{"id":1204725,"date":"2022-01-10T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204725"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:06:05","slug":"cdc-changed-tune-before-omicron-what-the-vaccines-cant-do-anymore-is-prevent-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-changed-tune-before-omicron-what-the-vaccines-cant-do-anymore-is-prevent-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Changed Tune Before Omicron: &#039;What the Vaccines Can&#039;t Do Anymore Is Prevent Transmission&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-changed-tune-before-omicron-what-the-vaccines-cant-do-anymore-is-prevent-transmission%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Public health officials changed their tune on the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines months before the discovery of the omicron variant of the virus, admitting in August that vaccines cannot prevent transmission of the virus \u2014 even though President Biden suggested otherwise as recently as December.<\/p>\n<p>During an August appearance on CNN\u2019s <em>The Situation Room<\/em>, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/sitroom\/date\/2021-08-05\/segment\/02\">made<\/a> it clear \u2014 prior to the discovery of the omicron variant \u2014 that coronavirus vaccines do not prevent transmission of the virus, despite the fact they were largely sold that way to the American public originally.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut what about all the fully vaccinated people who get the breakthrough infection? Can they pass it on? Could they pass it on to their children? Could they pass the virus on to older people, especially more vulnerable people with underlying health conditions?\u201d host Wolf Blitzer asked during the August 5 segment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, yes, they can with the delta variant. And that was the reason that we changed our guidance last Tuesday. Our vaccines are working exceptionally well. They continue to work well with delta with regard to severe illness and death. They prevent it,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19412466\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237388530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19412466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237388530.jpg\" alt=\"A woman receives her Covid-19 vaccination at a pop-up clinic in the international arrivals area of Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on December 22, 2021. - The clinic at the airport offers free vaccinations and boosters for holiday travelers on December 22 and on December 29. Los Angeles County sees what could be the beginning of a winter surge with more than 3,200 Covid-19 cases reported every day since last December 17. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman receives her coronavirus vaccination at a pop-up clinic in the international arrivals area of Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on December 22, 2021. (FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut what they can\u2019t do anymore is prevent transmission,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo if you are going home to somebody who has not been vaccinated to somebody who can\u2019t get vaccinated, somebody who might be immunosuppressed or a little bit frail, somebody who has comorbidities that put them at high risk, I would suggest you wear a mask in public indoor settings,\u201d Walensky added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially if there is a breakthrough case and you get COVID, you\u2019re fully vaccinated but you are totally asymptomatic, you can still pass on the virus to someone else. Is that right?\u201d Blitzer said, seeking clarification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s exactly right. And that\u2019s where our masking recommendation came from,\u201d Walensky affirmed:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOur vaccines are working exceptionally well,\u201d CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wolfblitzer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wolfblitzer<\/a>. \u201cThey continue to work well for Delta, with regard to severe illness and death \u2013 they prevent it. But what they can&#8217;t do anymore is prevent transmission.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s83YyBQqeh\">pic.twitter.com\/s83YyBQqeh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSitRoom\/status\/1423422301882748929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Her August admission shows that public health officials were already changing their tune prior to the discovery of the omicron variant of the virus. Additionally, despite that, President Biden has continued to \u201coverstate\u201d\u2014 for months \u2014<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>the efficacy of vaccines, at least from a point of transmissibility.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>At an event in October, Biden stated that his administration was working to make sure that \u201chealth care workers are vaccinated,\u201d but his reasoning suggested that vaccines prevent transmissibility.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if you seek care at a health care facility, you should have the certainty that the people providing that care are protected from COVID and cannot spread it to you,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even PolitiFact acknowledged that Biden critics \u201chad a point.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A study claimed that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine cuts transmission of the Chinese coronavirus by over two-thirds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESEJDlzLsx\">https:\/\/t.co\/ESEJDlzLsx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1358043694855843848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBiden did overstate the degree to which vaccination curbs an individual\u2019s ability to spread the virus to someone else. (The White House did not respond to inquiries for this article.),\u201d PolitiFact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/oct\/14\/joe-biden\/joe-biden-overstates-effectiveness-vaccines-preven\/\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet even as recently as December, Biden made the same assertion,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During a December 14 interview with a TV station in Dayton, Ohio, Biden called the pandemic one of the unvaccinated and added, \u201cThe unvaccinated. Not the vaccinated, the unvaccinated. That\u2019s the problem. Everybody talks about freedom and not to have a shot or have a test. Well guess what? How about patriotism? How about making sure that you\u2019re vaccinated, so you do not spread the disease to anyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, even PolitiFact admitted that \u201cvaccination doesn\u2019t eliminate risk of transmission,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/dec\/22\/joe-biden\/biden-says-vaccinated-people-cant-spread-covid-19-\/\">deeming<\/a> Biden\u2019s statement \u201cmostly false.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public health officials changed their tune on the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines months before the discovery of the omicron variant of the virus, admitting in August that vaccines cannot prevent &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}