“The CDC has found a proportion of Americans have contracted COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the infection.
Some became seriously ill and some also died, the CDC said. Breakthrough cases reported to the CDC occurred among people of all ages eligible for vaccination, though more than 40 percent occurred in people 60 or older, the agency said. Certain factors thwart fully understanding breakthrough case prevalence. Fully vaccinated individuals often forgo COVID-19 testing, and reports on breakthrough cases lag and may not reflect the most current events. Infectious-disease experts agree on one thing: As long as the virus is circulating easily in communities, everyone should do what it takes to limit transmission and drive down infection numbers.”
Becker’s Hospital Review

“As health experts worry about a Covid-19 resurgence, an influential forecasting team said the country did not make significant progress against the virus this week. And it warned about Americans taking fewer safety precautions. The forecast provided Friday by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington is nearly the same as last week's: in the most likely scenario, 58,000 more people will die of the virus by August 1, forecasters said. The US has been in a race to vaccinate Americans before more transmissible variants can send numbers to overwhelming levels once more. And though more than 30% of US adults are already fully vaccinated, experts warn that vaccine hesitancy and easing of preventative measures could keep the public from reaching the immunity levels needed to get ahead of the pandemic.” CNN

“Hospitalizations and daily case averages for COVID-19 are inching upward across Missouri.”
Fox News

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