Fact-check: “Anthony Fauci did not ask for schools to be closed during the COVID crisis”
Verdict: False (82% confidence)
Fauci's own diary entries from March 2020 directly contradict this claim. Multiple reports from July 2026 citing his newly released diaries document that he wrote he 'convinced' New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to close schools, and separately directed conversations with California officials toward the same end. This is the primary factual predicate that undercuts the claim. The contrary pull in the evidence is Fauci's own 2022 ABC News statement that he had 'nothing to do' with closing schoo…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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