Name that Fallacy
A fallacy is a defective argument, where the reasons for a conclusion may sound compelling, but the justification is not present in the premises. What was the last fallacy you encountered? What was the context? Be sure to identify the fallacy (review the required video) and specifically explain how the fallacy is evident in your example.
Craft a post in which you critically examine your chosen fallacy. Name the fallacy you have identified and show us how it is evident in your example.
Biden’s false claims about the vaccine
AP FACT CHECK: Biden goes too far in assurances on vaccines
CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN
“President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.”
BIDEN: “If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the IC unit, and you’re not going to die.” — town hall.
CDC study shows 74% of people infected in Massachusetts Covid outbreak were fully vaccinated
KEY POINTS
About three-fourths of people infected in a Massachusetts Covid-19 outbreak were fully vaccinated, according to new data published Friday by the CDC.
The new data, published in the U.S. agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, also found that fully vaccinated people who get infected carry as much of the virus in their nose as unvaccinated people.
