“Says remdesivir is responsible for killing patients hospitalized with COVID-19.”
Nicole Sirotek
Founder of American Frontline Nurses. in a speech. Claim dated 25 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Neither medical data nor experts back this statement up. Studies have differed on how effective remdesivir is as a treatment for COVID-19, but none of them suggest that it’s causing deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Nicole Sirotek (Founder of American Frontline Nurses) made this claim around 25 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 February 2022, 22 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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