Snopes Daily Debunker - Did Fauci Write an Essay Comparing COVID-19 to Chickenpox?

Did Fauci Write an Essay Comparing COVID-19 to Chickenpox? This summer, a post criticizing those taking a laissez faire approach to COVID-19 began rippling across Facebook. In it, the writer scolds people who aren’t taking precautionary measures against the disease, and compares our knowledge of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, with that of varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox. Social media users commonly attribute the essay to Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the U.S.’ top immunologists, but evidence for this claim is sparse. Who wrote it? Is the information contained within even factual? Snopes reporter Jessica Lee has the answers. Read more

 

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