“The new BA.2.86 variant of covid-19 is more likely to infect people vaccinated against COVID-19.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Aug 2023.
Logically Facts rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 August 2023. Logically Facts (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 September 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- rumble.comhttps://rumble.com/v3cz0hk-dr.-john-campbell-cdc-increased-infection-risk-in-vaccinated.h…
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