“Dr. Anthony Fauci “admits that mask mandates were a broad spectrum failure.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 25 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A tweet took a quote from Dr. Anthony Fauci out of context. Fauci did not say that mask mandates as part of the COVID-19 response were a failure. Mask mandates were not discussed in the article in which he was quoted.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CreYDrcPlcl/
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