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15 checks for “Tucker Carlson”

Checked by PolitiFact27 Oct 2022United StatesHealth
Tucker Carlson, Fox News pundit

“The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: States set vaccination requirements for attending school or daycare, not the CDC. State officials consider CDC recommendations when setting vaccine requirements, but experts said no state follows them completely.

Checked by FactCheck.org21 Sep 2021United StatesHealth
Tucker Carlson, Fox News host

“If the [COVID-19] vaccine works — and they assure us adamantly that it does work and they punish us if we question how well it works — then how can the unvaccinated possibly pose a threat to the vaccinated?”

FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain How

FactCheck.org says: Vaccines are not 100% effective, so there is a chance that an unvaccinated person could infect a vaccinated person -- particularly the vulnerable, such as elderly and immunocompromised individuals.

Checked by FactCheck.org17 Apr 2021United StatesHealth
Tucker Carlson, Fox News Host

“Why, for example, does [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director] Tony Fauci say you have to wear a mask after you get the vaccine?”

FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain Why

FactCheck.org says: CDC recommends vaccinated people wear masks in public for a few reasons, including a high rate of infection, concern about variants & the need for more research on whether asymptomatic vaccinated people can infect others