“There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated.”
What PolitiFact found
The count is about right, but the standard for the courts is deeply held, sincere religious beliefs.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Anthony Fauci (Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) made this claim around 3 October 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Anthony Fauci has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2021-10-03/segment/01
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