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Breakthrough cases

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Katelyn Jetelina
Apr 16, 2021
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COVID19 vaccines are not perfect; some people have incomplete protection. This means, two weeks after full immunization, you have a small likelihood of COVID19 disease. This phenomenon is called a “breakthrough case”.

And we expected this.

Vaccine efficacy is amazingly high, but not 100%. “Real world” efficacy (against old variants) is 90% for Moderna a…

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