Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (93% confidence)
The record shows Fauci did back school closures in some circumstances, so the word "never" does not hold up. In April 2023 he stated that he "echoed the CDC's recommendation" and that "the initial decision early on in the middle of that crisis I believe was the right decision," referring to the shutdown period when schools closed. CDC guidance in March 2020 also included school-closure recommendations for outbreak conditions, and Fauci publicly aligned himself with those recommendations even th…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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