“Fully vaccinated Australians in hospital for COVID-19 surpass unvaccinated”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The article cites data primarily about one Australian state, New South Wales. In a highly vaccinated state, more than 50% of ICU patients with COVID-19 were unvaccinated, which demonstrates vaccines are effective.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 January 2022. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- theepochtimes.comhttps://www.theepochtimes.com/fully-vaccinated-australians-in-hospital-with-covid-19-surp…
Links recorded by PolitiFact. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.