US - Pennsylvania reports breakthrough COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise

[Emily]

https://news.yahoo.com/pa-reports-breakthrough-covid-cases-045900586.html
Pa. reports breakthrough COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise

Keith Mayer, Reading Eagle, Pa.
November 18, 2021

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Since the October update of breakthrough cases, 30% of the 117,495 new COVID cases statewide were among the fully vaccinated with the rest a mix of lesser statuses. Fully vaccinated includes only those two weeks beyond the final dose.
The other statuses are less than two weeks after the final dose, one dose of a two-dose vaccine, no vaccination and unknown vaccination status.

Hospitalizations, which have taken a hard turn up this week statewide are similar, with 26% of the 8,387 COVID admissions among the fully vaccinated with the rest a mix of lesser statuses.

The rate is up from 24% in the October update...

 

[sharon sanders]

Are a lot of these vaccine expirations?

 

[kiwibird]

You know - I have seen a number of vaccinators on television doing the "flick the syringe" thing with their fingernails before they vaccinate (standard practice to get rid of air bubbles). I heard very early on that the Pfizer was so fragile that if you did this the vaccine was destroyed and rendered useless. Perhaps many people have not been fully vaccinated by their vaccinator using this practice?

 

[sharon sanders]

bump this

 

[Emily]

They say officials think the numbers are due to increased vaccination effect on the data. I would think expiration of immunity is involved.

 

[Emily]

That's very fragile!