“When President Biden took office ... there was no [COVID-19] vaccine available.”
What FactCheck.org found
When Joe Biden was sworn in as president, two COVID-19 vaccines had already been authorized and millions of people nationwide had been vaccinated against the disease.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
The White House (-) made this claim around 12 May 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
The White House has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: False“When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”
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