in 2016
#Debates2020
#BBCRealityCheck http://bbc.in/3ohuPAD
President Trump said excess mortality - the number of deaths more than you would expect for a particular period - is lower in the US than "almost any other country in the world"
Is that true?
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http://bbc.in/2TfvIeI
Is that true?
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http://bbc.in/2TfvIeI
President Trump said he had got Nato countries to "put up an extra $130bn... a year"
European countries and Canada have raised defence budgets by $130bn in total since 2016 - so not per year
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020 http://bbc.in/34jUmkC
European countries and Canada have raised defence budgets by $130bn in total since 2016 - so not per year
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020
http://bbc.in/34jUmkC
Mr Biden's campaign site says the Democrats would protect "America's natural treasures by... banning new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters"
But they are not opposed to fracking in general
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http://bbc.in/37sTZq2
But they are not opposed to fracking in general
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http://bbc.in/37sTZq2
President Trump said "we have the cleanest air, the cleanest water"
The US does currently have its cleanest air on record, but Yale ranked the US 26th in the World on sanitation and drinking water
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The US does currently have its cleanest air on record, but Yale ranked the US 26th in the World on sanitation and drinking water
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020
http://bbc.in/2HnpXcd
Joe Biden said "coronavirus spikes are in red states"
In the last week the most cases per head have been in Dakotas (Republican governors), Montana and Wisconsin (Democrat governors)
Cases have risen in states run by both
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http://bbc.in/2HnpXcd
In the last week the most cases per head have been in Dakotas (Republican governors), Montana and Wisconsin (Democrat governors)
Cases have risen in states run by both
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020
http://bbc.in/2HnpXcd
President Trump said the US has "rounded the corner" on coronavirus
But cases and hospitalisations are rising in the US
There are about 60,000 new cases a day now, up from about 50,000 a day earlier in the month
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020 http://bbc.in/3dR6tsA
But cases and hospitalisations are rising in the US
There are about 60,000 new cases a day now, up from about 50,000 a day earlier in the month
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020
http://bbc.in/3dR6tsA
President Trump said he had "a plan to help people with pre-existing conditions" with healthcare
If he has a plan he has not shared details of it
He promised to replace Obamacare with something better but has not said what
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020 http://bbc.in/3oiIyXR
If he has a plan he has not shared details of it
He promised to replace Obamacare with something better but has not said what
#BBCRealityCheck #Debates2020
http://bbc.in/3oiIyXR
