On July 25, while providing an update on COVID-19 cases in New South Wales, Dr McAnulty initially said: “All but one are vaccinated. One person had just received one dose of vaccine.” (
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He later corrected his initial statement in the press conference when asked by a journalist for clarification, saying: “I think I misspoke before.” (video mark 36min 9sec)
“So of the 43 people in intensive care units, 42 have not been vaccinated. One person had just one dose of vaccine – incomplete vaccine,” Dr McAnulty said.
A NSW Health spokesman told
AAP FactCheck in an email that the post’s claim regarding the patients’ vaccination statuses was “incorrect”.
“All but one were unvaccinated. Dr McAnulty made this clear later in the same press conference,” the spokesman said.