Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
Note (source-tier adjustment): the strongest source cited for this verdict is press/institutional-tier; no primary, government, or peer-reviewed source was retrieved. Confidence is capped accordingly. Fauci's own private diary entries — released in 2026 and reported by multiple outlets — directly contradict this claim. A March 9, 2020 entry records him advising Governor Cuomo to close schools when Cuomo called for his opinion, and a March 15, 2020 entry states he 'convinced' New York City Mayor…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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