“[S]tudies confirm that covid damages the immune system, making everyone who got infected immunocompromised.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 Apr 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Outside of long COVID or very severe cases, most research suggests COVID-19 doesn’t cause lasting damage to the immune system -- and nothing suggests anything as severe as an immunodeficiency.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 April 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 April 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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