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Washington reports 102 ?breakthrough? COVID cases out of 1.2 million fully vaccinated people
Author: KING 5 Staff
Published: 5:32 PM PDT March 30, 2021
Updated: 9:43 PM PDT March 30, 2021
The state is investigating 102 potential cases of people becoming ill with COVID-19 more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated, the Washington State Department of Health reported Tuesday.
According to the state, the majority of those in Washington with confirmed vaccine breakthrough experienced only mild symptoms or no symptoms. However, eight people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and the state is investigating two "potential" breakthrough cases where patients died...
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...han-600-closely-watched-coronavirus-variants/
Washington state finds more than 600 COVID-19 cases caused by closely watched variants
March 29, 2021 at 6:00 am Updated March 29, 2021 at 11:44 am
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In Washington state, while B.1.1.7 continues to spread and has been detected in 152 cases, it has not yet become dominant, said State Epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist.
What has surprised Lindquist is the even more rapid proliferation of two variants that arose in California: B. 1.427 and B. 1.429. Both are considered concerning because they are more contagious and show some resistance to natural and vaccine-induced immunity.
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Samaritan Healthcare, in Moses Lake, reported two breakthrough cases earlier this month, according to Gretchen Youngren, a spokesperson for the organization.
Youngren said one fully vaccinated employee received routine testing following an outbreak among staffers who had yet to accept the vaccine. The employee, who was asymptomatic, tested positive also. Another employee received routine testing after reporting symptoms associated with allergies. Both took 10 days off for mandatory isolation but have returned to work.
Dr. Michael Kalnoski, of Atlas Genomics, a company that performs laboratory testing for King County, said his lab had returned five positive test results for people who had indicated to the county that they were fully vaccinated.
?After you get your second vaccine shot and you wait two weeks. It?s not your get-out-of-jail-free card and that you?re immune,? Kalnoski said.
Washington reports 102 ?breakthrough? COVID cases out of 1.2 million fully vaccinated people
Author: KING 5 Staff
Published: 5:32 PM PDT March 30, 2021
Updated: 9:43 PM PDT March 30, 2021
The state is investigating 102 potential cases of people becoming ill with COVID-19 more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated, the Washington State Department of Health reported Tuesday.
According to the state, the majority of those in Washington with confirmed vaccine breakthrough experienced only mild symptoms or no symptoms. However, eight people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and the state is investigating two "potential" breakthrough cases where patients died...
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...han-600-closely-watched-coronavirus-variants/
Washington state finds more than 600 COVID-19 cases caused by closely watched variants
March 29, 2021 at 6:00 am Updated March 29, 2021 at 11:44 am
...
In Washington state, while B.1.1.7 continues to spread and has been detected in 152 cases, it has not yet become dominant, said State Epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist.
What has surprised Lindquist is the even more rapid proliferation of two variants that arose in California: B. 1.427 and B. 1.429. Both are considered concerning because they are more contagious and show some resistance to natural and vaccine-induced immunity.
...
Samaritan Healthcare, in Moses Lake, reported two breakthrough cases earlier this month, according to Gretchen Youngren, a spokesperson for the organization.
Youngren said one fully vaccinated employee received routine testing following an outbreak among staffers who had yet to accept the vaccine. The employee, who was asymptomatic, tested positive also. Another employee received routine testing after reporting symptoms associated with allergies. Both took 10 days off for mandatory isolation but have returned to work.
Dr. Michael Kalnoski, of Atlas Genomics, a company that performs laboratory testing for King County, said his lab had returned five positive test results for people who had indicated to the county that they were fully vaccinated.
?After you get your second vaccine shot and you wait two weeks. It?s not your get-out-of-jail-free card and that you?re immune,? Kalnoski said.