https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-variants.page
NYC health department 在官网上说: It may be more likely to infect people who have been vaccinated or previously had COVID-19 compared to prior variants.
后来在twitter上,NYC HEALTH 说:may be more likely to infect people who have been vaccinated or already had COVID-19. 这条TWEET产生了很大的误解。
根据这样的信息,FOXNEWS, 和 epoch times说:“Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, officials say”
WXC 网友说:“纽约市卫生官员说,XBB.1.5 更容易感染已经接种疫苗的人”
但NBC NYC 说的全面:“NYC health officials say XBB.1.5 may be more likely than other variants to infect vaccinated people and people who already had COVID”。
为什么有人要故意省略掉最基本的比较信息:XBB变种容易传染给打过疫苗的人,比较的是和前面的变种。 省略掉比较的对象让人产生错觉,认为比较的是没有打过疫苗的人,从而认为打疫苗没有用,反而有害。这种误导有有意,也有无意的,但由此看出,Tweet用很短的篇幅来说一个叫复杂的事情,常常成为了误导的根源。