Claim: A viral headline shared on social media falsely asserts that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed testing thresholds to "virtually eliminate" COVID-19 cases among vaccinated individuals. That's wrong. The threshold in question simply applies to whether or not there is enough virus present in a sample for further analysis.
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Verdict: a viral headline shared on social media falsely asserts that the centers for disease control and prevention changed testing thresholds to "virtually eliminate" covid-19 cases among vaccinated individuals. that's wrong. the threshold in question simply applies to whether or not there is enough virus present in a sample for further analysis.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Angelo Fichera
Date published: 2021-05-28T15:04:22