"About three-fourths of people infected in a Massachusetts Covid-19 outbreak were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus with four of them ending up in the hospital, according to new data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The new data, published in the U.S. agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, also found that fully vaccinated people who get infected carry as much of the virus in their nose as unvaccinated people, and could spread it to other individuals.
The data published Friday was based on 469 cases of Covid associated with multiple summer events and large public gatherings held in July in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, which encompasses Cape Cod and is just outside Martha’s Vineyard.
The events were held in Provincetown, according to NBC News.
Approximately three-quarters, or 74%, of the cases occurred in fully vaccinated people who had completed a two-dose course of the mRNA vaccines or received a single shot of Johnson & Johnson’s.
Overall, 274 vaccinated patients with a breakthrough infection were symptomatic, according to the CDC.
The most common side effects were cough, headache, sore throat, muscle pain and fever.
Among five Covid patients who were hospitalized, four were fully vaccinated, according to the agency.
No deaths were reported.
Source: CNBC"
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
"CDC Study: 74% of Infected and 80% of Hospitalized in Massachusetts Outbreak Were Fully Vaccinated"
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