“What if quarantining the healthy doesn’t save lives?”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisInaccurate
What PolitiFact found
While it’s difficult to assess the exact impact of social distancing policies, data and preliminary research suggest they’re working.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Inaccurate”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.fo/IT5kr
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