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    Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

    Lots of anecdotal "fully vaxxed people in the ICU" tweets, so I'll share this excellent piece by Dr. @KatherineJWu. As more people get vaccinated, we will see more breakthrough, including a small % of serious cases. This doesn't mean vaccines don't work.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/coronavirus-breakthrough-infections/619416/ …

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      2. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        The vaccines are very, very effective, but they are not perfectly effective. SARS-CoV-2 infections are expected. A minority of breakthrough infections will be symptomatic COVID-19. A smaller minority of those will be severe. And an even smaller minority of those will be fatal.

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      3. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        However, all the data so far suggests that symptomatic breakthrough is very rare. Severe breakthrough resulting in hospitalization or death rarer still. The vast majority of COVID-19 deaths in nations with ample vaccine supply are in unvaccinated people:https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/08/covid-vaccines-nearly-all-deaths-hospitalizations-among-unvaccinated.html …

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      4. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        People are understandably worried about long COVID resulting from asymptomatic breakthrough, and while we still don't know much about this, I haven't seen any data suggesting that occurs. I'd be surprised if it was common.

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      5. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        As described in @TheAtlantic piece by Dr. @Ryan_Mac_Phd, vaccines are not a magical shield that always prevents a viral infection. They are, however, very effective at rapidly clearing infections before they can take hold. Most breakthrough infections are likely abortive.pic.twitter.com/GLiY0RayYr

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      6. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        If a vaccinated person is exposed & infected, the rapid immune response will prevent virus replication from taking off and spreading to neighboring cells. That means no productive infection, no shedding & spreading, no aberrant host response to infection, & likely no long COVID.

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      7. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        So the moral of the story is get vaccinated. If you are really worried about breakthrough & want to be extra cautious, consider adding other interventions (masks, distancing, ventilation, etc). I am continuing to wear masks in indoor public spaces, although #VaccinesWork.

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      8. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        I am continuing to mask out of caution and concern for my community, not because I am worried about breakthrough infection. Though I don't enjoy wearing a mask, masking comes at a low cost to me & at minimum it's courteous to do while SARS-CoV-2 still circulates in my community.

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      9. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jul 14

        But please don't worry excessively about breakthrough infections. The data doesn't suggest that we should. The greatest risk continues to be in unvaccinated people. Please, consider getting vaccinated if you aren't already. They are how we end the pandemic for good.

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      1. Cyn‏ @OriginalCyn77 Jul 14
        Replying to @angie_rasmussen @KatherineJWu

        Yes you can still get covid if you are vaccinated. Let's acknowledge this and move on. Continuously reporting on breakthrough infections is not helping

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      2. I Brake 4 Ants‏ @ibrake4ants Jul 14
        Replying to @angie_rasmussen @KatherineJWu

        I haven’t seen that—what I’ve seen is lots of anecdotal reports about whole households of vaccinated people getting symptomatic infections. To me, that’s a lot more worrisome, because if it’s so rare why would fully vaccinated households ALL be catching it?

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      3. Amnesiac‏ @amnesiac85 Jul 14
        Replying to @ibrake4ants @angie_rasmussen @KatherineJWu

        Science and policy is not based off of anecdotes. Widespread symptomatic, serious infection among the fully vaccinated is still extremely unlikely. Everyone eligible for COVID vaccination should get their shots, it’s the simplest way to end this pandemic.

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