Fact-check: “Fauci never told anyone that schools should be closed”
Verdict: False (88% confidence)
The absolute claim that Fauci 'never told anyone that schools should be closed' is directly contradicted by multiple primary sources. A March 15, 2020 diary entry released from Fauci's own papers records him writing that he 'convinced' New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to close NYC schools, and that California officials told him the governor had decided to close schools based on Fauci's TV appearances. A PBS NewsHour transcript from March 20, 2020 quotes Fauci saying 'in certain circumstances,…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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