“We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”
Ron Johnson
U.S. senator. TV interview. Claim dated 5 Oct 2021.
FactStream rated thisFalse
In short
Ron Johnson (U.S. senator) made this claim around 5 October 2021. FactStream (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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