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Trump’s misleading 'fact' about the Covid-19 death count in the US

We examine a suspect stat from the US and an eye-popping claim about volumising mascara.

US president Donald Trump has said that just six per cent of people who were reported to have died from Covid-19 in the US actually died from the disease. Could he be right? And we do the maths on a mascara brand’s bold claim about emboldening your eyelashes.

(image: Coronavirus impact in the USA /Getty Creative)

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Mon 5 Oct 202009:50GMT
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