After tornadoes ripped through Kentucky in mid-December, leaving many communities unrecognizable, President Joe Biden directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide aid. But a blog post online claims the agency showed up to help with vaccines instead of disaster supplies.
"FEMA Arrives in Tornado-Stricken Kentucky—With VACCINATIONS," reads the headline of a Dec. 13 Real Raw News article.
The article – which has more than 900 Facebook interactions and 200 Twitter interactions, according to the social media analytics tool CrowdTangle – goes on to say that FEMA "brought more COVID-19 vaccinations than it did blankets, food, and bottled water."
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But that's not true. A FEMA spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY that the claim is false. Real Raw News repeatedly spreads wrong information online.
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USA TODAY reached out to Real Raw News for comment.
Jaclyn Rothenberg, FEMA's director of public affairs, called the article's claim "unequivocally false."
"You can’t compare (the) vaccine to the equipment, commodities, staff, logistical and incident support, and funding, directly to individuals and communities, we’ve already sent to KY – and much more that’s on its way," Rothenberg said...
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