First Day of School in Paulding County, Georgia
A purported photograph of the first day of school in the state of Georgia circulated in August 2020.
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Did Betsy DeVos Say ‘Only .02 Percent’ of Students Would Die if Schools Reopened?
Posts claiming that the Trump administration’s Education Secretary said that “only .02 percent” of children would die from COVID-19 if schools reopened circulated — along with an estimate of nearly 15,000 reopening-related deaths.
‘New Cases, Yesterday: Germany: 298, Denmark: 10, Norway: 11, Sweden: 57 — United States: 55,442’
Debate over reopening schools for the 2020-2021 school year in the United States led to a viral tweet about the purported number of new cases of coronavirus in various countries.
‘Striking’ Photograph of Children Playing in ‘Chalk Squares’ During Coronavirus Pandemic
A viral photograph purportedly shows small children playing all alone in individual “chalk squares” marked on the playground asphalt.