“HHS Secretary Becerra just issued a PREP Act declaration for bird flu. This allows the FDA Commissioner to issue EUAs for bird flu vaccines, with no liability.”
What FactCheck.org found
HHS Secretary Becerra did not recently issue a PREP Act declaration for bird flu. Also, the FDA cannot currently issue EUAs for bird flu vaccines.
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In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Independent presidential candidate) made this claim around 26 July 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2024, 27 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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