As the Fourth of July weekend wrapped up, reports of a cluster of COVID-19 “breakthrough” infections — largely affecting gay men who had already been vaccinated — began to trickle out. And the delta variant was on the uprise, and close contact led to vaccinated people spreading the virus to other vaccinated people,” says Ruhs. But if you’re vaccinated and you’re in that environment and you do get exposed, what we see from Provincetown is that those folks didn’t get seriously sick. “If you’re vaccinated, you may get sick, but you’ll get less sick. Once you’re vaccinated, follow the local mask mandates.”Abbott also acknowledges that, once government or business restrictions are lifted, there will undoubtedly be a bump in transmissions of COVID-19.

Source: MetroXpress August 26, 2021 21:56 UTC