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Reports of severe COVID or death after vaccination are rare, but not unexpected
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Reports of severe COVID or death after vaccination are rare, but not unexpectedBy Emily Anthes, New York Times
Last Updated: Jun 10, 2021, 10:17 AM IST
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Severe COVID is rare in people who have been fully vaccinated. Of those breakthrough cases, 10% of patients were hospitalized and 2% died and in some of those cases, patients were hospitalized or died from something unrelated to COVID-19.
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Over the last few months, a steady drumbeat of headlines has highlighted the astounding real-world effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, especially the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. The vaccines, study after study has shown, are more than 90 per cent effective at preventing the worst outcomes, including hospitalization and death.