Claim: As the virus that causes COVID-19 has evolved, the vaccines have become less effective in preventing symptomatic infection while remaining highly effective in preventing severe disease and death. This shift has been misrepresented by anti-vaccine influencers who falsely claim that it means the vaccines don't work and have been ineffective all along.
Fact-check: Widespread Claims Misrepresent Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines - FactCheck.org
Verdict: as the virus that causes covid-19 has evolved, the vaccines have become less effective in preventing symptomatic infection while remaining highly effective in preventing severe disease and death. this shift has been misrepresented by anti-vaccine influencers who falsely claim that it means the vaccines don't work and have been ineffective all along.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2022-08-26T22:34:10