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A team of New York Times journalists is fact-checking tonight's final presidential debate.

Follow along, and see all of our #2020Debates fact checks here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

The first question in the final presidential debate was on the coronavirus, and President Trump made a false claim about the state of the outbreak in the U.S.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

President Trump defended his administration's record on the coronavirus by claiming, without evidence, that a vaccine would be available far sooner than experts say it will be.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

Criticizing President Trump's record on the virus, Joe Biden exaggerated the extent to which the recent surge has hit red states.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

Older people are known to die from the coronavirus at far higher rates, but President Trump's claim that young people almost always recover is, at best, lacking in evidence.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

President Trump again pointed to the fact that he's under IRS audit as a reason he won't release his tax returns, a fact that doesn't prevent him from releasing them.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

President Trump has frequently, baselessly said that no president has done more for Black people than him, and repeated the claim in Thursday's debate. Historians disagree.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

The trade deficit in goods with China fell sharply between 2018 and 2019 as President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods cut down on trade between the world’s largest economies.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

Joe Biden has never used the term “super predators," as President Trump falsely claimed again during Thursday's debate.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

President Trump defended his record on the climate by pointing to emissions in China and India, and making a misleading claim on their records.

Find all of our fact checks for the #Debates2020 here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

Joe Biden is in favor of a public option plan, which would allow middle-income people to choose a public insurance plan instead of a private one. More people could get government insurance but only if they wanted it.

Read all of tonight's fact checks. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

The number of coronavirus tests the U.S. has done does not reflect a successful testing effort, which public health experts consider a crucial part of the tool kit needed to track and contain outbreaks.

Read all of our debate fact checks. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

We published a number of fact checks from Thursday's final presidential debate. Read them all here. nyti.ms/2IYohH1

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