The good new is: About 99.999% of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a deadly Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows[size=1.06667]
By Deidre McPhillips and Christina Maxouris, CNN
Updated 1515 GMT (2315 HKT) August 2, 2021
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(CNN)More than 99.99% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The data highlights what leading health experts across the country have highlighted for months: Covid-19 vaccines are very effective at preventing serious illness and death from Covid-19 and are the country's best shot at slowing the pandemic down and avoiding further suffering.
The CDC reported 6,587 Covid-19 breakthrough cases as of July 26, including 6,239 hospitalizations and 1,263 deaths. At that time, more than 163 million people in the United States were fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Divide those severe breakthrough cases by the total fully vaccinated population for the result: less than 0.004% of fully vaccinated people had a breakthrough case that led to hospitalization and less than 0.001% of fully vaccinated people died from a breakthrough Covid-19 case. Most of the breakthrough cases -- about 74% -- occurred among adults 65 or older.
"To date, no unexpected patterns have been identified in the case demographics or vaccine characteristics among people with reported vaccine breakthrough infections," according to the CDC.
The agency shared a study this week that showed the Delta variant produced similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they get infected. Experts continue to say that vaccination makes it less likely you'll catch Covid-19 in the first place. But for those who do, the findings suggest they could have a similar tendency to spread it as unvaccinated people.
That study also convinced CDC leadersto update the agency's mask guidance on Tuesday, recommending that fully vaccinated people also wear masks indoors when in areas with "substantial" and "high" Covid-19 transmission to prevent further spread of the Delta variant. Guidance for unvaccinated people remains to continue masking until they are fully vaccinated.
Beyond severe cases, an analysis of official state data from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that breakthrough cases of any kind are also extremely rare.
About half of states report data on Covid-19 breakthrough cases, and in each of those states, less than 1% of fully vaccinated people had a breakthrough infection, ranging from 0.01% in Connecticut to 0.9% in Oklahoma.
The KFF analysis also found that more than 90% of cases -- and more than 95% of hospitalizations and deaths -- have been among unvaccinated people. In most states, more than 98% of cases were among the unvaccinated.
Pace of vaccinations is going up
Health care workers assist a patient in the ICU inside Little Company of Mary Medical Center on July 30, 2021 in Torrance, California
But experts say those vaccinated, while they may be able to transmit the virus, remain very well protected against getting seriously ill. Amid the latest surge of Covid-19 cases nationwide fueled by the Delta variant, local leaders across the US are reporting that the majority of new infections and hospitalizations are among unvaccinated people.
The Delta variant is now so contagious, one former health official recently warned that people who are not protected -- either through vaccination or previous infection -- will likely get it.
The seven-day average of new doses administered in the US is now 652,084, up 26% from three weeks ago. The difference is even more striking in several southern states: Alabama's seven-day average of new doses administered is more than double what it was three weeks ago. The state has the lowest rate of its total population fully vaccinated in the US, at roughly 34%. Arkansas, with just 36% of its population fully vaccinated, has also seen its average daily rate of doses administered double in the last three weeks.
Louisiana, which had by far the most new Covid-19 cases per capita last week and has only fully vaccinated 37% of its population, saw daily vaccination rates rise 111% compared to three weeks ago.
"Our vaccines are working exceptionally well," Walensky told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "They continue to work well for Delta, with regard to severe illness and death -- they prevent it. But what they can't do anymore is prevent transmission."
That's why the CDC changed its guidance last week and is now recommending even vaccinated people wear masks indoors again, Walensky said.
Last week, the agency released a study that showed the Delta variant produced similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they got infected -- data that suggests vaccinated people who get a breakthrough infection could have a similar tendency to spread the virus as the unvaccinated.
"If you're going home to somebody who has not been vaccinated, to somebody who can't get vaccinated, somebody who might be immunosuppressed or a little bit frail, somebody who has comorbidities that put them at high risk, I would suggest you wear a mask in public indoor settings," Walensky said.
The dangerous Delta variant has fueled the country's latest surge of Covid-19 cases and if more Americans don't get vaccinated and mask up, the country could soon be seeing "several hundred thousand cases a day," similar to the winter surge, Walensky said.
And while states across the South -- including Florida and Louisiana -- have seen exponential rises in cases, Walensky said, they have not reached their peak just yet.
'Next variant is just around the corner'
Getting more people vaccinated won't just help crush this surge, experts say. It will help prevent other -- potentially even more aggressive -- variants from arising in the future.
"The next variant is just around the corner, if we do not all get vaccinated," Adm. Brett Giroir, the former coronavirus testing czar under President Donald Trump, told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
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"I just beg the American people to understand that to defeat this virus, we have to get everybody's level of immunity up, and that's just the way it is," he added.
