Why There Are So Many COVID Breakthrough Infections
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Health experts say the Omicron variant is allowing for more breakthrough infections, but the vaccine is still providing strong protection against serious infections, in the video published on Jan 5, 2022, “Why have there been so many breakthrough cases of COVID-19 in vaccinated people?” below:
A CDC report acknowledges that breakthrough cases, fully vaccinated people contracting Covid, are rising. It also notes that they may be as transmissible as unvaccinated cases. They stopped providing public information on these infections when the tally hit 10,000 in the video published on Jul 30, 2021, “Report Shows rising Breakthrough Infections“, below:
This event convened leading scientific and medical experts to discuss the most pressing questions around COVID-19 vaccines concerning variants and breakthrough infections. – Dr. Amesh Adalja, M.D., FIDSA, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity. – Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, M.D., MALD, Founding Director, Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID); Associate Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), Boston University; Associate Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine. She is an internationally recognized leader in highly communicable and emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) with clinical, field, academic, and policy experience in pandemic preparedness. – Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), Yale School of Medicine; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her laboratory researches how innate recognition of viral infections lead to the generation of adaptive immunity, and how adaptive immunity mediates protection against subsequent viral challenge. – Dr. Marion Pepper, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Washington. Her lab studies how cells of the adaptive immune system, called CD4+ T cells and B cells, form immunological memory by visualizing their differentiation, retention, and function. This event is the third of a four-part series co-hosted by Leaps.org, the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program, and the Sabin–Aspen Vaccine Science & Policy Group, with generous support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, in the video published on Sep 13, 2021, “Vaccines: The Latest on Variants and Breakthrough Infections“, below:
Back in May, the CDC decided to only track severe breakthrough COVID-19 infections, not more mild cases in vaccinated people. The decision could be impacting the agency’s ability to track the spread of the Delta variant and vaccine efficacy. Politico health care reporter Erin Banco joined CBSN to discuss the issue, in the video published on Aug 31, 2021, “CDC lacking data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections“, below:
No vaccine is 100% effective. In fact, some breakthrough COVID-19 cases after vaccination are expected. The vaccines still greatly reduce the risk of severe illness and deaths from COVID-19, in the video published on Aug 27, 2021, “What Are COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections?” below:
While Covid-19 vaccinations are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations or death from the virus, they’re not foolproof in preventing infection. This poses problems for events like the Olympics and raises broader questions about immunity in the long term, in the video published on Jul 26, 2021, “Breakthrough Covid-19 Cases Raise Questions About Immunity | WSJ“, below:
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