VERIFY: The who and why of COVID-19 breakthrough cases
If you are infected with COVID-19 after being vaccinated, it is called a breakthrough case.
The 5 On Your Side Verify team consulted the following experts:
Dr. Anna Durbin, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Rachel Presti, infectious diseases, Washington University School of Medicine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Experts say there are some things they can confirm about breakthrough cases. The cases are rare, symptoms are mostly mild, it’s happening in all age groups and breakthrough cases happen with every vaccine.
“No vaccine will 100% prevent infection, and I think that’s a really important point to bring out,” Durbin said.
As to why these breakthrough cases are happening with the COVID-19 vaccines, that is still being studied.
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