A misleading graphic that is circulating online falsely claims that COVID-19 vaccines had no effect on overall mortality in the U.S. The claim ignores that vaccinated people have had dramatically lower death rates from COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. High COVID-19 mortality has been driven almost entirely by those who are unvaccinated.
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There is widespread confusion over the efficacy of vaccines and the rate at which they protect against hospitalization and death. Consider countering this misinformation by emphasizing that COVID-19 vaccines remain the best form of protection against the virus and that vaccination and booster doses substantially decrease the risk of death from COVID-19. In early December 2021, for example, unvaccinated adults were about 97 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people who had received boosters. Fact Checking Source(s):
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