“We will start distributing [a coronavirus vaccine] immediately. …To the general public, very shortly there — I mean, really, to the general public: immediately.”
What FactCheck.org found
Officials expect only a limited number of vaccine doses will be available in 2020 — and those will be given to prioritized groups. Members of the general public may not be able to receive a shot until well into 2021.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 16 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-briefing-se…
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