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What do You Know About Breakthrough Infections and Vaccinations?

  • By Al Mayadeen
  • Source: The New York Times
  • 12 Aug 2021 21:00
3 Min Read

Vaccines are intended to prevent serious disease rather than infection. The goal was to prevent hospitalization and death by inducing antibodies in the blood that stop the Covid-19 virus from infecting the lungs and organs.

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  • What do You Know About Breakthrough Infections and Vaccinations?
    An American teenager receives an injection of the Moderna vaccine

Half a year after the US Covid immunization campaign began, numerous Americans report knowing someone who has contracted a breakthrough infection. There is evidence that it is becoming more widespread as a result of the delta mutant.

Because our understanding of these illnesses is continuously evolving, The New York Times science correspondent Apoorva Mandavilli, outlined essential information to know. She states that the exact number of people who contract the infections, as well as their outcomes, is unknown due to lagging numbers in hospitals and institutions.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 7,500 persons with breakthrough infections had been hospitalized or died as of Aug. 2. In addition, according to a New York Times examination of data from 40 states, fully vaccinated people accounted for less than 5% of hospitalizations and very few deaths due to Covid-19.

Vaccines are intended to prevent serious disease rather than infection. Furthermore, they were designed to avoid hospitalization and death by generating antibodies in the blood that prevent the Covid-19 virus from infecting the lungs and other vital organs.

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However, vaccines must develop more antibodies where infection originates, in nasal secretions and saliva in the nose and throat, in order to prevent infection. Although vaccinations already produce antibodies in those organs, which may be sufficient to prevent infection with the prior infection, the delta mutant appears to copy 1,000 times more than its predecessor. The immunological defenses in the nose and throat appear to be impaired as a result of this.

Vaccines will need to create long-lasting antibodies in the blood and nose to prevent both severe disease and infections.

The true risk lies among the unvaccinated. Vaccinated individuals are certainly less likely to contract an infection than unvaccinated people. However, the virus can be carried through the nose and throat among vaccinated individuals as well, according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 

In such cases, the virus should not persist. However, the danger happens when they pass the infection to unvaccinated individuals before they notice any symptoms. In rare cases, a breakthrough infection can cause persistent problems in certain people.

After an active infection has passed, experts report that long-term Covid-19 symptoms are poorly understood and may last for months. 

Breakthrough infections offer the advantage of having stronger immunity against variants. The infection, according to researchers, acts as a booster shot, enhancing your immune system's ability to identify and resist the virus. 

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