“Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 11 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There’s no evidence herd immunity has limited coronavirus deaths in California, which adopted stay-at-home measures before New York did.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 April 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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