Provincetown COVID delta outbreak rallied town to stop the spread
Provincetown residents not only cooperated with COVID-19 contact tracers, they called friends and neighbors to let them know they had been infected.
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Provincetown residents not only cooperated with COVID-19 contact tracers, they called friends and neighbors to let them know they had been infected.
Cases were so—called "breakthrough cases" or those among fully—vaccinated people. however, only four ended up in hospital, none of whom died. the provincetown outbreak was behind new mask guidance from the cdc. i'm joined now by dr andrew jorgensen, chief medical officer of outer cape health services. there are different ways of looking at this. on the one hand, it is bad that there were so many breakthrough cases. on the other hand, they all survived. ., ., cases. on the other hand, they all survived. ., ,, , ., ., ., survived. thank you for having me. you are exactly _ survived. thank yo...
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