“Fauci declares that all unvaccinated citizens must be locked down this winter.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 24 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and has no power to declare a lockdown.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 August 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CwWe2_trPau/
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