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The claim

Dr Fauci says once manufactured, a Covid-19 vaccine should be rolled out before "proper studies" are done.

Original publisher’s rating

The quote is false. When contacted by the BBC, the US National Institutes of Health (where Dr Fauci works) said the reference to vaccines "is completely made up, Dr Fauci has never said anything like that".

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    Original review: BBC Reality Check. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms.

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