Anna Staver, USA TODAY Published 6:10 p.m. ET July 13, 2020 | Updated 6:13 p.m. ET July 13, 2020 CLOSE The U.S. economy is rebounding well from the coronavirus pandemic despite a surge in cases that is threatening the recovery, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday during a visit at an Ohio assembly plant. (June 25) AP Domestic The claim: A Facebook post circulating in Ohio claims people in the Buckeye State have a 0.45% chance of contracting the coronavirus and those who aren’t in prison or a nursing home have “a survival rate of 99.994%” “Survival rate” is a term generally used in cancer treatment to describe the percentage of people still alive after a certain period of time, according to the National Cancer Institute. With diseases like the flu and coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control report a mortality rate or the percentage of people who die following…
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