“NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
One Ready.gov page provides safety guidelines, including social distancing and mask wearing, in the event of a nuclear explosion. The language is not “new,” nor is it related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, FEMA said.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 March 2022, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/Urdef
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