![]() “Fully vaccinated people cleared the infection more quickly than those who are unvaccinated, but their peak viral load was similar to that seen in unvaccinated people, which may explain why they can still readily pass on the virus in household settings. This means overall there’s a lesser chance of vaccinated people passing on the virus because they spend less time at their peak infectiousness.ĭr Simon Clarke, a microbiologist from the University of Reading, told The Journal: While vaccinated people are as infectious at their peak as unvaccinated people, it is understood they spend less time at their peak than unvaccinated people do. The more of these that exist, the more likely you are to transmit the disease to someone else. Viral load is the number of viral particles in your body taking over cells to multiply itself. The study showed that both unvaccinated and vaccinated people have a similar peak viral load. ![]() So does this mean this is definitive proof that vaccinated people might be as every bit as likely to transmit the virus? That’s slightly higher than the attack rate of when exposed to an unvaccinated positive case which was 23%. It found that when it came to secondary transmission (someone else in the household getting Covid), the attack rate – the likelihood of people getting infected – when someone in the house was exposed to a vaccinated positive case was 25%. The Imperial College London study tracked transmission and viral loads in vaccinated and unvaccinated people by recruiting positive cases from the UK contract tracing system and testing the people they live with for 20 days to see how the virus spread.Īmong other things, the study found that fully vaccinated people who had tested positive for Covid-19 had a peak viral load similar to unvaccinated people, and could transmit the infection in household settings, including to fully vaccinated close contacts. Murphy confirmed during an interview on Newstalk that she based her claim on a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a respected peer-reviewed medical science journal, with the catchy title: ‘Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study.’ ![]() Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy The evidence: ‘Recent studies have shown that a vaccinated person is every bit as likely to transmit this virus as a non-vaccinated person.’ Who said it? Parliamentary tensions aside, was Deputy Murphy’s claim correct that recent studies have shown that vaccinated people are just as likely to transmit Covid-19 as unvaccinated people? What claim are we checking? Stephen Donnelly accused Verona Murphy of spreading 'anti-vax information' in the Dáil /dAEOxutGkH- NewstalkFM November 3, 2021ĭeputy Murphy rejected the assertion, later telling Pat Kenny on Newstalk on Wednesday: “Let me be clear: I am not anti-vax.” She claims she was unable to finish her speech due to the interruption. Things got heated in the Dáil chamber when Health Minister Stephen Donnelly loudly interjected across the chamber floor: “That information is false and it’s really important that members of parliament not spread anti-vax information.” She also said, “The constant scapegoating of the unvaccinated does not stand up to scrutiny or evidence and is completely unwarranted.” In fact, recent studies have shown that a vaccinated person is every bit as likely to transmit this virus as a non-vaccinated person… therefore why is the government continuing to divide society on this basis?” “There has yet to be any evidence presented which shows that vaccine passports actually serve any purpose in preventing transmission. ![]() Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy told the Dáil: It happened during a debate on Tuesday evening over legislation that would extend the government’s powers to enact Covid-19 restrictions. A TD MADE a claim in the Dáil this week about Covid transmission which led to the Minister for Health criticising the spread of ‘anti-vax information’ by politicians. ![]()
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