COVID symptoms: What happens if you’re fully vaccinated

The novel coronavirus continues to unfold via the USA as COVID-19 variants are making their approach into the nation.

Do totally vaccinated individuals get COVID-19 nonetheless?

Sure. Fully vaccinated people can nonetheless get the novel coronavirus, as I wrote for the Deseret News. The vaccines should not 100% efficient, so breakthrough instances are anticipated.

Dr. Esther Choo, professor of emergency medication at Oregon Well being and Science College, mentioned on Yahoo Finance Live that we should always anticipate a better quantity of breakthrough instances because the delta variant spreads and as extra individuals get vaccinated (because the vaccinated individuals can be the one ones getting COVID-19 in a theoretical society the place many of the inhabitants is vaccinated).

• “There’s quite a lot of discuss how persons are getting COVID anyway, regardless that they’re vaccinated, and that’s true and that’s anticipated as a result of there’s no vaccine that’s 100% on a regular basis,” Choo instructed Yahoo Finance Live.

What totally vaccinated individuals ought to think about about COVID-19

Dr. Matt Willis, public well being director for Marin County in Northern California, instructed California native information station KGO-TV that almost all breakthrough instances are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic — like having a chilly.

• He said nearly all of hospitalized totally vaccinated sufferers are aged or immunocompromised. There’s additionally no hyperlink between a particular vaccine and a breakthrough case.

The vaccine, he said, isn’t excellent. So breakthrough instances can occur.

• “It’s extra like a dimmer change than it’s a mild change. It’s not an on and off. It’s on a continuum of safety,” he said. “And I feel that’s an vital message as a result of in any other case, individuals may interpret breakthrough instances as an indication the vaccine will not be efficient.”