Given the spread of misinformation about COVID-19, Just Facts is providing a trove of rigorously documented facts about this disease and its impacts. These include some vital facts that have been absent or misreported in much of the media's coverage of this issue. This research also includes a groundbreaking study to determine the lethality of COVID-19 based on the most comprehensive available measure: the total years of life that it will rob from people.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasizes that "this is a rapidly evolving situation," and as such, this article will be updated each weekday as the CDC publishes new data.