“The COVID-19 vaccine is an "experimental biological agent" that the government is pushing "heavily on Blacks and browns.”
What FactCheck.org found
Dr. Simone Gold accused the government of "pure racism" for pushing the COVID-19 vaccine "heavily on Blacks and browns." Experts recommend prioritizing those communities because they have suffered higher rates of death.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Dr. Simone Gold (Founder, "America's Frontline Doctors") made this claim around 3 January 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 February 2021, 30 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Dr. Simone Gold has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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- PolitiFact: Mostly False“COVID-19 vaccine is a “non-FDA-approved experimental agent.”