“Dr. Anthony Fauci is "pushing Remdesivir" as treatment for COVID-19. "It was invented by Fauci and Gates.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 10 May 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Remdesivir was invented by the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, which receives any profit from sales of the drug as a treatment for COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 May 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=922447538205370&set=a.106797099770422&type=3&thea…
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