Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections Can Happen, But Are Less Likely To Be Serious, CDC Chief Says

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Covid-19 breakthrough infections can happen but are less likely to be serious, the CDC chief says

Fully vaccinated people who still contract Covid-19 are believed to be “less symptomatic and less likely to transmit” the virus as more data on those cases comes in, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday, further underscoring the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine even as rare breakthrough infections are reported.Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on April 15, 2021.

While early signs are encouraging, more data is still needed to fully determine whether fully vaccinated people are still able to spread the virus to others, Walensky said, and CDC guidance instructs people to wear face masks even if they’re fully vaccinated while the evidence is still unclear.just 5,814 breakthrough infections as of April 13—a number the CDCs acknowledges is an underestimate, but is still only 0.008% of the more than 75 million total vaccinations that took place by that date.

more resources in studying breakthrough infections as more people are vaccinated, with part of a $1.7 billion fund for studying the virus and its variants allocated in the American Rescue Act going to surveilling breakthrough infections.How well the vaccine will protect against emerging coronavirus variants and whether they will make breakthrough infections more likely.

 

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It was already 97% unlikely to be serious tho....

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