Lie May 19, 2020 · Remarks · Coronavirus

“There was a false study done where they gave it to very sick people -- extremely sick people, people that were ready to die. It was given by, obviously, not friends of the administration. And the study came out. The people were ready to die. Everybody was old, had bad problems with hearts, diabetes, and everything else you can imagine. So they gave it. So, immediately, when it came out, they gave a lot of false information, just so you understand. Great studies came out of Italy on hydroxy. ”

Said
May 19, 2020
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Coronavirus
Repeated
43 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19415)

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