“There have been no new COVID-19 variants since Dr. Anthony Fauci retired.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 6 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There has been at least one new COVID-19 variant recorded since Fauci stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December 2022.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 April 2023, 20 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CqssO0GsDhX/
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