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Its just that were starting to see a lot of these what were calling breakthrough cases, people who have fully vaccinated getting infected, but theyre not getting severely ill. so we have to really think about what do we want these vaccines to do? we want to keep people out of the hospital and from dying. most importantly. but if we can really get ahead of this and give people boosters or third doses to be able to prolong this kind of protection, thats a really great thing. >> were already seeing...

Vaccinated but theyre hearing about breakthrough cases, and maybe theyre not worried about themselves because we know those breakthrough cases are unlikely to land you in the hospital and lead to death. so were insured if you are vaccinated against the worst outcomes. if you are like me and you have kids that arent eligible to be vaccinated you want to be extra cautious because you dont want to bring covid home. i think what were seeing is people starting to pull back in terms of what theyre doi...

Articulated at the top of the show. because of the presence of widely available vaccines, we are not seeing big policy interventions like closing down venues because that seems unfair, right, when people can choose to get vaccinated, you can do it relatively safely. so in that respect, i mean, i saw that airline numbers were down august travel was down like 33% from 2019, and i thought to myself, i think thats less a drop than i would have guessed, you know, if we are still two-third of pre-pand...

Ohio isn’t keeping track of the number of fully vaccinated people who have contracted COVID-19. Instead, the state collects data about how many people with these “breakthrough” infections have been hospitalized or died.

An unvaccinated worker at an assisted living facility in Oregon prompted a COVID-19 outbreak that infected 64 people and killed five, the Register-Guard reported.

Dr. saju mathew is with us now. saju, its good to see you, talk to us, if you would, about what youre seeing in your office. i understand youve seen a lot of breakthrough cases? >> yes, morning, christi. its really sad to report that the number of cases, breakthrough cases, are going up. these are people fully vaccinated that are still testing positive for covid-19. either they have symptoms and they found out somebody in the house tested positive. and they get a test and find out that they are ...

What’s behind this apparent, worrying rise in breakthrough infections? If so, how protective are COVID vaccines really, against complications?

Folks being unvaccinated or are we talking about breakthrough cases or are we talking about both? >> yeah, a little bit of both, but we know the best tool we still have in our fight against covid-19 is the vaccine. its safe, its effective and now with the fda approval, we are encouraging all residents to get it. our, to date our health department reports that just .2% of our cases have been breakthrough. while we are seeing breakthrough cases, we know that this vaccine not only helps us prevent ...

The return of about 25,000 college students to Vermont will look very different this year compared to last, state officials said during Gov. Phil Scott’s...

With children back in school, families in the U.S. need to know how to deal with breakthrough COVID infections.