“With COVID-19, vaccinated people "are the real threat to" unvaccinated people.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 24 Oct 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The greater threat to the unvaccinated is the unvaccinated. Unvaccinated people are more likely than the vaccinated to get COVID-19, more likely to spread it, and much more likely to become seriously ill or die.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 October 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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