Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
Fauci's own diary entries from March 2020, now publicly released, directly contradict this claim. He wrote that he 'convinced' New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to close NYC schools based on his recommendation, and that California officials told him the governor had decided to close schools based on Fauci's public statements and suggestions. This is not a characterization by critics — it's what Fauci recorded in his own words at the time. The claim that he 'never told anyone' schools should cl…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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