“Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel Admits Company Produced 100,000 COVID-19 Doses in 2019 Before The Pandemic Started.”
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United States. Claim dated 9 Feb 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Moderna’s CEO said in January that the company’s total production in 2019 was “100,000 dose,” referring to all its vaccines and therapeutics. Moderna’s first batch of COVID-19 vaccines wasn’t ready until February 2020.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 February 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 February 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/VUG9-AU9A
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