“Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
Fox News Channel
Cable news channel. Instagram. Claim dated 15 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
He didn't doubt the findings of a preliminary study on the effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. He cautioned not to use the study to make decisions about which vaccine to take for a booster shot.
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In short
Fox News Channel (Cable news channel) made this claim around 15 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 August 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CSoEtTEtkzm/
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