Fact Check: Mayor Of Buffalo Did NOT Tell People To Evacuate Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

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FACT CHECK: MAYOR OF BUFFALO DID NOT TELL PEOPLE TO EVACUATE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Did Mayor Byron Brown of Buffalo, New York, issue a statement telling residents to evacuate the city because of a Coronavirus outbreak? No, that's not true: The mayor denied this claim when he responded to a Facebook post spreading the misinformation. His message on social media began, "SCAM ALERT! You may have seen a post like this going around, I want to stress that this post is FALSE! I released no such statement."

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