A woman from Portland, Oregon said that 21 of the 29 people who participated in the family reunion (13 of whom were vaccinated) tested positive for COVID-19.
Niki Marienburg told Portland-based television news station KGW-TV that family members from all over the country participated in a 10-day reunion at Sunriver Resort, a luxury resort in central Oregon, in June. She said that most of her family members were vaccinated and no one wore a mask during the whole reunion.
She told the radio station that her family “had a great time” because they could not meet due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, KGW reported that two days after the reunion, a cousin of Marienburg texted her family members saying that she felt unwell, and then tested positive for COVID-19.
Marienburg told the news station: “Things are snowballing like snowballs. We received text messages from other people in the family and they actually tested positive.” “It’s like one of those stories you hear in the news-just Like, it doesn’t seem to be true. It doesn’t seem to be true.”
Marienburg told the radio station that people need to take this virus seriously.
“People need to wear masks, people need to take our safety seriously,” she said.
Weekly newspaper Marienburg was contacted for further comments. This story will be updated with any response.
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Nationwide, COVID-19 cases continue to rise due to the Delta variant, which is as contagious as chickenpox. CDCIn the past month, the number of cases in Oregon has increased steadily. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, 999 new cases were reported on Friday, compared with 194 on June 30 a month ago.
Data show that the state’s vaccination rate is relatively high. More than 57% of the population is fully vaccinated against the virus, which is higher than the national rate of more than 50%.
According to the CDC, vaccinators who are expected to be infected with the virus are called breakthrough cases, but they are not common. The vaccine is still effective and may reduce the condition of the infected person.
“The COVID-19 vaccine is effective and a key tool to control the pandemic. However, no vaccine is 100% effective in preventing diseases in the vaccinated people. There will be a small percentage of fully vaccinated people who are still sick, hospitalized or died COVID-19,” reads on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptomatic 0.0098% of people seem to be having a breakthrough infection People who are fully vaccinated, according to ABC News reports of cases reported by the CDC.
