More than 2.8 million Americans have now signed a petition on change.org asking for monthly $2,000 payments to be made to every adult American and $1,000 to every child for as long as the pandemic continues. A bill proposing similar measures was introduced to the Senate last May by Senators, including now Vice-President Kamala Harris, but not taken up.

The petition was started last year by restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin and has started to gain headlines, and signatories, again amid fears around the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. However, experts believe it's unlikely there will be a fourth check as the economy starts to pick up. But that hasn't stopped cruel rumors being posted on social media...

Click or scroll through for more on this and the staggering facts and figures surrounding America's stimulus program.