UK study: Fully vaccinated can get infected with Covid
>> Sunday, August 8, 2021
EDITORIAL
Fully vaccinated people
in England are one-third as likely to test positive for Covid-19, according to
an ongoing survey of the population released last week.
The latest findings, from a long-running study by scientists at Imperial College London and market research company Ipsos MORI, were based on 98,233 swabs taken between June 24 and July 12, an Agence France Press report said.
They showed one in 160 people infected with coronavirus, with a prevalence rate of 1.21 percent for unvaccinated respondents and 0.40 percent for those fully jabbed.
The study also found double vaccinated people may be less likely to pass on the virus to others than those who have not received a vaccine.
However, officials and scientists in Britain have urged caution after the government eased all virus curbs in England on July 19 including legal requirement to wear masks in certain indoor settings.
A US government document leaked last week warned that infections among fully vaccinated people are not as rare as previously thought and that such cases are highly contagious.
Paul Elliott, a professor at Imperial’s School of Public Health and director of the survey program, said the findings “confirm our previous data showing that both doses of a vaccine offer good protection against getting infected.”
“However, we can also see that there is still a risk of infection, as no vaccine is 100 percent effective, and we know that some double vaccinated people can still become ill from the virus.
What does the DOH say about these findings?
The latest findings, from a long-running study by scientists at Imperial College London and market research company Ipsos MORI, were based on 98,233 swabs taken between June 24 and July 12, an Agence France Press report said.
They showed one in 160 people infected with coronavirus, with a prevalence rate of 1.21 percent for unvaccinated respondents and 0.40 percent for those fully jabbed.
The study also found double vaccinated people may be less likely to pass on the virus to others than those who have not received a vaccine.
However, officials and scientists in Britain have urged caution after the government eased all virus curbs in England on July 19 including legal requirement to wear masks in certain indoor settings.
A US government document leaked last week warned that infections among fully vaccinated people are not as rare as previously thought and that such cases are highly contagious.
Paul Elliott, a professor at Imperial’s School of Public Health and director of the survey program, said the findings “confirm our previous data showing that both doses of a vaccine offer good protection against getting infected.”
“However, we can also see that there is still a risk of infection, as no vaccine is 100 percent effective, and we know that some double vaccinated people can still become ill from the virus.
What does the DOH say about these findings?
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