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Rare 'breakthrough' COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion - Boston 25 News

Rare 'breakthrough' COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion - Boston 25 News

Rare 'breakthrough' COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion - Boston 25 News
Jul 21, 2021 1 min, 42 secs

What scientists call “breakthrough” infections in people who are fully vaccinated make up a small fraction of cases.

Health authorities have warned that even though the COVID-19 vaccines are incredibly effective -- the Pfizer and Moderna ones about 95% against symptomatic infection in studies -- they’re not perfect.

The barrage of headlines is disconcerting for vaccinated people wondering how to balance getting back to normal with more exposure to unvaccinated strangers — especially if they have vulnerable family members, such as children too young to qualify for the shots.

women's gymnastic team who said she was vaccinated, tested positive in a training camp just outside Tokyo.

And politicians in the nation's capital are being rattled by reports of breakthrough cases, including from a congressman, Florida Republican Vern Buchanan; some Texas Democratic lawmakers visiting Washington as a political protest; at least two people in the White House and several congressional staff members.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that with 2,000 people on the White House campus each day some breakthrough cases are inevitable, but that the administration will release information if doctors determine any staffer had close contact with the president, vice president or their spouses.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said for months that vaccinated people don’t even need to get tested after a virus exposure unless they develop symptoms.

In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- who survived COVID-19 early in the pandemic and now is fully vaccinated -- began quarantining over the weekend after contact with someone experiencing mild symptoms from a breakthrough infection.

As of July 12, the CDC had tallied 5,492 vaccinated people who were hospitalized or died and also tested positive for coronavirus — out of more than 159 million fully vaccinated Americans.

Rochelle Walensky has said 99.5% of all deaths from COVID-19 are in the unvaccinated.

But meanwhile White House officials want to “normalize” the concept of breakthrough infections for the public, because they're worried that these rare, inevitable events could play into the misinformation wars that have helped to keep millions from rolling up their sleeves.

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