“Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A 2008 study, co-authored by Dr. Fauci, found that bacterial pneumonia caused a majority of deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic. The study made no mention of masks.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 October 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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