“About 40% to 50% of CDC, FDA employees are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to” Anthony Fauci and FDA’s Peter Marks.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 14 May 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The officials did not say anything about employees who refused to be vaccinated. They estimated 50% to 60% of workers in the two agencies have been vaccinated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 May 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 May 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CO3T1vmAyzs/
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