“Fauci, DOD and CDC funded deadly pathogen research at Sudan lab”
Social media posts
in a TikTok post. Claim dated 27 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. did not support deadly pathogen research at a lab under siege in Sudan. The post mixes up labs in Sudan, South Sudan.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- TikTok videohttps://www.tiktok.com/@wgospodinov2/video/7226527275791961390?is_from_webapp=1&web_id=71…
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