The Answer to a Question About the Vaccine

One of the questions that seems to be coming up more as more people are vaccinated is why do some people who are fully immunized still get the virus.

The answer is simple. Doctors and health experts say no vaccine is 100 percent totally effective but it is not unexpected and in fact it is expected, but it sh0uld not scare people away from getting the vaccine.

Because the tiny percentage of fully immunized who may get the virus, they do not get a serious case of it, and that’s exactly how the vaccines work.

How tiny is the percentage? Out of more than 100 million people across the country, about 9,000 have gotten the virus, and in San Diego County, out of more than one million people who have been fully immunized 234 people have gotten the virus. These numbers come down to a percentage of 0-point-0-two percent.

And just like the flu vaccines that people have had for several decades, if you happen to be one of these very few who get the virus after being fully vaccinated, it will be a mild case, more like a mild cold.

As one immunologist in San Diego told the Union Tribune, “I’ve had people tell me, ‘Oh, I got infected, so the vaccine didn’t work.’ And, no, that’s really an example of the opposite,” he said. “You would have been so much more sick.”

Something to keep in mind as more and more people get vaccinated.

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