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Nearly 30 fully vaccinated Louisiana residents have died with COVID-19
WDSU
Updated: 6:38 PM CDT Jul 7, 2021
NEW ORLEANS —
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Dr. Joseph Kanter, who is Louisiana Department of Health's state health officer and medical director, said 27 people in the state died with coronavirus more than two weeks after they were fully vaccinated. Kanter said the deaths were among people ages 28 to 93 years old.
"These are people who died from COVID, from complications of COVID, despite being vaccinated because the vaccine is not 100 percent and people with weakened immune systems, people who are a little bit older and some people for reasons we don't really understand might not mount a full immune response to the vaccine."
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According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there are a total of 1,563 breakthrough cases, also known as cases of COVID-19 in people who are fully vaccinated.
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Kanter said breakthrough cases are rare, but as infections increase, breakthrough cases are expected to go up.
"Right now, after three months of flat, quiet in Louisiana, we are unfortunately seeing our numbers go up," Kanter said. "The risk of having a breakthrough infection if you are fully vaccinated is very, very rare, but that rare risk goes up if COVID goes up."
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https://www.wdsu.com/article/nearly...na-residents-have-died-with-covid-19/36955903
WDSU
Updated: 6:38 PM CDT Jul 7, 2021
NEW ORLEANS —
...
Dr. Joseph Kanter, who is Louisiana Department of Health's state health officer and medical director, said 27 people in the state died with coronavirus more than two weeks after they were fully vaccinated. Kanter said the deaths were among people ages 28 to 93 years old.
"These are people who died from COVID, from complications of COVID, despite being vaccinated because the vaccine is not 100 percent and people with weakened immune systems, people who are a little bit older and some people for reasons we don't really understand might not mount a full immune response to the vaccine."
...
According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there are a total of 1,563 breakthrough cases, also known as cases of COVID-19 in people who are fully vaccinated.
...
Kanter said breakthrough cases are rare, but as infections increase, breakthrough cases are expected to go up.
"Right now, after three months of flat, quiet in Louisiana, we are unfortunately seeing our numbers go up," Kanter said. "The risk of having a breakthrough infection if you are fully vaccinated is very, very rare, but that rare risk goes up if COVID goes up."
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https://www.wdsu.com/article/nearly...na-residents-have-died-with-covid-19/36955903