Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
The claim is an absolute negation ('never told anyone'), but Fauci's own documented statements contradict it. In a June 2024 CBS News interview he stated 'initially to close it down was correct,' and in 2024 congressional testimony he described early school closures as 'important when we were trying to stop the tsunami of deaths.' Those statements directly undercut the absolute 'never' framing, even though many of his other public statements stressed getting schools reopened.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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