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COVID Cluster Hits Provincetown, Affecting Vaccinated, Unvaccinated July 19 2021 6:51 PM EDT
Officials in Provincetown, Mass., are advising residents and visitors to mask up indoors as they work to contain a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Issued Monday, the new guidance recommends that all individuals in Provincetown, vaccinated and unvaccinated, wear masks indoors when social distancing is not possible. The Cape Cod beach town has seen a rise of COVID cases since the July 4 holiday weekend, with 132 confirmed cases reported to the state department of health as of last Friday, according to
The Boston Globe. Eighty-nine of those positive cases were among Massachusetts residents, while the others affected people living outside the state or nation. Surprisingly, the COVID diagnoses affected both the unvaccinated and vaccinated.
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Dozens of summer tourists who were among those visiting the gay resort town of Provincetown, Massachusetts over the weekend came back with more than beach memories and a tan: They tested positive for COVID-19 even though they were fully vaccinated against the disease.
The surprise outbreak among individuals who did their public duty to get vaccinated is taking many observers aback at a time when Americans who refuse to get the shot, despite overwhelming evidence of safety and effectiveness in combatting coronavirus, are facing heavy criticism, which experts say precludes the nation from reaching herd immunity.
Robert Coy, a gay 28-year-old business strategist from Chicago, told the Washington Blade he tested positive for coronavirus on Monday (July 12) after learning about mild symptoms among housemates during his visit to Provincetown.
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