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Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-16): CLAIM: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that "only 0.02%" of children will die when returning to school during the pandemic. FILE - In this July 8, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a briefing at the Department of Education building in Washington. On Friday, July 17, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that DeVos said that "only 0.02%" of children will die when returning to school during the pandemic. A spokeswoman with the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to the AP that the statement was falsely attributed to DeVos, who supports the reopening of schools and the return of children to classrooms. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) [...] A spokeswoman with the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to the AP that the statement was falsely attributed to DeVos, who supports the reopening of schools and the return of children to classrooms. "So, Betsy Devos today said "only" .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school. That’s 14,740 children. Welcome back!," a Twitter user posted on July 11. "Betsy DeVos says that ‘only’ 0.02% of children will probably die as a result of schools re-opening. That’s 14,740 children. That’s about 40 times the number of school shooting victims from the last 10 years," another Twitter user falsely stated on July 12, garnering nearly 70,000 retweets.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-11-19): The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most disruptive events in the history of U.S. education. Even now, many students haven't seen the inside of a school building since March. Districts far and wide have been hit with crushing new costs at the same time the pandemic has hammered state education budgets. Aside from distributing the more than $13 billion Congress set aside for K-12 schools in the CARES Act, DeVos has been largely passive on the matter of helping schools further weather the pandemic's financial toll — which dozens of education organizations estimated in May would take at least another $175 billion. [...] The secretary's most forceful pandemic moment came in July when she stood alongside Trump in arguing that schools should reopen in the fall, regardless of their ability to meet CDC safety recommendations. It was a striking pivot for a secretary who had repeatedly cited local control of schools to argue against action at the federal level. At a roundtable with DeVos, Trump threatened that his administration would even "put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools," including saying (erroneously) that he could cut off federal school funds. [...] An earlier version of this story characterized Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as having played a "largely passive role in the early months of the pandemic." The story has been updated to reflect more fully the actions the secretary took in the spring.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-11): Numerous posts circulating on social media websites claim Education Secretary Betsy DeVos downplayed the risk of reopening schools by saying "only" .02% of children are likely to die from COVID-19 when they return to school. [...] "Betsy DeVos said ‘only’ 0.02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school. That's 14,740 children." [...] Lead Stories, Fact Check: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos DID Not Say 'Only' .02% Of Kids Are Likely To Die When They Go Back To School; If So, It Would NOT Add Up To 14,740 Dead Children, July 12, 2020
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-14): FACT CHECK: Did Betsy DeVos Say ‘Only’ 0.02 Percent Of Kids Are Likely To Die Once They Return To School? An image shared on Facebook claims Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. [...] A viral Facebook post now claims DeVos publicly admitted this decision would likely result in the deaths of children, saying, "So Betsy Devos today said ‘only’ .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school. That’s 14,740 children."
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2021-04-26): Did U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos say that "only" .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school during the pandemic and if that happened it would result in 14,740 dead students? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could find no public interviews or appearances in which DeVos cited a .02% likelihood of students dying from COVID-19 if public schools were re-opened. If that mortality rate proved accurate, the number of dead children would not total 14,740. Not only is the quote fake, but the math is bad. [...] 7/10/20. Today Education Secretary Betsy Devos said "only" .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school during the pandemic. That's 14,740 children. [...] The claim came on the heels of a push by the Trump administration to pressure public schools around the United States to resume in-person classes in the fall, despite record numbers of COVID-19 cases reported in many states. Secretary DeVos appeared at a White House coronvirus task force briefing on July 10, 2020, but she never speculated that "only" .02 percent of the students are likely to die if they returned to the classroom. She did downplay the health risks to students in several interviews, including on CNN's State of the Union on July 12, 2020, when she told host Dana Bash:
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-24): In promoting the reopening of schools this fall, Trump administration officials have, at times, inaccurately described the evidence on how COVID-19 affects children. Social media posts claim that Betsy DeVos said "only" 0.02% of children are "likely to die" of COVID-19 from schools reopening in the fall. There’s no evidence she ever said that. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos used an outdated figure in claiming only 10% of school districts had "provided any kind of real curriculum and instruction program" after the coronavirus pandemic caused schools to shut down this spring. That was the case for 82 districts in late March, but by late April, 56% were doing so. In late May, the figure was 67%.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-16): Numerous posts circulating on social media websites claim Education Secretary Betsy DeVos downplayed the risk of reopening schools by saying "only" .02% of children are likely to die from COVID-19 when they return to school. [...] "Betsy DeVos said ‘only’ 0.02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school. That's 14,740 children." [...] Social media posts claim that DeVos stated that "only" .02% of kids would die if they returned to school.