“Look no further than Dr. Nancy Messonnier, a career official at the Centers for Disease Control who was the first to raise the alarm. … Starting the next day, Dr. Messonnier no longer appeared at public briefings of the White House coronavirus task force.”
Ron Klain
Biden campaign adviser. in a campaign video. Claim dated 21 Mar 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
In short
Ron Klain (Biden campaign adviser) made this claim around 21 March 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Ron Klain has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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