“If you have the mask on, then why does somebody else have to wear the mask? You have got the mask. You have got the vaccine. My God, you’re fully protected. You’re armored.”
Winsome Sears
Lt. Gov.-Elect of Virginia. CNN. Claim dated 21 Nov 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
No vaccine is 100% effective, and masks aren’t foolproof.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Winsome Sears (Lt. Gov.-Elect of Virginia) made this claim around 21 November 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 November 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2021-11-21/segment/01
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