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-14): Ms DeVos, a top donor to Mr Trump's 2016 campaign and herself a billionaire, has been a strong advocate to re-open schools, claiming on CNN that the Centre for Disease Control's health guidelines were "flexible" despite the nation's COVID-19 cases seemingly spiralling out of control. [...] Appearing on several Twitter profiles and spreading to other social media sites was the claim Ms DeVos said "only 0.02 percent of children are likely to die" when schools re-opening. [...] Taking that as a rough estimate, 0.02 percent would constitute 11,320 dead children - with Twitter posters claiming the figure would be closer to 15,000, using unknown student numbers.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-14): The claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02% of children are likely to die of coronavirus when they return to school in the fall. Over the weekend, numerous posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram — including from the pages Liberal AF and Liberal by Definition — claimed that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made the comment that "only" 0.02% of schoolchildren would die when returning to classrooms in the fall. [...] Based on our research, this claim is FALSE. While the education secretary has advocated for schools reopening in the fall, DeVos never said that "only" 0.02% of children are likely to die of COVID-10 if schools reopen, and the statistic itself is unfounded. But DeVos has advocated extensively for schools to reopen in the fall, despite record-setting case numbers in first half of July.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2021-04-30): CLAIM: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that "only 0.02%" of children will die when returning to school during the pandemic. [...] "So, Betsy Devos today said "only" .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school. That’s 14,740 children. Welcome back!," a Twitter user posted on July 11. "Betsy DeVos says that ‘only’ 0.02% of children will probably die as a result of schools re-opening. That’s 14,740 children. That’s about 40 times the number of school shooting victims from the last 10 years," another Twitter user falsely stated on July 12. The false tweet had nearly 70,000 retweets.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2023-06-05): Probably the most alarming federal data coming out of the COVID era has been the release of scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which showed huge drops in achievement in reading and especially math. Did those results match what you were expecting? [...] But so do students. [...] That’s how bad it’s gotten?
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2019-11-20): The U.S. Department of Education (Department) issues this interim final rule to clarify the requirement in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) that local educational agencies (LEAs) provide equitable services to students and teachers in non-public schools under the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund) and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) (collectively, the CARES Act programs). [...] The CARES Act authorizes new Federal education programs to "prevent, prepare for, and respond to" COVID-19. Three of those programs—the GEER Fund (section 18002(c)(1), (3)), the ESSER Fund formula grants to LEAs (section 18003(c)), and the ESSER State educational agency (SEA) Reserve (section 18003(e))—make funds potentially available to LEAs. [...] DOE will accept comments regarding this NOPR on or before July 31, 2020. See the section entitled "Public Participation" for details.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2022-08-05): References - DeMatthews, D.; Knight, D.; Reyes, P.; Benedict, A.; Callahan, R. From the field: Education research during a pandemic. Educ. Res. 2020, 49, 398–402. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [...] - Azorín, C. Beyond COVID-19 supernova. Is another education coming? J. Prof. Cap. Community 2020, 5, 381–390. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [...] - Hoffman, J.A.; Miller, E.A. Addressing the consequences of school closure due to COVID-19 on children’s physical and mental well-being. World Med. Health Policy 2020, 12, 300–310. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2024-09-29): On July 21, Governor Parson in a radio interview with KFTK-FM said that children have to return to schools, that they would inevitably get COVID-19, and would "get over it".[ 33] The American Academy of Pediatrics ' weekly report[ 34] from when states started reporting cases to July 16 indicated that of states that reported the data, there were 241,904 child cases, 2,074 child hospitalizations, and 66 child deaths from COVID-19.[ 35] [...] ^ Behrmann, Savannah (July 20, 2020). " 'They're going to get over it': Missouri Gov. insists kids must go back to school even though 'they will' get COVID-19" . USA Today . Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020 . These kids have got to get back to school. They're at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get COVID-19, which they will — and they will when they go to school — they're not going to the hospitals. They're not going to have to sit in doctor's offices. They're going to go home and they're going to get over it. [...] ^ Bekiempis, Victoria (September 10, 2020). "Teacher, 28, dies of Covid-19 as US schools prepare for return to classrooms" . The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2023-09-19): Social media posts claim that Betsy DeVos said "only" 0.02% of children are "likely to die" of COVID-19 from schools reopening in the fall. There’s no evidence she ever said that. [...] "Betsy DeVos said ‘only’ .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school during the pandemic," reads a meme shared on Facebook. "That’s 14,740 children." [...] That post claimed that Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, said that "most children probably won’t die. Maybe 0.1%." But that too was an inaccurate retelling of what Birx said at a July 8 task force press briefing (at which DeVos was also present).
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-16): Three days later, DeVos addressed CNN's audience via an interview on why she believed schools should fully reopen in the fall, even though the country's daily spike in COVID-19 cases was on the rise and did not show signs of a decline. There, DeVos mostly re-emphasized talking points she made during the White House briefings and downplayed the health risks to students should schools fully reopen, essentially affirming the underlying sentiment to critics' claim about the projected death toll. DeVos stated, referring to "data" that she did not define: [...] In both the CNN and Fox News interviews, DeVos pointed to research that suggests children are less likely to suffer severe symptoms due to COVID-19 compared to adults. [...] However, at no point during the broadcast interviews or the previously-mentioned White House speeches in July 2020 did the education secretary make the alleged statement about a percentage of students dying as a result of COVID-19 when schools fully reopen. Additionally, there was no evidence that she had made the statement on social media accounts, nor via press releases, around the time the claim went viral. For those reasons, we rate this claim "False."
