Claim: As of early December, unvaccinated adults were about 97 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people who had received boosters, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. But a Twitter user falsely implied that the death rate for the unvaccinated included people who had only one or two doses of a vaccine. The CDC said "unvaccinated" means someone has "not been verified to have received COVID-19 vaccine."
Fact-check: Latest CDC Data: Unvaccinated Adults 97 Times More Likely to Die from COVID-19 Than Boosted Adults - FactCheck.org
Verdict: as of early december, unvaccinated adults were about 97 times more likely to die from covid-19 than fully vaccinated people who had received boosters, according to centers for disease control and prevention data. but a twitter user falsely implied that the death rate for the unvaccinated included people who had only one or two doses of a vaccine. the cdc said "unvaccinated" means someone has "not been verified to have received covid-19 vaccine."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2022-02-09T23:13:53