A screenshot of a news article is being shared on social media with a claim that US President Joe Biden had recently issued orders to send unvaccinated Americans to quarantine camps. This post claims that US citizens who do not get vaccinated before 2022, will be detained indefinitely in quarantine camps. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: US President Joe Biden recently issued orders to send unvaccinated Americans to quarantine camps.
Fact: The article shared in the post was published by a financial satire website ‘The Stone Market’. On 29 July 2021, Joe Biden announced strict vaccination rules for federal employees working in the United States. The Joe Biden administration asked federals workers to submit COVID-19 vaccination status or asked them to face weekly testing. US Government had not issued any orders to send unvaccinated Americans to quarantine camps. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched to check whether US President Joe Biden had issued any such orders to send unvaccinated Americans to quarantine camps, we found nothing. No such order was available on ‘The White House’ website. Joe Biden’s Office hasn’t tweeted anything on sending unvaccinated US citizens to quarantine camps.
On 29 July 2021, Joe Biden announced strict vaccination rules for federal employees working in the United States. The Joe Biden administration has mandated COVID-19 vaccination for federal workers in the United States. Failing to submit the COVID-19 vaccination status, federal workers are required to follow mandatory face masking, weekly testing, physical distancing, and other measures. Amid the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the United States, the Biden administration issued these orders to federal workers. But, the administration had not issued any orders to send unvaccinated Americans to quarantine camps.
Following these strict vaccination measures from the US Government, the US Public Health and Employment experts said that the Biden administration’s new rules could lead more private-sector companies to implement their own vaccination rules.
When we searched for the article shared in the post, it is found out that the financial news website ‘Value Walk’ has published this article on 21 June 2021. At the bottom of the story, there is a disclaimer that it is a satire article and first appeared on ‘The Stone Market’ website. ‘The Stone Market’ is a US-based financial satirical website. Reporting the same, the ‘Reuters’ published a fact-check article when this satire article went viral on social media.
To sum it up, this article reporting the Joe Biden administration’s orders to send unvaccinated US citizens to quarantine camps is a satirical one.
