“Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection.”
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator. in a video. Claim dated 3 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMasks limit virus spread
In short
Rand Paul (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 3 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 August 2021, 8 days later. Its rating was “Masks limit virus spread”.
Rand Paul has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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