Guy Thwaites

Director, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU)

Expertise: Infectious diseases

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CLAIMS REVIEWED

Study in Vietnam showed that Delta infection results in a higher viral load compared to earlier strains, not that vaccinated people are more infectious than unvaccinated people

CLAIM
“vaccinated individuals carry 251 times the load of COVID-19 viruses in their nostrils compared to the unvaccinated”

SOURCE: Peter McCullough, Children’s Health Defense

Published: 26 Aug 2021

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