Fact Check: Did Joe Biden spread misinformation on COVID vaccines? The president claimed at a CNN town hall that people vaccinated against COVID do not get hospitalized, need ICU treatment, or die because of the disease.
Of the 5,189 vaccine breakthrough cases reported to thewhere the person was hospitalized or died, 1,456 were asymptomatic or not related to COVID. Of the 1,063 fatal vaccine breakthrough cases cases, 272 were reported as asymptomatic or not related to COVID. As of 8 p.m. ET on July 21, 161.9 million people in the U.S. had been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.
The CDC's web page on breakthrough cases did not state whether the hospitalized individuals were treated in an ICU. Separately, reports have emerged ofTrue.It is not true that people vaccinated against COVID will not get the disease, be hospitalized, end up in an ICU, or die because of it.President Joe Biden is pictured at a CNN Town Hall hosted by Don Lemon at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 2021.
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