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No, Fauci and FDA head didn’t say 40%-50% of CDC, FDA staff refusing COVID sho
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:28 PM Author: cracking sooty love of her life field No, Fauci and FDA head didn’t say 40%-50% of CDC, FDA staff refusing COVID shots IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT Dr. Anthony Fauci and top officials from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were asked at a Senate committee hearing what percentage of their employees have received COVID-19 vaccinations.
In their responses, none of the three officials said anything about employees who refused to be vaccinated.
See the sources for this fact-check Did two federal health officials say that up to half of the employees at two major federal health agencies have refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine?
No. In a Senate hearing, they gave an estimate of the percentage of employees at their agencies who’ve gotten the shot, and it might be lower than you’d expect.
But the officials made no statements about any employees refusing to be vaccinated.
Nonetheless, a widely shared Instagram post draws that incorrect conclusion, falsely attributes it to top officials and mixes up the agencies involved.
"NEW: About 40-50% of CDC, FDA employees are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Fauci, Marks," the Instagram post says.
The reference is to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s leading epidemiologist, and Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation.
The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
Senator asked the question On May 11, during a Senate committee hearing on fighting COVID-19 — the same one where Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky clashed over the origins of the virus — Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., questioned Fauci, Marks and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about vaccination levels among employees of their agencies.
The CDC and the FDA are key agencies involved in screening vaccines. Fauci heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of a different agency, the National Institutes of Health.
In response to Burr’s question, Fauci said of NIAID: "I think it’s probably a little bit more than half, probably around 60%." Marks said "it’s probably in the same range" for FDA employees. Walensky didn’t give a percentage for CDC employees, saying they have the option to report their vaccination status but that "the federal government is not requiring it, so we do not know."
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Bloggers stated on April 19, 2021 in a Facebook post “Stanford study results” show face masks are ineffective and dangerous. truefalse By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2021 What the post says The Instagram post from a few days later shows the first part of a now-deleted three-tweet thread from @Breaking911, the Twitter account for the Breaking911 news site, which is listed by Columbia Journalism Review as unreliable.
The second part of that thread showed a video clip of Burr asking his question.
The third part of the thread is another tweet from @Breaking911 that says: "CDC, FDA employees were in one of the first groups to be offered the vaccine. 50-60% percent of employees are vaccinated according to Fauci and Marks, meaning 50-40% of employees are refusing the vaccine."
But that’s not what it means. The officials’ answers about the vaccination levels do not mean that the rest refused to be vaccinated.
The percentages given by Fauci and Marks are in the range of the vaccination levels among the overall adult U.S. population.
As of May 17, 59.8% of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 47.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.
Vaccinations continue around the country. As of May 12, the seven-day moving average was more than 1.62 million vaccinations per day in the U.S., according to the CDC.
Our ruling A widely shared Instagram post claimed: "About 40% to 50% of CDC, FDA employees are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to" Anthony Fauci and FDA’s Peter Marks.
Fauci, Marks and the CDC’s Walensky were asked what percentage of their employees have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Fauci estimated 60% for his National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Marks said probably in the same range for the FDA, and Walensky didn’t give a percentage for the CDC.
None of them said anything about employees who refuse to be vaccinated.
We rate the statement False.
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:30 PM Author: Disgusting bawdyhouse toaster lol @ these semantics games. well, half haven't been vaccinated but that doesn't mean half are refusing the vax! they've only had 6 months to get it!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483502) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:35 PM Author: buck-toothed skinny woman they were actually the first to be offered the vaccines, iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483532) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:39 PM Author: cracking sooty love of her life field pls stipo spreading FAKE NEWS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483572) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:51 PM Author: slate tripping cuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483645) |
Date: May 18th, 2021 3:37 PM Author: Disgusting bawdyhouse toaster here's the guy who wrote it. based on his bio, it's obvious he's a laid off boomer journalist who scraps for work and will publish whatever people will pay him to write.
https://twitter.com/KertscherNews |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:39 PM Author: erotic supple orchestra pit pocket flask feel bad for him honestly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483570) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:40 PM Author: Disgusting bawdyhouse toaster at least now he's saying it's "inconclusive" whether it leaked from the lab.
https://twitter.com/KertscherNews/status/1394625816886120451
Politifact has long insisted the lab leak was "debunked" and "baseless". so that's something.
https://www.politifact.com/li-meng-yan-fact-check/
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/24/fact-checking-hoaxes-and-conspiracies-about-corona/
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/31/readers-guide-misinformation-about-coronavirus/
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/31/scariest-misinformation-2020/ |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 4:13 PM Author: erotic supple orchestra pit pocket flask it was "debunked" when the theory was advantageous to Trump (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483773) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 4:46 PM Author: marvelous carnelian locale jap "A common claim we’ve fact-checked is that the virus was created in a lab. This is not true; scientists have shared the genetic blueprint of the virus and documented that it is naturally occurring, most likely originating in bats." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483977) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:55 PM Author: fuchsia seedy puppy crotch Always (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483667) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 4:11 PM Author: marvelous carnelian locale jap having Politifact on your resume is all i need to know about anyone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483765) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 4:55 PM Author: Crimson titillating telephone faggot firefighter "will publish whatever people will pay him to write"
that describes 98% of all "journalists" |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:37 PM Author: Poppy psychic They are smart. Just waiting for the government to offer them $5k each to take the shot. No reason to jump now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483556) |
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Date: May 18th, 2021 3:39 PM Author: buck-toothed skinny woman but in the meantime, aren't they *TERRIFIED* of getting the virus? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42483573) |
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Date: May 20th, 2021 6:04 PM Author: Disgusting bawdyhouse toaster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4837622&forum_id=2#42495826) |