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by seoaeu 1428 days ago
> if you get vaccinated, you won't get covid

Literally no one reputable ever said this given that original studies showed 95% effectiveness at preventing wild-type Covid…

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https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/553773-fauci-...

> “So even though there are breakthrough infections with vaccinated people, almost always the people are asymptomatic and the level of virus is so low it makes it extremely unlikely — not impossible but very, very low likelihood — that they’re going to transmit it,” Fauci said.

So, almost noone vaccinated will get it, and those who do, won't spread it.

So, people literally died, because they though they coudln't get it, and went out, and other people who though they couldn't spread it, spread it around.

> if you get vaccinated, you won't get covid

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> So, almost noone vaccinated will get it

That’s a pretty clear case of moving the goalposts if I ever saw it.

President Biden said it.