But another coworker who had direct contact and exposure to patient zero was not infected, because he was vaccinated, Hopes said.
That individual, a 23-year-old in the IT department, got vaccinated as soon as Florida's eligibility allowed, said Hopes, who is also an epidemiologist."That vaccine, I believe, not only saved him but it appears that because he was vaccinated and he was sort of the next individual in line in the timeline that the outbreak in IT stopped, I believe, because it ran up against a vaccinated individual," Hopes said.