That statement is about false or misleading claims.
The title of this thread claims it applies to all statements that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people.
So, it is possible (and, IMO, the case) that saying, say, that vaccination is poison and that vaccinated people infect the unvaccinated will get you banned, while saying vaccinated people still can get infected (as is known from all other vaccines. None of them are 100% effective, to start with, and vaccines getting less effective over time isn’t a new thing, either (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine#Effects)) and then shed the virus won’t.
> False or misleading information regarding the safety or science behind approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccines, such as:
>> [...]
>> False or misleading claims that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people.
Now for a definite correct-me-if-I'm-wrong: I was under the impression that vaccination has no impact on transmissibility, and only protects the vaccinated individual from succumbing to the virus payload?
IF the above is true, this item in the policy is confusingly written at best, and a very unfortunate opportunity for a field day to be had at worst.
The article notes that
> This means Twitter users could now be sanctioned for sharing or discussing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) admission that “vaccinated people can still become infected and have the potential to spread the virus to others.”
In any case, here's the page as of ~nowish, with the above point intact:
This is a deliberately misleading headline!!! One written simply to incite outrage. Twitter will ban users who claim that getting the vaccine MAKES you spread covid, that is, the vaccine itself is a (form of) virus (it was a popular conspiracy theory about a year ago, in case anyone forgot). Not that you can still get infected with covid and then spread it, after getting the vaccine (which is obviously true, and won't get you banned on Twitter). But this is precisely now anyone reading the headline, will understand it.
The reason is the attenuated Polio vaccine CAN cause infections in other people - but no Covid vaccine uses an attenuated virus, they're either mRNA, viral vector (the virus not being covid) or inactivated Virus (Covax for example).
The whole "vaccinated people shed the spike protein!!!!!" is disinformation.
Twitter doesn't have COVID experts on staff. Of course their rules aren't going to be 100% aligned with science. But, it's pretty close. And if you're running afoul of that particular bullet point, you're probably hitting other points too, so it's a moot point.
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"False or misleading claims that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people."
The title of this thread claims it applies to all statements that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people.
So, it is possible (and, IMO, the case) that saying, say, that vaccination is poison and that vaccinated people infect the unvaccinated will get you banned, while saying vaccinated people still can get infected (as is known from all other vaccines. None of them are 100% effective, to start with, and vaccines getting less effective over time isn’t a new thing, either (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine#Effects)) and then shed the virus won’t.
"False or misleading claims that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people."
What twitter is banning are statements saying that the vaccine uses a form of the virus that you can shed to people after receiving the vaccine.
What exactly exactly is false or misleading about the above?
I got vaccinated months ago and now according to new studies Omicron can easily infect me and so I can then spread virus to others.
> False or misleading information regarding the safety or science behind approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccines, such as:
>> [...]
>> False or misleading claims that people who have received the vaccine can spread or shed the virus (or symptoms, or immunity) to unvaccinated people.
Now for a definite correct-me-if-I'm-wrong: I was under the impression that vaccination has no impact on transmissibility, and only protects the vaccinated individual from succumbing to the virus payload?
IF the above is true, this item in the policy is confusingly written at best, and a very unfortunate opportunity for a field day to be had at worst.
The article notes that
> This means Twitter users could now be sanctioned for sharing or discussing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) admission that “vaccinated people can still become infected and have the potential to spread the virus to others.”
In any case, here's the page as of ~nowish, with the above point intact:
https://archive.md/KlYW8
https://web.archive.org/web/20211210152757/https://help.twit...
Bullshit, dangerous, division-promoting website.
The whole "vaccinated people shed the spike protein!!!!!" is disinformation.