“Naturally acquired COVID-19 99.9982% percent effective.”
What FactCheck.org found
It’s not known how immunity from vaccines compares to natural immunity -- and the entire point of a vaccine is to offer immunity without the risk of getting sick.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rand Paul (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 17 November 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Rand Paul has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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