{"id":24817,"date":"2021-02-03T14:03:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/?p=196971"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:03:44","slug":"scicheck-video-dont-confuse-the-virus-with-the-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/03\/scicheck-video-dont-confuse-the-virus-with-the-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"SciCheck Video: Don\u2019t Confuse the Virus with the Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"

In this video, available in English and Spanish, we explain the distinction between virus and disease: The virus SARS-CoV-2 can lead to illness with the disease COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, explained this difference between infection with the virus and the disease in an interview on CNN<\/a>, saying that with vaccination against COVID-19: “You could be prevented from getting clinical disease, and still have the virus that is in your nasopharynx because you could get infected.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A viral video<\/a> distorted those comments, <\/span>falsely suggesting that a COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S doesn\u2019t \u201cprotect you from covid.\u201d The vaccine does protect against the disease COVID-19. Fauci was cautioning that it may not prevent someone from contracting the virus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more on the viral distortion, see our SciCheck story “Video Misinterprets Fauci\u2019s Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine<\/a>” or the Spanish version, “Video tergiversa comentarios de Fauci sobre vacuna contra COVID-19<\/a>.”<\/p>\n