Claim: An epidemiologist recommended that people get the COVID-19 vaccine because some evidence suggests an unvaccinated person who gets the delta variant is "twice as likely to require hospital treatment" than someone infected with the alpha variant. But a Facebook video twists that advice to claim that he said vaccinated people would be twice as likely to be hospitalized.
Fact-check: Video Twists Advice on Delta Variant and Vaccination - FactCheck.org
Verdict: an epidemiologist recommended that people get the covid-19 vaccine because some evidence suggests an unvaccinated person who gets the delta variant is "twice as likely to require hospital treatment" than someone infected with the alpha variant. but a facebook video twists that advice to claim that he said vaccinated people would be twice as likely to be hospitalized.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2021-07-27T15:54:28