I debunk popular videogame streamer "Destiny" pandemic misinformation on Piers Morgan

In an interview with Piers Morgan, popular video game streamer "Destiny" claimed that the government, public health officials, or public figures never said the COVID vaccine stopped transmission.

This is a lie.

Below I have compiled statements from officials and other public figures who declared exactly that.

Below these statements, I have compiled additional statements showing the impact of these lies.

These lies led to a mass campaign of active discrimination against unvaccinated people.

"Destiny" is completely misinformed. He ought to spend some time learning about what actually happened during the pandemic.

The truth: The COVID vaccine had a minimal impact on transmission of the virus, yet officials claimed that it completely blocked transmission, leading to a witch hunt, completely unjustified by any science whatsoever.

Now, the statements:

Bill Gates, July 30, 2020:

“During 2021 we should be able to manufacture a lot of vaccines, and that vaccine’s key goal is to stop transmission.”

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, March 29, 2021:

“We can kind of almost see the end where we’re vaccinating so very fast. Our data from the CDC today suggests, you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick, and it’s not just in the clinical trials but also in real world data.”

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, March 29, 2021:

“Now we know that the vaccines work well enough that the virus stops with every vaccinated person. A vaccinated person gets exposed to the virus? The virus does not infect them, the virus cannot then use that person to go anywhere else. I cannot use a vaccinated person as a host to go get more people.”

UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Monica Gandhi, March 30, 2021:

“Essentially vaccines block you from getting and giving the virus.”

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, April 1, 2021:

“Excited to share that updated analysis from our Phase 3 study with BioNTech also showed that our COVID-19 vaccine was 100% effective in preventing COVID19 cases in South Africa. 100%!”

White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr Anthony Fauci, May 16, 2021:

“When you get vaccinated, you not only protect your own health and that of the family but also you contribute to the community health by preventing the spread of the virus throughout the community. In other words, you become a dead end to the virus. And when there are a lot of dead ends around, the virus is not going to go anywhere.”

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, May 19, 2021:

"Data have demonstrated even if you were to get infected during post-vaccination, you can’t give it to anyone else.”

White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr Anthony Fauci, June 2, 2021:

“When people are vaccinated they can feel safe that they are not going to get infected. We have all the vaccines we need. We just need our people to take it a) for their own protection of their family but also to break the chain of transmission.”

White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr Anthony Fauci, June 2, 2021:

“You want to be a dead end to the virus. So when the virus gets to you, you stop it. You don’t allow it to use you as the stepping stone to the next person.”

Joe Biden, June 16, 2021:

“The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people.”

Joe Biden, July 21, 2021:

“You’re ok, you’re not gonna get COVID if you have these vaccinations.”

And effect:

Leana Wen, July 29, 2021:

“Frankly, we know that we cannot trust the unvaccinated.”

Arthur Caplan, professor of medical ethics at NYU, July 29, 2021:

“It's the unvaccinated who are the threat, who are going to make us close our schools, lose our jobs again, shut down the economy. The unvaccinated have rights, but they're limited when they hurt or harm others.”

Former Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, August 5, 2021:

“If you don't get vaccinated - it's like walking around with a machine gun and shooting delta viruses at everyone.”

Ari Melber, MSNBC, August 8, 2021:

“The unvaccinated should be taxed. They should pay more for healthcare.”

Leana Wen on CNN, September 9, 2021:

“We need to start looking at the choice to remain unvaccinated the same as we look at driving while intoxicated. … You have the option to not get vaccinated if you want. But then you can't go out in public. …”

Joe Biden, September 9, 2021:

“[The COVID-19 vaccine] is not about freedom or personal choice.”

Chris Cuomo, CNN, October 6, 2021:

“You know what our biggest enemy is in America? Our fellow [unvaccinated] Americans."

Gene Simmons, November 11, 2021:

“If you walk among us unvaccinated, you are the enemy.”

Victoria Premier Dan Andrews, January 30 2022:

“It’s only with three doses that you’ll be prevented not just from serious illness but from getting this virus, this Omicron variant, and therefore giving it to others.”

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Destiny responded here, and I responded here and here. If you want to dig deeper, click at your own peril.

One thing I can say: what a doofus.