“A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5x more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Social media posts
A video shared on Facebook. Claim dated 18 Aug 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A study published in a medical journal found that people infected with delta or omicron variant COVID-19 could shed virus and remain potentially infectious for 6 to 8 days after a positive PCR test or onset of symptoms.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 August 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InxEbH1PuN8
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