{"id":73088,"date":"2021-07-10T08:50:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73088"},"modified":"2021-07-10T08:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:50:46","slug":"why-are-covid-19-cases-skyrocketing-among-the-covid-vaccinated-really-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73088","title":{"rendered":"

Why are COVID-19 cases skyrocketing among the Covid-vaccinated? Really, WHY?!?!<\/i><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Number of Reported COVID Cases Among Fully Vaccinated Continues to Climb<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In the U.S., state and federal health officials report increasing numbers of COVID breakthrough cases, including hospitalizations and death<\/em>.<\/h3>\n

By Megan Redshaw
\nThe Defender<\/p>\n

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Reports of COVID breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated people continue to rise \u2014 as of June 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC) reports 4,686 breakthrough cases resulting in death and hospitalization.<\/p>\n

Nearly 30 people in Louisiana who were fully vaccinated<\/a> against COVID<\/a> died from the virus, according to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH).<\/p>\n

Dr. Joseph Kanter, LDH state health officer and medical director, said 27 people between the ages of 28 and 93 died with COVID more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are people who died from COVID, from complications of COVID, despite being vaccinated because the vaccine is not 100% [effective] and people with weakened immune systems<\/a>, people who are a little bit older, and some people for reasons we don\u2019t really understand, might not mount a full immune response to the vaccine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the LDH, 1,563 breakthrough cases have been reported. As of June 7, 94 fully vaccinated people were hospitalized statewide with COVID-like symptoms.<\/p>\n

Tell Schools\/Universities No Vaccine Mandates<\/span> for Children\/Young Adults!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Kanter said breakthrough cases are rare, but as infections increase, the number of breakthrough cases are expected to go up.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if the Delta variant<\/a> is contributing to the sudden increase in COVID breakthrough cases in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

More than 7,500 COVID breakthrough cases reported in California<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the San Francisco Examiner<\/a>, more than 7,550 breakthrough cases have been reported through June 23 among fully vaccinated Californians.<\/p>\n

Most cases were minor, but 62 people died from COVID, according to the California Department of Public Health. California\u2019s public health agency reported 584 fully vaccinated people had been hospitalized with COVID infection, but hospitalization status wasn\u2019t available for 46% of post-vaccination cases.<\/p>\n

On July 7, state health officials reported 2,013 new infections among all Californians, including 24 deaths.<\/p>\n

Dr. Eugene Choi, a Los Angeles radiologist, contracted COVID in June, nearly six months after his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At first, \u201cI did not think of COVID,\u201d said Choi<\/a>. \u201cI thought \u2026 OK, it must be that other flus and colds are coming out of the woodwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Choi\u2019s fever progressed, he decided to get a COVID test and it was positive. His wife, also vaccinated, and their 2-year-old son also contracted COVID.<\/p>\n

Nashville woman gets COVID, gets vaccinated, gets COVID again<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verity Rodrigues, 41, had COVID prior to being fully vaccinated with Pfizer\u2019s vaccine in February. In May, the Nashville psychologist was diagnosed with COVID for a second time.<\/p>\n

The historic scale of the COVID vaccination effort means thousands of people have contracted COVID after vaccination, Nashville Public Radio reported<\/a>. The experience has become so common the CDC stopped reporting<\/a> breakthrough cases unless a patient is hospitalized or dies.<\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a> by the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), breakthrough cases have resulted in 140 hospitalizations and 20 deaths in the state. As of May 1, TDH has not counted all breakthrough cases as the CDC \u201casked that only severe outcomes (hospitalization or death) be reported.\u201d<\/p>\n

Public health officials in Tennessee are doing random genetic sequencing of positive COVID tests to track variants, but have not determined which variants are responsible for the breakthrough cases.<\/p>\n

Study shows half of adults in Israel and UK infected with Delta variant were fully vaccinated<\/strong><\/p>\n

As The Defender reported<\/a> June 29, a new study in the UK showed 12 (or 29%) of 42 fully vaccinated people died after catching the Delta variant. In Public Health England\u2019s technical briefing<\/a> on June 25, that figure had risen to 43% (50 of 117), with the majority (60%) having received at least one dose.<\/p>\n

According to The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, almost half of adults in Israel infected in an outbreak of the Delta variant were fully vaccinated with Pfizer\u2019s vaccine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chezy Levy<\/a>, director-general of Israel\u2019s health ministry, told state broadcaster Kan Bet that about 40% to 50% of new cases appeared in people who had been vaccinated, Haaretz reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though the numbers are low, the fact that this is reaching vaccinated people means \u2026 that we are still checking how many vaccinated people have also been infected,\u201d Levy said.<\/p>\n

Levy said a third of the new daily cases<\/a> occurred in people who had been vaccinated. Though they are preliminary, the figures show the Delta variant may spread even in places like Israel where large portions of the population have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

In a recent analysis<\/a> by the Israeli government, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine appeared to be less effective against COVID infections caused by the Delta variant.<\/p>\n

In a brief statement issued Monday, the government said as of June 6, the vaccine provided only 64% protection against infection. In May \u2014 when the Alpha variant dominated in Israel and the Delta strain had not yet spread widely \u2014 government data showed the shot was 95.3% effective against all infections, CNN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The government added the vaccine was now only 93% effective in preventing severe disease and hospitalizations, compared to 97% reported in The Lancet<\/a> in May. Underlying data and other details about the analysis have not been released.<\/p>\n

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