VERIFY: Can the COVID-19 vaccine cause a positive test?
A KREM viewer reached out to ask if getting the COVID-19 vaccine can then lead to positive coronavirus test.
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A KREM viewer reached out to ask if getting the COVID-19 vaccine can then lead to positive coronavirus test.
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ANSWER: There was not enough evidence gathered during the clinical trials. Medical professionals still do not know the answer to whether or not you can transmit the virus once you are vaccinated. SOURCES: Johns Hopkins Medicine PROCESS: Viewers texted ABC10 to ask if it was possible to still transmit COVID-19 after receiving the vaccine, so our Verify Team did some digging and asked experts if it was possible. Dr. Bradley Pollock, Associate Dean in Public Health Sciences at UC Davis, said that 5% of people who get the vaccine will not be immune to the virus. “If we are lucky enough, itâ...
ANSWER: SOURCE: PROCESS: The meme circulating online looks like it’s from the White House Pardon Attorney’s Office and says President Trump is considering pardoning people that stormed the Capitol. The social media post says "POTUS is seriously considering PARDONING all of the patriots in the next week and a half. If you would like a pardon, please respond below." It then asks for the rioter's name, city and even "what crimes you think you need to be pardoned for," asking for them by "Tuesday" so the President can get to work. Credit: WUSA9 But according to the Office of the Pardon Attorn...
Process: In response to the dramatic visuals spreading on social media of a mob breaking into the U.S. Capitol, many have started to direct the blame towards President Trump. Multiple Democratic lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, are now calling for his immediate removal through either an impeachment hearing or the 25th Amendment. What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by President Trump. This president must not hold office one day longer.— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) Janua...