US Homeland Security mobilizing National Guard to combat coronavirus.
It purports to be from the user\s "contact at FEMA." However, it\s a word-for-word duplicate of other social media posts and texts that have been making the rounds, not a new "scoop" from an insider., The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook by Aaron Hawkins on March 19, 2020. It opened:, Hello family. Just got this from my contact at FEMA.Please take heed...Homeland security is preparing to mobilize the national guard.Preparing to dispatch them across the US along with military. they will also call in 1st responders.they are preparing to announce a nationwide 2 week quarantine for all citizens, All businesses closed.Everyone at home.They will announce this as soon as they have troops in place to help prevent looters and rioters...they will announce before the end of the weekend,within 48 to 72 Hours the president will evoke what is called the "Stafford Act"The president will order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.Stock up on whatever you need to make sure you have a two week supply of everything.Please forward to your family/friends., Users on social media only saw this:, , "The post has received hundreds of shares and engagements, but its not true. While some states, including Arizona and Oklahoma, have activated the National Guard to help combat the novel coronavirus, the Pentagon has said there are no plans to impose martial law. The federal government also said its not calling up National Guard troops to impose a nationwide quarantine.", Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, refuted the suggestion on Twitter:, I hear unfounded rumors about #NationalGuard troops supporting a nationwide quarantine. Let me be clear: There has been no such discussion. ... For news about the great work the Guard IS doing to support the #Covid_19 response, click the link. #COVID19 https://t.co/JZROM4xfF9, , The National Security Council also weighed in on the claims about a national quarantine:, Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE. There is no national lockdown. @CDCgov has and will continue to post the latest guidance on #COVID19. #coronavirus, , According to NPR, tens of thousands of members of the National Guard could be called up to help states combat the novel coronavirus in the coming weeks and months. However, the federal government denies that a national quarantine is in the offing, and posts like this are simply spreading disinformation., , "Ryan Cooper, a staff writer and fact-checker for Lead Stories, is the former Director of Programming at CNN International, where he helped shape the networks daily newscasts broadcast to more than 280 million households around the world. He was based at the networks Los Angeles Bureau. There, he managed the team responsible for a three-hour nightly program,\xa0Newsroom LA.", "Formerly, he worked at the headquarters in Atlanta, and he spent four years at the London bureau. An award-winning producer, Cooper oversaw the networks Emmy Award-winning coverage of the uprising in Egypt in 2011. He also served as a supervising producer during much of the networks live reporting on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006, for which CNN received an Edward R. Murrow Award.", Note: if reading this fact check makes you want to contact us to complain about bias, please check out our Red feed and Blue feed first., Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n      inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n      \n      Spotted something? Let us know!., Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n        inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n        \n        Spotted something? Let us know!.
Fact Check: Homeland Security Is NOT Preparing To Mobilize The National Guard To Combat Coronavirus | Lead Stories