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): CLAIM: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that "only 0.02%" of children will die when returning to school during the pandemic. THE FACTS: DeVos did not say that students would die if they return to school. A spokeswoman with the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to the AP that the statement was falsely attributed to DeVos, who supports the reopening of schools and the return of children to classrooms. "So, Betsy Devos today said "only" .02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school. That’s 14,740 children. Welcome back!," a Twitter user posted on July 11. "Betsy DeVos says that ‘only’ 0.02% of children will probably die as a result of schools re-opening. That’s 14,740 children. That’s about 40 times the number of school shooting victims from the last 10 years," another Twitter user falsely stated on July 12, garnering nearly 70,000 retweets. The false claim was also posted on Facebook and was shared over 5,000 times. "The Secretary has never and would never say such a thing," Angela Morabito, press secretary for the U.S. Department of Education, confirmed to the AP in an email. "This is a total lie," she said.
Claim: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said that "only" 0.02 percent of children returning to school would likely die from COVID-19. (Viral post, 2020-07-09)
Evidence (2020-07-17): We know that children get the virus at a far lower rate than any other part of the population… There is nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them… [...] It was especially frowned upon when DeVos took the mic at a press conference, commenting that "only maybe" 0.02% of children would die in the aftermath of school openings. [...] Another estimate suggests the mortality rate for school-aged children will be higher yet, at 0.1%.
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2023-06-08): The video, published on C-SPAN, is from a 2016 event in which then-candidate Trump delivered remarks on veterans’ issues. During the event, Trump made reference to his opponent Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified material while she served as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama.
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2023-06-13): Laura Barron-Lopez reports on why the DOJ charged Mr. Trump for his handling of classified material, but not others, like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence. [...] LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Trump and his allies are pointing to other cases where classified material was found in the possession of former government officials, but not prosecuted, in particular, Trump's 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton. [...] In Trump's case, the DOJ charged him for holding onto classified materials for more than a year after leaving office, documents he stored in places like a bathroom and ballroom.
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2023-06-26): The recording, which first aired on CNN’s "Anderson Cooper 360," includes new details from the conversation that is a critical piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump over the mishandling of classified information, including a moment when Trump seems to indicate he was holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran. [...] The audio recording comes from a July 2021 interview Trump gave at his Bedminster resort for people working on the memoir of Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff. The special counsel’s indictment alleges that those in attendance – a writer, publisher and two of Trump’s staff members – were shown classified information about the plan of attack on Iran. [...] The indictment includes ellipses where the recording obtained by CNN shows where Trump and his aide begin talking about Clinton’s emails and Weiner, whose laptop caused the FBI to briefly re-open its investigation into her handling of classified information in the days before the 2016 election she lost to Trump.
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2023-06-01): WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith's office has obtained a recording of former President Donald Trump discussing a classified planning document that he had taken from his time at the White House, a source directly familiar with the matter told NBC News. [...] The recording was made in July 2021 during a meeting at Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, that included people who were helping former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows write his memoir, the source said. The tape was played during testimony provided to the grand jury that has been investigating Trump's handling of classified documents, the source added. [...] Trump has denied any wrongdoing, rebuffing allegations that he mishandled classified documents. He claimed last year that he can declassify documents "by thinking about it."
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Video supposedly showing Trump and Diddy talking about crimes is altered | Fact check The claim: Video shows Donald Trump and Sean 'Diddy' Combs talking about getting away with crimes A Sept. 19 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) appears to show young versions of former President Donald Trump and music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs talking to each other about getting in trouble.
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2023-06-01): Politics Politics & Government News Donald Trump Reportedly Caught on Tape Talking About Keeping Classified Document After Leaving White House Prosecutors have reportedly accessed a July 2021 recording of the former president acknowledging that he retained a classified Pentagon document By Virginia Chamlee Virginia Chamlee Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously appeared in The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, Eater, and other outlets. People Editorial Guidelines Published on June 1, 2023 01:00PM EDT Close Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's handling of classified documents have reportedly accessed a July 2021 recording of the former president acknowledging that he retained a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran. CNN cites multiple sources who allege that the recording, which was made roughly six months after Trump left the White House, captures the former president suggesting he would like to share the information found in the classified documents but is aware that his ability to declassify records after leaving the White House is limited.
Claim: purports to show Donald Trump crying and talking about classified material at a recent event (Video, 2023-06-08)
Evidence (2023-06-27): Former President Trump can be heard on tape discussing classified documents in a leaked recording obtained by multiple news outlets Tuesday. The recording reveals a conversation Trump had with aides in which he seems to be holding a Pentagon document detailing plans to attack Iran, despite telling Fox News Host Bret Baier earlier this month that there was no such document. [...] The Tuesday recording also includes Trump discussing his authority to declassify documents, which was a central piece of his defense in earlier accusations on the issue.