Despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, three people in Davidson County, Tennessee still died of the new coronavirus.
Davidson County Metro Health officials said that of the 370 breakthrough cases reported in the area, 3 deaths, 17 of which resulted in hospitalization. Davidson County health officials have fully vaccinated 333,824 residents, which means that breakthrough cases account for 0.1% of all fully vaccinated people.
“Based on this percentage, the vaccine appears to be more effective than the 94/95% efficiency estimated by the CDC,” Metro Health spokesperson Brian Todd wrote in an email. Fox 17.
As of July 23, Tennessee had reported more than 1,000 breakthrough infections and 27 deaths across the state. Only 43.2% of the state’s total population had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines a “Breakthrough” infection As a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 within at least two weeks after receiving a single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine or a second injection of Pfizer’s BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
Health experts pointed out that Breakthrough case It is expected to happen, and it is pointed out that the highest effective rate of the vaccine is reported as 95%.
“The COVID-19 vaccine we have in the United States is indeed very effective. But no vaccine is 100% effective,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a medical analyst at CNN Say“If you come into contact with unvaccinated people multiple times a day, and the level of community transmission in your area is high, the chance of breakthrough infections after vaccination will increase.”
A study conducted by the CDC in June found that full vaccination can reduce the risk of infection by 91%. Some people who have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus are 81% less likely to contract COVID-19.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky said in the report: “The results of this extended study add more and more evidence that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is effective and should prevent most infections.” Report.
As Tuesday, 56.9% of the U.S. population has at least one dose of the vaccine, while 49.2% of the population has been fully vaccinated against the virus.
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