“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”
Ron DeSantis
Republican presidential candidate. An event in Hampton, N.H.. Claim dated 17 Jan 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Experts say there is no hard evidence that COVID-19 infection is greater in people who have had boosters.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 17 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 January 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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