“Our shutting off travel from China and, more recently, travel from Europe, has gone a long way to not seeding very, very intensively the virus in our country. Unfortunately, Italy did not do that. They had an open border, they let people in.”
Anthony Fauci
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. in an interview with NBC News. Claim dated 19 Mar 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
In short
Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) made this claim around 19 March 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 March 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Anthony Fauci has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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