I never saw it coming.
Twitter will begin imposing penalties on users who claim that vaccinated people can spread Covid-19, according to a change quietly added to the website's terms of service.
"When tweets include misleading information about Covid-19, we may place a label on those tweets that includes corrective information about that claim," the website notes in a section detailing its rules about Covid-19 misinformation. "We may apply labels to tweets that contain, for example… false or misleading claims that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people."
Uhhhhh OKAY??
The CDC, NIH, and nearly every other medical body worldwide has said since late summer that vaccinated people need to wear masks again and be careful of exposure to C19.
Why?
Because the actual, literal data shows that the vaccinated are still getting and spreading Covid – sometimes unknowingly since the spike protein protection lessens their symptoms.
I'm not making this claim. The CDC is!
The policy contradicts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, which notes the "risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in fully vaccinated people cannot be completely eliminated as long as there is continued community transmission of the virus."
The CDC adds:
"Early data suggest infections in fully vaccinated persons are more commonly observed with the Delta variant than with other SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, data show fully vaccinated persons are less likely than unvaccinated persons to acquire SARS-CoV-2, and infections with the Delta variant in fully vaccinated persons are associated with less severe clinical outcomes. Infections with the Delta variant in vaccinated persons potentially have reduced transmissibility than infections in unvaccinated persons, although additional studies are needed."
Here's some thoughts from Twitter users:
