“There’s also the preexisting immunity [to COVID-19] of those who have cross-reactivity, which is about a third of the public in many estimates.”
What FactCheck.org found
Studies show that some people have immune cells known as T cells that can recognize SARS-CoV-2. But it’s not known what that means yet -- and there’s no reason to think it would prevent someone from becoming infected.
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In short
Rand Paul (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 23 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 October 2020, 20 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Rand Paul has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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