President Biden falsely claimed during CNN’s town hall event that if you have been vaccinated, you cannot get Covid-19.
“We don't talk enough to you about this, I don't think. One last thing that's really important is, we're not in the position where we think that any virus, including the Delta virus, which is much more transmissible and more deadly in terms of unvaccinated people, the -- the various shots that people are getting now cover that. You're OK. You're not going to -- you're not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, that is not true.
“COVID-19 vaccines are effective. However, a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated will still get COVID-19 if they are exposed to the virus that causes it,” the CDC website states. “These are called ‘vaccine breakthrough cases.’ This means that while people who have been vaccinated are much less likely to get sick, it will still happen in some cases. It’s also possible that some fully vaccinated people might have infections, but not have symptoms (asymptomatic infections). Experts continue to study how common these cases are.”
Many on social media wondered whether the president, whose administration has made combatting Covid misinformation a priority, would get fact checked.
If Trump said this lie, he’d have been front page news on every country.
— Adam Brooks (@EssexPR) July 22, 2021
Ours and most countries data shows this as an dangerous lie.
Where’s @FactCheck @FullFact ? https://t.co/RCm8VKDG1k
So the runaway Texas Democrats didn’t test positive for Covid-19? Was it all a lie to push mandated masks or deflect from their ignorance of running away from their elected leadership roles? Or did Biden just spread misinformation to millions of people?#askingforafriend https://t.co/OzaueUk7un
— Jenny Garcia Sharon (@jenny4congress) July 22, 2021
Texas Dems: Hold our Bud Light https://t.co/UeRSErxq0X
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) July 22, 2021
I wonder if #Covid is just an issue Uncle Joe can’t face cognitively except in the simplest possible way - on questions like tax rates or Russia, he knows what he USED to think, and that’s good enough, but this is novel and complex and maybe he doesn’t have the bandwidth.
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 22, 2021
This violates YouTube’s rules https://t.co/oq3fE1Guyq
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) July 22, 2021
Flagging this misinformation for @PressSec. Better alert the social media authorities. https://t.co/XIWR8oAFN5
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) July 22, 2021