Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (88% confidence)
Fauci's own diary entries, released by Sen. Rand Paul and reported across multiple outlets in July 2026, directly contradict the word 'never': on March 9, 2020, he wrote that Gov. Cuomo asked his advice on closing schools in Westchester and he told Cuomo 'yes'; on March 15, 2020, he wrote that he 'convinced' Mayor de Blasio to close NYC schools and noted that California's governor had closed schools 'based on my TV appearances'; a March 16 diary entry described official guidance to 'close schoo…
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