Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (88% confidence)
Fauci's own diary entries, quoted at a 2026 congressional hearing, directly contradict this claim: his March 9, 2020 entry records him telling Gov. Cuomo 'yes' when asked whether to close schools in Westchester, and his March 15, 2020 entry records him saying he 'convinced' Mayor de Blasio to close NYC schools. A March 20, 2020 PBS NewsHour interview also shows Fauci stating publicly that 'the schools should be closed' in areas with community spread. The claim is false on its plain meaning.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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