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Agreed that the line is poorly worded, but it's aimed at the myth that if you are vaccinated, you can spread COVID just by having received the vaccine. No one i

Agreed that the line is poorly worded, but it's aimed at the myth that if you are vaccinated, you can spread COVID just by having received the vaccine. No one is going to get punished by saying infected, vaccinated people can spread the virus. When and if Twitter actually does that, then you can start blaring the warning sirens. In the meantime, this is just clickbait.

caramba 5y ago
I have yet to hear that claim, though I'd certainly not rule it out :) But the way the rule is phrased, it's clear that you cannot say tht people who received the vaccine can be contagious as well. And that's clearly wrong.
- fknorangesite 5y ago
  > I have yet to hear that claim, though I'd certainly not rule it out :) It makes its way around the conspiracy/anti-vax circles - so not so surprising that you might not have heard it. To be clear: the claim is that vaccinated but uninfected people can spread COVID. That's obvious bullshit. You should certainly rule it out.
  - FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
    > That's obvious bullshit. You should certainly rule it out. What they meant, was that they couldn't rule out that someone was making this ridiculous claim, even though they hadn't heard said claim. All three of us are agreed that the claim itself is bullshit.
peteradio 5y ago
They already address that in a different (the first in the same list) bullet-point: The vaccines will cause you to be sick, spread the virus, or would be more harmful than getting COVID-19. So you are claiming this poorly worded point is just a duplicate of a more directly worded point?
- vannevar 5y ago
  Yes. It's public knowledge, confirmed by the CDC itself for many months now, that vaccinated people can become infected and if so, can spread the virus. So there would be no reason for Twitter to punish people for saying so, and as far as we know, they have not done so.

caramba 5y ago

I have yet to hear that claim, though I'd certainly not rule it out :) But the way the rule is phrased, it's clear that you cannot say tht people who received the vaccine can be contagious as well. And that's clearly wrong.

fknorangesite 5y ago
> I have yet to hear that claim, though I'd certainly not rule it out :) It makes its way around the conspiracy/anti-vax circles - so not so surprising that you might not have heard it. To be clear: the claim is that vaccinated but uninfected people can spread COVID. That's obvious bullshit. You should certainly rule it out.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
  > That's obvious bullshit. You should certainly rule it out. What they meant, was that they couldn't rule out that someone was making this ridiculous claim, even though they hadn't heard said claim. All three of us are agreed that the claim itself is bullshit.

peteradio 5y ago

They already address that in a different (the first in the same list) bullet-point: The vaccines will cause you to be sick, spread the virus, or would be more harmful than getting COVID-19. So you are claiming this poorly worded point is just a duplicate of a more directly worded point?

vannevar 5y ago
Yes. It's public knowledge, confirmed by the CDC itself for many months now, that vaccinated people can become infected and if so, can spread the virus. So there would be no reason for Twitter to punish people for saying so, and as far as we know, they have not done so.