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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks about the "Heroes Act" on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, May 15, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Pelosi is trying to pass a law called HR6666 which would allow people to come into your home and take your family members for quarantine.
THE FACTS: House bill 6666, the COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone Act, clearly states that individuals who test positive during testing for COVID-19 would quarantine at their residences. Following the introduction of the bill May 1, social media users began misrepresenting components of the bill online. The text posts shared thousands of times across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter said that the bill would remove family members from households and force them to quarantine.
THE FACTS: Numerous posts circulated on Facebook falsely claiming that people who refuse to participate in contact tracing in Washington will “not be allowed to leave their homes to purchase basic necessities such as groceries and/or prescriptions.” Not so, said Amy Reynolds, communications director with the Washington State Department of Health, who said the posts “are not accurate summaries of contact tracing or enforcement.
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