A Facebook video distorts a CNN interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci to falsely suggest that a COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S doesn’t “protect you from covid.”
Video Misinterprets Fauci’s Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine
Issues: coronavirus
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