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“I had covid, so I don’t believe, you know, I think that probably provides me the best immunity possible, actually having had the disease.”
Ron Johnson U.S. Senator (R-Wis.). in an interview with CBS 58 Milwaukee. Claim dated 10 Mar 2021.
Washington Post rated thisNot based on science

In short

Ron Johnson (U.S. Senator (R-Wis.)) made this claim around 10 March 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “Not based on science”.

Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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