“The unvaccinated have escaped every single strain or 'variant’” of SARS-CoV-2.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 15 May 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Unvaccinated people are more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19, including the virus’s more transmissible variants. Mutations of the coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms among unvaccinated people. See the sources
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 May 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 June 2021, 38 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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