SUMMARY
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Claim:
Vice President Leni Robredo said if two people in one house need to undergo 14-day quarantine, it will add up to 28 days in total.
At least 5 Facebook users circulated a graphic in July 2020, which attributed this quote to Robredo: “My policy is this – 14 days quarantine sundin po natin para sa lahat ng apektado. Kung 2 [kayo] sa bahay 28 days po lahat (My policy is this – please follow 14-day quarantine for all who are affected. If there are two of you in one house, that will be 28 days in total.)”
The graphic was dated March 12, 2020.
These posts were flagged by Facebook Claim Check, a tool that detects dubious content on the platform.
RATING: FALSE
The facts:
Robredo did not say this quote attributed to her. The quote card was manipulated.
The photo of Robredo used in the graphic as well as the description matched a quote card posted by News5 on March 12, which contained this quote by Robredo: “Ang bawat bote ng alkohol na iniimbak natin at di nagagamit ay isang boteng ipinagkakait natin sa ating mga kapitbahay. Sa huli, kung magkasakit sila, lahat tayo madadamay, gaano man karami ang maiimbak nating mga gamit o pagkain.”
(Every bottle of alcohol that we hoard and don’t end up using is one bottle that we’re withholding from our neighbors. In the end, if they get sick, we will all be affected, no matter how many supplies or food we hoard.)
The quote on hoarding was taken from Robredo’s speech on the same day. In this speech, she did not make any mention of a required 28-day quarantine for two co-habitants.
Further, no news organizations reported Robredo saying this quote.
A similar fake quote was also circulated in March 2020, as fact-checked by Vera Files, using another quote card manipulated from one posted by GMA News. The altered graphic was flagged as fake by GMA News.
In the past, the News5 quote card was used to perpetuate other fake quotes attributed to Robredo, including one falsely claiming that she said the virus should be restrained instead of people. – Loreben Tuquero/Rappler.com
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