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"Vaccinated more sick from new COVID variant?"
This is FALSE. A social media post incorrectly interpreted a CDC article about how the new COVID variant BA.2.86 (or Pirola) is predicted to spread in the population. The CDC article DID NOT claim that vaccinated people are more at risk for the new variant than unvaccinated people. It stated that the virus is mutating and even people who are already vaccinated can get sick with the new variant. The COVID vaccines continue to protect from severe sickness, hospitalization, and death.
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