Roughly 58.2% of the US population has received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, CDC data shows, and about 49.9% is fully vaccinated.
There was some encouraging news Thursday, as White House data director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar tweeted there was the most number of doses reported administered in a single day in more than a month. He said that more than 864,000 doses had been reported administered over the previous day's total, including about 585,000 people who got their first shot.
In the coming weeks, surges will likely reach all across the US, not just areas with low vaccination rates, former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said Wednesday. The outbreaks, however, will not be as explosive in areas with higher vaccination coverage, Frieden added.
As cases increase, hospitalizations and deaths will likely rise as well, according to ensemble forecasts published Wednesday by the CDC. The forecast predicts a total of 624,000 to 642,000 deaths will be reported by August 28. As of Wednesday, there have been 614,342 Covid-19 deaths in the US, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
If you're not protected against Covid-19, the virus will likely infect you, Michael Osterholm, director for the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told CNN's Pamela Brown on Wednesday.
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"This virus is highly infectious. If you decide to try to run the game clock out, don't try to do it. This virus will find you, it will infect you eventually," Osterholm, said
Fortunately, the available vaccines appear to offer a strong defense against the Delta variant, especially when it comes to severe illness and deaths, Frieden said.
"We are at war with this virus that has already killed more than 610,000 Americans. We now have the tools with vaccines and masks to stop further death and suffering and destruction," CNN medical analyst Leana Wen said Wednesday.
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Semua dah dah fully vaccinated, please still follow SOP ok. Anak2 kita anak2 orang yg bawah 12 tak boleh divaks kita kena take care. Jgn mengada bawak gi kedai acheh ke bagai, kita tak tau, orang yg pergi kedai sama tu mungkin pembawa virus.
bg ai penemuan vaccine is like a new lease on life. peluang utk dptkan semula kehidupan lama ko, tak penat ke hidup dlm ketakutan dan uncertainties.
ai nak hidup normal mcm dulu, ai nak budak2 generasi baru nih hidup bebas dan gembira. ai tak nak sepanjang pembesaran dia org, traumatized... terkurung kat rumah, tak boleh buat itu dan ini, dan home schooled mcm anak2 pengikut cult.
Itupun masih ramai merungut kata vaksin ni cepat sangat diproduce tak macam vaksin2 penyakit sebelum2 ini, 13 tahun baru boleh guna pakai. In meantime, 13 tahun worth of dead people (termasuk lah yg merungut tu) sementara nak tunggu siap.
kan?
btw komen2 anti covax panjang berjela dan kekadang berbelit2... siapa target pembacanya? antuvaks? siapa nak baca kalau komen dari A sampai Z, mengutuk dan mendoakan keburukan utk org dah ambik vaksin. seolah2 semua kematian di muka bumi sekarang berpunca drpd vaksin, covid19 dah boleh tarik napas lega lol
Ke sebenarnya tulisan tu utk menyedapkan hati sundirik. Ai perasan jua ada unsur2 angry and bitter di dlmnya.
Author|Post time 11-8-2021 09:15 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
dani-rox replied at 11-8-2021 08:09 PM
kan?
btw komen2 anti covax panjang berjela dan kekadang berbelit2... siapa target pembacanya? ant ...
Hehehe tiba2 agenda dajal. Dajal elok elok ja tengah chillex surfing netflix kena fitnah. Pastu depa kata dajal yg fitnah. Hmmmmm. Tak pa la esok2 i am sure they will have to accept vaccination. Dalam article first tu ada ckp some people curi2 pergi vax sebab taknak family yg tolak vax ni marah. Mcm pernah dengar terjadi kat forumer cari jer.
Post time 11-8-2021 09:38 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
Korang jangan kutuk2 dia kang dia bawak hadith kang habis korang jadik ahlil nuraka... Tak pun jadik Tentera Dajjal sebab pakai mask berlapis - lapis..
Meanwhile in Malaysia dah lah kaki hasut xnk vaksin rela berkurung lepas tu meroyan maki hamun!
Diri sendiri yg tak nak ambik diri sendiri yang jiwa kacauuuu.
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tipahketipung replied at 12-8-2021 08:26 AM
Meanwhile in Malaysia dah lah kaki hasut xnk vaksin rela berkurung lepas tu meroyan maki hamun!
Di ...
Huish, diskriminasi katanya human rights katanya. Kalau orang pergi dapatkan vaccinstion, katanya orang tu provoke dia, menganjingkan dia, merendahkan diri dia.
Agenda dajal, anti christ, illuminati, freemason, roti bengali bagai. patut telan ubat cacing je semua masalah dunia resolved.
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