Editors:
In reading David Iwinski's commentary ("So Joe Is Losing Patience, Is He?", right column), I paused over the factual assertion Iwinski makes that both Biden and Harris "said in nationally televised interviews that they would never take this vaccination."
Politfact has a thorough fact check on this. It notes that this piece of disinformation emanated from an out-of-context editing job that began on TikTok and then surfaced on Facebook. Both sites have taken the video down.
Politifact concludes: "The video was selectively edited to leave out the context of their statements. Their full statements show they were raising doubts about Trump’s trustworthiness, his ability to roll out the vaccines safely and the risk of political influence over vaccine development. We rate the video False."
I looked at the unedited Harris video myself. Harris quite clearly says that she would take the vaccine if recommended by health professionals. Biden said as much in a number of news accounts. For example: https://www.axios.com/biden-vaccine-scientists-ready-34e27a23-51f9-41dc-94ce-ad9a7b51fe91.html
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