“The records show [Dr. Francis] Collins and [Dr. Anthony] Fauci got 58 royalty payments for allowing companies to use their COVID-19 vaccines.”
Townhall.com
Conservative website. Claim dated 13 Aug 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Documents obtained by Open The Books show Fauci and Collins got 58 royalty payments from 2010 to 2021 for their research. Only three of the payments came in 2020 or 2021; the rest were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Townhall.com (Conservative website) made this claim around 13 August 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2023, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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